April 30, 2010
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Weekly Photo Challenge, “The Unusual on the Road”
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It runs for one full week from Friday mornings to late Thursday nights.The challenge beginning April 30, 2010 is:I keep the list of challenges, planning photos I’d like to put up, before the challenge happens. When I suggested this challenge, I didn’t have any photos for it. As time slipped by, nothing I saw turned up as more unusual. I caught more cars and trucks and the occasional Mounty but NADA that eased my mind in preparation for “the Unusual”. Then, in November, 2009, we spent Thanksgiving at my sister’s in Rockford Illinois. I took photos like crazy and on our return trip, I got lucky and caught the unusual, within about 2 and a half hours. Now, UNUSUAL DEPENDS a lot on where you live. What is unusual for me may not be for you. So with that in mind, some photos of things I came upon, as unusual, for me.
My Photos
1- Anyone who is on the road, especially in the country, sees trucks, of this kind, all the time. This truck is specifict for the transport of livestock. This one has only a few hogs in it and I was nearly mooned by the hog’s butt, in the hold, at the upper right.
2- Anyone living near the ocean would see boats like this. I see a lot of small boats but this one, because of its size, is unusual traveling the roads of Indiana. I’m not positive but I think it would be unusual to see a boat this size on our Ohio river but then what do I know, they may be rampant in wealthier areas.
3- A better view to give an idea of size as it goes beneath the overpass.
4- Now these are really BIG TIRES. I can’t recall ever seeing any this big before, ever.
5- Here they are on the trailer of a big rig taking them SOMEWHERE where they may not be so unusual.
6- And then, this guy shows up.
7- I will assume their destination is the same.
8- I hope these truckers demand the loads be checked for height before they take on the responsibility of driving under bridges. Thinking this load has to be worth my house value, maybe two or three times, or MORE.
9- And next, this shows up. I haven’t a clue what it is except that it is one BIGG TUBE. I can picture it rolling down a hill with kids running like gerbils inside it.
I’m sure there are people who see these monsters on the road or around their city every day but for me to have the chance to photograph them was a bit “Unusual” and it made my day “Unusual” to get them for the challenge.
Have a super week everyone and thanks for your visits and comments.
Comments (6)
Great entry. I have a shot or two that come to mind, but I’m also going to be traveling up the Outer Banks with my husband this weekend, so I’ll keep this topic in mind!
Great shots and I wondered if that big boat was going to get under that bridge.
When John is driving ,
Becca is picturing .
This is usual
And allows to seize the unusual.
Janine is much better . Thanks
Love
Michel
Fantastic shots of the unusual. I would dearly love to know what exactly those tyres were made for. Probably for a conveyor of the Apollo Rocket to get it to Cape Canaveral at a guess. Any way you really did well on this one. ~ Tim
Dear Becca,
Your photos are amazing! It was luck but it was not only luck as you had to “work” for those photos as at a road with every cars moving is not so much easy to get nice pictures!
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We do see big boats around here and occasionally pulled on the road. Sometimes we even see the livestock trucks. But the big tires, those are very unusual, I’ve never seen any being pulled. Houses being pulled are always a trip to see, too.