tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post9122819458419974888..comments2023-05-21T09:13:06.446-07:00Comments on Willits Daily Photo: February Theme Day: Paths and PassagesUSelainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-25213823031538755362009-02-03T06:55:00.000-08:002009-02-03T06:55:00.000-08:00Good choice for the theme day! I like this passage...Good choice for the theme day! I like this passage.Halcyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729819462354019534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-63945387080418271562009-02-02T18:18:00.000-08:002009-02-02T18:18:00.000-08:00Taken from this perspective the tracks actually lo...Taken from this perspective the tracks actually look like they are going downhill a little too steeply. I am assuming it is an optical illusional made by the surrounding landscape?simon kutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328839310276239232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-92137959145731445892009-02-02T12:55:00.000-08:002009-02-02T12:55:00.000-08:00Railway tracks are often great material for photos...Railway tracks are often great material for photos as they appeal to the imagination. Very nice shot.abchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609320981147763206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-13620372161252944892009-02-02T09:43:00.000-08:002009-02-02T09:43:00.000-08:00Hello again. Glad to see you. I can understand you...Hello again. Glad to see you. I can understand your language is not enough anymore. I'm reading line by line to find the article valuable. Good work. Greetings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-76498738651421160912009-02-02T04:11:00.000-08:002009-02-02T04:11:00.000-08:00What an original choice for the theme day. I love ...What an original choice for the theme day. I love the detail included in the tracks and sleepersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-65152224417743271652009-02-01T19:36:00.000-08:002009-02-01T19:36:00.000-08:00I'd love to see one from hard up against the groun...I'd love to see one from hard up against the ground.<BR/><BR/>Go on, give it a go!Kris McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-92050867564763474392009-02-01T17:56:00.000-08:002009-02-01T17:56:00.000-08:00I don't suppose you'll tell us your birth date, so...I don't suppose you'll tell us your birth date, so we may fete you?<BR/><BR/>Ooh. "ovies."Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-57185622763042461492009-02-01T14:44:00.000-08:002009-02-01T14:44:00.000-08:00Turkish translation, Google now is doing. Gadget r...Turkish translation, Google now is doing. Gadget renew. Good work. Greetings.<BR/>http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-91672914572421987982009-02-01T12:22:00.000-08:002009-02-01T12:22:00.000-08:00Lovely old tracks. I like this one a lot E! Good ...Lovely old tracks. I like this one a lot E! Good choice for our Theme Day today. Reminds me to see what next month is so I won't use up my best ones like I did this month! <BR/>V<BR/><BR/>PS My word is PROBULL. Can you be CONbull???Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152464973355194995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-12891570570814165602009-02-01T10:21:00.000-08:002009-02-01T10:21:00.000-08:00Laurie - Melancholy is the word, all right. So muc...Laurie - Melancholy is the word, all right. So much potential is now wasting away.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-31003305396265691562009-02-01T10:19:00.001-08:002009-02-01T10:19:00.001-08:00Gorgeous, Elaine. And poetic and melancholy, too!...Gorgeous, Elaine. And poetic and melancholy, too!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-58667435733433827672009-02-01T10:19:00.000-08:002009-02-01T10:19:00.000-08:00Jilly - We are losing a valuable system of infrast...Jilly - We are losing a valuable system of infrastructure, bit by bit, it's true. <BR/><BR/>Hyde - Unfortunately the wet is from condensation on the cold steel, not from rain. <BR/><BR/>Rose - Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Ham - It's been at least a decade since these rails have been used.<BR/><BR/>Sally - Cool! That means you rode the Skunk train from Ft Bragg to Willits! It's a different rail line, but very, very close.<BR/><BR/>Abe - And it's side by side with the truckers highway of today.<BR/><BR/>Babooshka - It's true, the industrial decay here mirrors my own. I'll be half a century old this month. 6^)<BR/><BR/>Saretta - I think it's those metal mounting plates on the bridge that make it different.<BR/><BR/>Petrea - My short walk along this section revealed some badly needed maintenance requirements. It would be hugely expensive to get this railroad working again.<BR/><BR/>Jim - I've heard stories about how beautiful the passenger trips were, especially along the Eel River Canyon further north.USelainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551995221350532168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-68889463237349665332009-02-01T09:44:00.000-08:002009-02-01T09:44:00.000-08:00When I see tracks I always wonder about the people...When I see tracks I always wonder about the people that rode on them years ago. What stories they had and where they were going.Jim Klenkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663882561325002445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-85897196071044691412009-02-01T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-01T08:27:00.000-08:00I wondered if you were playing chicken with the tr...I wondered if you were playing chicken with the trains. I guess not. This is a beautiful shot and a sad story.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-27968873077122675202009-02-01T08:22:00.000-08:002009-02-01T08:22:00.000-08:00What beautiful old tracks. A step back in time!What beautiful old tracks. A step back in time!Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-22960443978464228182009-02-01T04:47:00.000-08:002009-02-01T04:47:00.000-08:00Have you noticed some great photography of train t...Have you noticed some great photography of train tracks can only occur when they are more or less defunct. The theme days always belie a little of our personality.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-49366589498622467332009-02-01T03:47:00.000-08:002009-02-01T03:47:00.000-08:00The super highway of the iron horse. Nice photogra...The super highway of the iron horse. Nice photograph.<BR/><BR/>I wrote in my Memories blog about the roads of my youth and how they were to travel in the winter time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-23419690452046219252009-02-01T03:09:00.000-08:002009-02-01T03:09:00.000-08:00I have afeeling in 1979 I went to Willits on a tr...I have afeeling in 1979 I went to Willits on a train from ....errrr...Mendocino perhaps? Would that have been right?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06459567597804197579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-45709062941278522172009-02-01T02:19:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:19:00.000-08:00The materials and textures on the tracks really ma...The materials and textures on the tracks really make this shot, and the curve at the end is perfectHamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182921009517833997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-82457762231458335332009-02-01T02:02:00.000-08:002009-02-01T02:02:00.000-08:00I think from all your photos this is my very very ...I think from all your photos this is my very very favourite.<BR/>So timeless...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482335102412437745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-48403153428691256702009-02-01T01:40:00.000-08:002009-02-01T01:40:00.000-08:00love your picture from yesterday and as jilly says...love your picture from yesterday and as jilly says there is great detail in those train tracks.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345176050895872295.post-40929553060486448282009-02-01T00:52:00.000-08:002009-02-01T00:52:00.000-08:00Ah, so original. Train tracks and how pretty they ...Ah, so original. Train tracks and how pretty they are. I never thought I'd say that. I love the detail and gleam on the tracks. So many old train tracks in America aren't used now.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300noreply@blogger.com