Comments on: Covered Wagon Journal 1

By: What Urban Exploration Photography Learned From Nature » Landscape Photography Blogger

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:14:58 +0000

[...] Nature surprises us with patterns we might not have noticed or thrilling textures and colors, but nature also at times presents us with drab or even repulsive sights so ugly they smell, such as a road killed skunk or a field spread with cattle manure. My mother, Ardis Hyde, often repeated the old adage, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” I also remember her saying, “Wow, what a beautiful field of manure,” on more than one occasion when we were hauling cow waste for the garden in “Covered Wagon,” a 1952 Chevy Step Side Pickup, see the blog post, “Covered Wagon Journal 1.” [...]

By: The Hidden Brett Weston » Landscape Photography Blogger

The Hidden Brett Weston » Landscape Photography Blogger — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:01:28 +0000

[...] Edward Weston is said to have impacted all of photography. However, with the knowledge that Brett Weston preceded his father to various locations and subject matter, it has become accepted that not only did father influence son, but son also influenced father. Edward Weston on several occasions suggested as much. Brett Weston, through his father, Edward Weston, indirectly impacted Philip Hyde’s photography, and made an even larger contribution to the entire medium than is commonly known. For the story on how Brett Weston impacted Philip Hyde and his travels by selling him his Chevy Pickup see the blog post, “Covered Wagon Journal 1.” [...]

By: Covered Wagon Journal 5 » Landscape Photography Blogger

Covered Wagon Journal 5 » Landscape Photography Blogger — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:14:36 +0000

[...] FROM BLOG POST, “Covered Wagon Journal 4” See also “Covered Wagon Journal 1“) Low Tide, Rialto Beach, Olympic Ocean Strip, Olympic National Park, Washington, 1955, by [...]

By: Covered Wagon Journal 2 » Landscape Photography Blogger

Covered Wagon Journal 2 » Landscape Photography Blogger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:49:35 +0000

[...] FROM BLOG POST, “Covered Wagon Journal 1“) Near Water's Edge, Mile 25, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1964, [...]

By: David Leland Hyde

David Leland Hyde — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:07:11 +0000

Well, time for confessions, I always wanted a Porsche too. However, when I could afford it, my mentor said I would be more a part of the team if I went with a Mercedes like all of my associates. Turns out all of them turned against him later in a class action suit. He was a verbally abusive jerk. Anyway, the Mercedes 300SE was 1 1/2 feet shorter than the biggest Mercedes (560SEL) at the time, but it handled like a sports car. I have come full circle to more of my parents practical, conservation-minded tastes now. I feel our civilization is crazy to encourage people to connect their self-esteem with what kind of car they drive. However, status aside, a Porsche is an amazing driving machine. You know that the moment you get behind the wheel. The sad thing is that we have the technology to build a Porsche-like vehicle that runs on electricity (See the movie “Who Killed the Electric Car”) or even WATER. Oh, gosh, I better not say that too loud, “they” will be after me. Either that or people will think I’m nuts. All the talk about the Hydrogen car, but in the past the major car companies bought out a car that ran on water, that’s right, and they probably suppressed other things we will never know about. In future posts I will be ranting about the auto industry and how they lobbied to have the rapid transit removed from 58 cities in this country. Anyway, thanks for the comment. Cars could be wonderful. I recommend the movie “Tucker” too. It’s all about a guy who challenged Detroit by making a better car and how they underhandedly sabotaged him.

By: Derrick Birdsall

Derrick Birdsall — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:35:18 +0000

My dad picked up a Porsche 944 when I was in high school… I still want one.

My F150 does the job OK for the time being, but I think I’m going to pick up a smaller 4×4 that can get back in some places the F150 cannot….

By: David Leland Hyde

David Leland Hyde — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08:38 +0000

Hi Monte, in our old Chevy the stick was on the floor but something was on the steering column, maybe the emergency brake. There was definitely a lever on the steering column.

By: Monte Stevens

Monte Stevens — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:13 +0000

Yes, I do remember riding in that old truck with grandma. If memory serves me correctly it had a stick shift on the steering column. Good memories.

By: David Leland Hyde

David Leland Hyde — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:51:40 +0000

Hi Ed, that sounds like a great rig. I still use the 1984 Ford Van Dad outfitted for photographing, but it is limited by not having 4-wheel drive. He ordered a bare cargo van with a stick and built the floor, carpet, ceiling, cabinets, counters, hanging closet, fold-out double bed. A very nice setup, but no 4X4. People ask me why my dad would drive such a large gas-guzzling van and i explain that compared to his previous 1970 GMC 3/4 ton cargo pickup with a large camper, a 6-cylinder van does quite well. It gets 15-17 mpg, as opposed to the camper’s 6-8 mpg.

By: Ed Cooper

Ed Cooper — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:44:43 +0000

My early photo trrips were made in klunkers, many of which died along the way somewhere isolated, and I usually slept in the back seat scrunched up. My first real camper was a 1966 Volkswagon Camper, which I made some extended photo trips in. After that, we had a series of campers winding up with our current vehicle purchased in 2007 – a Sportsmobile. We love it. It is a 4 wheel drive camper van, and is ideal…small enough and powerful enough to maneuver into remote places, and still have the comfort of a vehicle isolated from mosquitos and rain.