TravelStream™ news feed for member jhnelsonjr on TravelPod's free travel blogs service http://www.travelpod.com/syndication/rss/jhnelsonjr en-us Copyright ©2009 TravelPod.com Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:39:12 -0500 http://www.travelpod.com http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/4/1201476360/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/4/1201476360/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/4/1201476360/tpod.html Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:39:12 -0500 Gills Rock, 1998

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Gills Rock, Wisconsin, is not a formally incorporated village or town, it is the next stop on the highway past the village of Ellison Bay, located in the township of Liberty Grove, and less than a couple of miles down the 'snaky' portion of Hwy 42 that heads to Northport Pier and the ferry to Washington Island, which houses as many as 700 year-round residents in the middle of Lake Michigan. Perhaps 50-60 souls live in Gills Rock year-round, and a handful lived in a house at the top of a gradual rise that was known only to its four or five inhabitants as Hedgehog Hill. At the end of the long winter of 1998, Kjersti and her friends Lexis, Lacey and Janessa spent a brief part of the afternoon posing for pictures that now seem to celebrate being fifteen years old. Nick and Joey have bit parts in this drama, as do Chris and Amanda and Maggie and Grandma and Grandpa Nelson.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/3/1199600040/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/3/1199600040/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/3/1199600040/tpod.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:08:16 -0500 Exploring Chiricahua National Monument by Automobile

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Willcox, Arizona, United States

Knowing Willcox was only 76 miles from Tucson, we left a bit late that Saturday in January. At first, it seemed like it might be a mistake, that the sun would set before we even arrived. But the late arrival was a blessing: the light throughout Chiricahua was incredible. Of course, it was a bit beyond my photographic skills to adjust exactly for a combination of dark foreground and bright sky, so few photos made it out of the soup (yes, we were shooting film), but those that did were often spookily mysterious...
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1194804360/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1194804360/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1194804360/tpod.html Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:40:22 -0500 To the Dubai Air Show with minimal time for personal exploration but a little time for photography

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hanging out on the Dubai Air Show airfield with no agenda was one of the best UAE experiences...the international mix of people, distinctively Middle Eastern, but with Europeans and other countries present, unique aircraft from every place you can imagine...a Turkish helicopter, a MIG, the new Airbus, the older American planes, plus some aircraft that seemed more suitable to the Experimental Aircraft Assoc. show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197326760/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197326760/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197326760/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:42:03 -0500 The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, as experienced by a 16-year-old suburban kid

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Chicago, Illinois, United States

TravelPod dates only go back to 1972, hence this mis-dated entry from 1968...

This is just one of several strong images I shot during the Convention. If I had known how to "push film," I would have been able to shoot a lot more, but as it was, I was using 400 ASA B/W Tri-X and most of the images came out a bit, uh, weak. Anyway, my camera was shaking a lot, honestly.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197329640/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197329640/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/1197329640/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:41:42 -0500 The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, as experienced by a 16-year-old suburban kid

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Chicago, Illinois, United States

This was a common scene on Thursday night at the Convention, apparently more peaceful in its way than the night prior (which I missed). Wednesday had been a night that was much more violent and filled with head-banging Chicago police, physical injuries, swinging nightclubs...
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/83802300/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/83802300/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/chicago_1968/83802300/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:31:40 -0500 The 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, as experienced by a 16-year-old suburban kid

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Yes, Chicago's Michigan Avenue was a war zone, with barbed wire, military jeeps, the Chicago Police and the National Guard all patrolling the boulevard, faced on the other side of the street by a lot of worried people...
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197325620/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197325620/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197325620/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:35:37 -0500 To the Dubai Air Show with minimal time for personal exploration but a little time for photography

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Yes, this is me at the Air Show and how embarrassing it is...me, not the plane...definitely thought I would look cooler than this, especially next to a hot Stealth Bomber.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161900/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161900/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161900/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:31:02 -0500 To the Dubai Air Show with minimal time for personal exploration but a little time for photography

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

USAF airmen and -women answered day-long questions at the Air Show, plus coordinating tours and photo ops of some special appearances, including the soon-to-be-decommissioned F-117 (not pictured).
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161480/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161480/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1195161480/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:23:17 -0500 To the Dubai Air Show with minimal time for personal exploration but a little time for photography

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

There was something about the contrast between the hard metal of the hardware and the flowing robes of many of the visitors that made the Air Show a constantly interesting backdrop.
]]> http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197320340/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197320340/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/jhnelsonjr/dubai_uae/1197320340/tpod.html Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:18:35 -0500 To the Dubai Air Show with minimal time for personal exploration but a little time for photography

Jump to the full
entry & travel map

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

What better way to offset your attack helicopter than with a Russian visitor...photogs were rife when this unusual scene presented itself.
]]>