Not many, actually not any that I am aware of, have followed this blog for the whole length of time I have been posting. Nor should anyone if you have not been sentenced to house arrest with nothing else to do. I started this just a bit over 14 years ago to force myself to improve my photos. I had a decent camera from about 2008/9 but two or three years in it was still on AUTO and Jpeg. So, I reasoned, post them publicly and you will be so embarrassed you will learn to do a better photo or you can take up Curling when you move to Canada out of shame. Then in 2015 I started on the National Park experiment to see and photograph the now 430 NPS units. It was then I changed the name to Two Lane Touring to reflect the desire to travel the scenic byways in the quest. And I posted, as I had from the start, 7 days a week. About 3 or 4 years ago I tried to “improve” the blog, writing more, more multiple photos and other poorly planned things. I introduced Cadillac the moose and he was fun but a lot of work. After Cindy died, my trips to National Parks lessoned, the trailer is sold yet the goal is still there. Since I was not doing so many parks I tried other things like extensive photos when on a trip, more information on the pictures, befriending Rowena in Scotland (also a lot of work). I have done themes and other stabs and things but they all take a lot of time. Not the real issue, however, the real issue was it was not fun some of the time. Even though my goal to improve the photos was still in process I was not doing everything well. So, my friends, and if you have read this far you certainly are a friend., I am going back to the basics, a photo a day, every day, and an occasional foray into some other aspect that strikes my fancy but usually just a shot each day. This most humble of blogs is not about how to take photos - everyone cheers, not about gear - I know little and not about the history or romance or drama or a YouTube on walking up a mountain to watch someone else shoot a spectacular image. It is just a photo each day. On a trip Rowena or Cadillac or ? may join but only temporarily. And I might even show a photo or two before and after processing, but still, each day, once again, a photo with minimal text. Thanks for being on this journey with me. Blessings, Dave
Lets see where the back roads take us!