On the road photography

Yesterday, I was on the road back home from a short overnight trip to southwestern Missouri. I decided to take a different route back home since I wasn’t in a hurry to get back. I discovered almost instantly on the way back, that the GPS navigation apps on my phone were somewhat lacking in helping me find a “scenic” route. Even after I changed some settings, the routes chosen were not the country backroads I was hoping to drive. After some choice words to the navigations system. The route adjusted somewhat.

We ended up taking the old U.S. Highway 66. The road still exists but it is no longer considered U.S. Highway 66. While driving along, we happened upon a small town, Avilla Missouri. The first thing that caught my attention was the small red brick post office. Apparently, at one time it had been a bank. Across the street was another gem.

I didn’t wander around much more but there were a couple of things that may have played out. This town was very small, with a population of 103. One of the reasons I didn’t wander around more was I had my little dog with me and he was a bit stressed out that I was out of the car even though my wife was with him. Yeah, he is spoiled. Maybe that is lesson two, go without my dog but he is my buddy.

Not long after we left the small town the navigation app had me turn onto a county highway. County Highway 80. County Highway 80, was a two-lane paved road with no shoulder to give you a mental visual. As I was driving along, I saw a wheatfield at an intersection. I stopped quickly and since it was fairly early on Sunday morning there was no other traffic. I was able to park on the side road and took the photo of the field you see above. What caught my attention was the golden color of the wheat, lined by the green trees and the cloud formation just above the triangle created by the trees lining the wheatfield.

I’m not in search of a better way to navigate using the back roads to arrive at a predesignated location.