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by Tim F|  October 31, 200912:00 pm| 17 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Photo Blogging

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

Betsy, White Sands, NM.

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shoutingattherain, winter home.

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Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

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17Comments

  1. 1.

    Betsy

    October 31, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Oh hey, thanks for posting this! White Sands is truly a landscape different from any I had ever seen before.

  2. 2.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    October 31, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    I said it last night, I got sucked into looking at all the pictures everyone posted and it was such a treat. So many talented people on BJ.

    Speaking of talented, I have once again posted a recipe from BJ-er, Kirk Spencer. As always his recipes are as much fun to read as they are to eat. Kirk’s California Trout

  3. 3.

    Zach

    October 31, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Send me more pictures please – http://lolczars.com – I’m out of time and ideas.

  4. 4.

    Mark S.

    October 31, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    @Betsy:

    White Sands is really cool. It’s like being on the moon.

  5. 5.

    Mark S.

    October 31, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Well, if the moon had an atmosphere and a bunch of dogs running around. Other than that, yeah, the moon.

  6. 6.

    Zach

    October 31, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    @Mark S.: It’s the only moon we’ll have left at this rate so you’d better learn to appreciate it. Not that we didn’t spend a few years blowing up White Sands also.

  7. 7.

    lonesomerobot

    October 31, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    just a question, how to email you when I use yahoo and your email link is obscured by mystical javascript? of course, I understand why…

  8. 8.

    lonesomerobot

    October 31, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    f&ck it! we’ll do it live! any interested parties can see some pictures on my website…

  9. 9.

    freelancer

    October 31, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    I forgot, is it Halloween or April Fool’s Day?

  10. 10.

    grendelkhan

    October 31, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    I think these are my favorites. squirrel profile and red-tailed hawk.

    Just a link back to the photo page will be fine.

  11. 11.

    getsmartin

    October 31, 2009 at 5:24 pm

    The Biloxi – Ocean Springs Bridge is a recently completed structure that replaced the previous span that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. For many here on the coast, it’s symbolic of the rebirth of the region.

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    General Winfield Stuck

    October 31, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    @getsmartin:

    Wow. Fantastic. I had traveled over the old bridge many many times while I lived in Biloxi during the 90’s. Worked at the old Broadwater. And even fished off the old really old bridge. This new one is gorgeous. I guess Point Cadet got wiped out too.

  13. 13.

    getsmartin

    October 31, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Here’s an aerial of the bridge post Katrina (click here)”.

    The entire coastline was “whacked” by the storm. We’re well into the rebuild these days, though.

    The Broadwater? I used to drink the daily doubles at the marina more often than I care to admit.

  14. 14.

    getsmartin

    October 31, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Broken link – try this:
    http://www.pbase.com/smms/image/53416916/

  15. 15.

    General Winfield Stuck

    November 1, 2009 at 12:41 am

    @getsmartin:

    That’s some kind of destruction. The MGC is a beautiful place to live. I still miss it sometimes.

  16. 16.

    getsmartin

    November 1, 2009 at 8:43 am

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Here’s a shot of the Broadwater:
    http://www.pbase.com/smms/image/53416280

  17. 17.

    SGEW

    November 1, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    That White Sands picture is simply lovely; my several visits there came pretty close to a religious experience for me, and that shot captures some sense of the mind-stopping alienness of the landscape. I’ve very rarely been anywhere else where I felt like I was literally on another planet (some caverns have come close).

    Winter Home is an absolutely gorgeous photograph – but it fills me with such a deep sense of longing that I have to look away.

    More photo threads, plz! We’ve got some real talent lurking around these parts.

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