The journey begins - purchased a truck.

I've said it many times before, but the patience of listening is severely under rated.

I dropped by H&L Machine, to thank him for the use of space for the filming of Ron's interview , and wound up spending 2 hours talking about his past and hobbies.

Almost got into the Olympics for trap shooting, Raised cutting horses (?) for years, bought trained and sold them -

He runs the C and C side of H&L, but where we got talking was photography. I learned a lot this morning . . . .

 

Unfortunately, some of the images are simply too big for transmission.

He regards 99% of his work as junk, yet I'm amazed by it.

I learned a lot about photography today from him, he has about $10k invested in cameras, lenses, and filters - all well explained as to how they achieve the visual effects that I would never have imagined.

 

I'll throw it out there - any member that feels up for an interview, let me know.

If I'm home, and the opportunity presents, then let me know.

As we all age - and unfortunately die - or leave this industry, if there's a mark you'd like to leave on it , whether for your family and friends, or the greater community - as much as I hate to admit it, video recollection has become the new "Passed on stories handed down".

@KANSAS TRANSIT RIP, would have been great, but I invite any of you - @staceydude , @God prefers Diesels , @Old Man , @PoleCrusher , @Midwest Trucker , @JoeyJunk and countless more - reach out if you want to share a story.

This time of year, I'm fairly loose, but I always carry the camera gear around with me.

 

I know!

Once he showed me the equipment , and then some end result pictures, it all became clear.