Christopher Crawford

January 18, 2008

Clouds in Texas

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 11:35 pm

These clouds hovering over a wheatfield in the Texas Panhandle rolled in as I was photographing a windmill farm nearby. I made two photograph of them, within seconds of each other, because the light was rapidly changing as the sun came in and out of the clouds behind me. This made the ground go very dark as the sun was blocked by the cloud, while the clouds I photographed didn’t change in appearance at all.

clouds hover over a wheat field in Oldham County, Texas near the town of Vega. Bright blue sky and white fluffy clouds. the gound is very dark because the sun went behind a cloud and a shadow was cast on the ground

Here is the other one, presented again for comparison to the new one above.

clouds hover over a wheat field in Oldham County, Texas near the town of Vega. Bright blue sky and white fluffy clouds

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January 9, 2008

Route 66 in Tucamcari, New Mexico

Filed under: New Mexico, The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 12:55 am

My son and I found this abandoned Route 66 era tire shop along the old highway in Tucamcari, New Mexico after we stopped in the town to see the Mesalands Community College Dinosaur Museum. We were on our way to Santa Fe, where I lived at the time.

abandoned route 66 era tire shop in Tucamcari, new mexico

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December 26, 2007

Big Sky Country

Filed under: New Mexico, The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 10:07 pm

These two landscapes were found in Quay County, New Mexico back in August as my son and I were driving back to Indiana after his visit with me in Santa Fe. They were made a few hundred feet apart along an access road along the north side of Interstate 40 just east of the town of Bard. The wind was blowing hard and the clouds were changing very quickly.

a landscape seen from the side of Interstate 40 in Quay County, New Mexico just east of the town of Bard. Dramatic blue sky and clouds

a landscape seen from the side of Interstate 40 in Quay County, New Mexico just east of the town of Bard. Dramatic blue sky and clouds

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December 25, 2007

More Summer Road Trip Photos

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 12:42 am

I still have a lot of photos from my summer road trips between Santa Fe and Indiana to work on. I got another done today, another photograph of the leaning water tower in Groom, Texas.

The tower once served to attract customers to the now abandoned Britten USA Truckstop along Interstate 40 just outside the Texas panhandle town of Groom.

the famous Britten USA leaning water tower outside Groom, Texas

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November 18, 2007

Clouds Over the Texas Panhandle

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 12:05 am

This beautiful cloud hanging over a wheat field was seen from the same place that I photographed the windmill farm in Oldham County, Texas. The windmills are not visible in this image, but they are to the left of the scene.

clouds hover over a wheat field in Oldham County, Texas near the town of Vega. Bright blue sky and white fluffy clouds

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November 11, 2007

MORE Windmills!

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 8:55 pm

Here’s another photo of the windmill farm near the town of Vega in Oldham County, Texas that I photographed when I was taking my son back to his mother after his trip to Santa Fe this summer.

a group of windmills that generate electricity stands over a wheatfield in the Texas panhandle in Oldham County, Texas just east of the town of Vega. A Deep blue sky and dramatic clouds hang over the windmills.

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November 1, 2007

Back Home Again in Indiana

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 9:42 pm

That slogan appeared on Indiana license plates for a while, but in my case its true. I packed up my stuff and left Santa Fe and came back to Fort Wayne, Indiana last week after a couple weeks of preparation.

This photo was one of the very few I took along the way. I was in a hurry to complete the trip as it was very cold and my car’s heater does not work. This sign is visible along Interstate 44 right by the exit at the little town of Marshfield, Missouri. I stopped there for coffee to warm me up.

An old motel sign with an arrow along Interstate 44 in Marshfield, Missouri

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September 29, 2007

Groom, Texas

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 6:46 pm

I found this abandoned house on the edge of the panhandle town of Groom, Texas during my trip back to Santa Fe after I took my son home to his mother in Indiana.

front door of an abandoned house in groom, texas

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Texas Windmill Farm: Part IV

Filed under: The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 1:55 am

This is another photograph that I took when my son and I stopped to see the windmill farm near the Texas panhandle town of Vega. This is Everett Road, looking south toward Interstate 40. The windmills are to my back as I look down the road toward the overpass.

looking south on Everett Road toward the bridge that crosses Interstate 40 in Oldham County, Texas near Vega

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September 28, 2007

Snapshot of My Son

Filed under: My Son, The Road To Indiana — Christopher Crawford @ 5:29 am

After I picked MacKenzie up in Fort Wayne back in July, we headed down Interstate 69 toward Indianapolis. I stopped to photograph something along the highway and Mack got out to play with his Star Wars lightsaber. My son is a huge Star Wars fan!

my son playing with a star wars lightsaber toy while I photograph along interstate 69 in Indiana during our trip to Santa Fe in July, 2007

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