Nature / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 20, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Until I came through Idaho and eastern Oregon, what I knew about the Snake River Canyon was that Evil Kneivel tried to jump over it on a rocket-powered motorcycle in the 1970s. Having now ridden my own motorcycle along some 100 miles of the Snake River, I can say
History / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 17, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Of course all these photos from the ghost towns I’ve been visiting were originally taken digitally and in color. However I Photoshopped them to be black-and-white, sepia, silver toned or sometimes with strange colors because the subject matter seems to demand it.
History / Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Ghost towns aren’t just about the old, dilapidated buildings. For reasons unknown, people sometimes left their entire lives behind. Including cars, trucks, furniture and many other things. Here are some of the cars and trucks I found while touring the ghost towns.
History / Off-the-beaten-path / USA / Wandering
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 11, 2018 · Last modified July 5, 2018
Before I came to remote Joseph, OR I had done some research online. I found that there are approximately eleven ghost towns within an hour or so from here.
Those who have known me for even 10 minutes know that I am no fan of the cold. I don’t use air conditioning and only rarely use fans. I don’t love extreme heat but can tolerate it better than most. On the other hand, I hate being cold. So it...
I have seen the World Pyrotechnic Championships in Toronto. (Yes, there is such a thing and it’s held in a different city every year.) Seeing fireworks over an alpine lake surrounded on all sides by soaring mountain peaks easily rivals that.
Bucket List / Nature / Off-the-beaten-path / USA
by Jeffrey Kontur · Published July 3, 2018 · Last modified July 2, 2018
On my way across the country, I rode 3,100 miles and passed through 14 states and four time zones. Ever since I saw photos of it in a magazine back in the 1980s, I have been dying to visit Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Before white settlement, the Lakota...
I’ll admit, I’m one of those super annoying people who leaps out of bed with the first rays of the sun, singing like a lark. Even worse, I do it all without the benefit of caffeine. Every once in a while I’ll, have some coffee but when I do I...
Looking at other people’s old chewing gum not your thing? I don’t blame you. However morbidly fascinating it might be, there’s something more than a little gross about it. Luckily, there’s far more to Seattle. Unlike many large American cities that sit on bays, lakes, or other enclosed bodies of...
