The Empty Road Photo Thread
04-06-22, 01:12 AM
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Not my photo but very apropos...
Drillium Dude Where is the place that you pictured above? I'm sure I've been there but I can't place it. El Paso? NM? AZ? SoCal?
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Drillium Dude Where is the place that you pictured above? I'm sure I've been there but I can't place it. El Paso? NM? AZ? SoCal?
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Drillium Dude Where is the place that you pictured above? I'm sure I've been there but I can't place it. El Paso? NM? AZ? SoCal?
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04-06-22, 05:51 PM
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Thanks... I was doing some consulting with and for a company over in Tempe from the late 90's until the early 2000's. I remember passing by and seeing those towers on the top of the hill. Maybe from I-10?
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04-06-22, 08:46 PM
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Looks like the Northern tip of Door County Wisconsin
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Yellowstone Park roads will remain free of vehicle traffic until the middle of this month. Here's a nice "empty road" shot from a couple of weeks ago just after the roads opened up fro bikes. Heading back tomorrow for another ride with my wife before the weather turns cold and blustery through next week.
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04-09-22, 11:03 AM
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Roads are still closed to vehicles in Yellowstone and I took this shot yesterday, with this thread in mind, of my wife on my favorite road structure in the Park. Locally called “Cantilever Bridge”, if there has to be a road there, this curved and semi-cantilevered bridge structure elegantly traverses it’s way around the rock face. I think it won an engineering award as well.
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06-03-22, 02:36 PM
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I’ve been meaning to add some recent pictures here. Seems fitting to follow @majmt with the first few.
He is right! Yellowstone for a brief time each spring is the motherlode of beautiful empty roads. West Yellowstone to Mammoth Hot Springs.
Open road poetry by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Open Road Poetry 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
A decent thru a rock garden by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Open Road Poetry 3 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Open Road Poetry 4 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Open Road Poetry 7 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Open Road Poetry 8 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
He is right! Yellowstone for a brief time each spring is the motherlode of beautiful empty roads. West Yellowstone to Mammoth Hot Springs.
Open road poetry by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrOpen Road Poetry 2 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrA decent thru a rock garden by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrOpen Road Poetry 3 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrOpen Road Poetry 4 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrOpen Road Poetry 7 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrOpen Road Poetry 8 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
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Now for some, more local to where I live.
Riding up Cayuse Pass before it was opened to car traffic at the end of May...
lower angle shot by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Tunnel of snow by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Looking back at the climb up Cayuse by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
A peek a boo view of Rainier by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
The Old Snoqualmie Pass Road
Heading down the Old Snoqualmie Pass Rd by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Still a little rough down by Denny Creek by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Denny Creek Road by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
The Middle Fork Road, just east of North Bend, Wa.
531 Day ride 3 by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Snoqualmie Valley Trail
Behind bars in the Snoqualmie Valley by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
The Iron Horse (Palouse to Cascades) Trail
Another day another ride by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Riding up Cayuse Pass before it was opened to car traffic at the end of May...
lower angle shot by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrTunnel of snow by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrLooking back at the climb up Cayuse by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrA peek a boo view of Rainier by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrThe Old Snoqualmie Pass Road
Heading down the Old Snoqualmie Pass Rd by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrStill a little rough down by Denny Creek by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrDenny Creek Road by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrThe Middle Fork Road, just east of North Bend, Wa.
531 Day ride 3 by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrSnoqualmie Valley Trail
Behind bars in the Snoqualmie Valley by Matthew Pendergast, on FlickrThe Iron Horse (Palouse to Cascades) Trail
Another day another ride by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
06-03-22, 03:04 PM
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Loved your photos Matthew! And that Woodrup is gorgeous. I wasn't aware of the brand so I went to their website and wow, what a cool company. Long live lugs!
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Succor Creek, far east Oregon:
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^^^ I stole 50 copies of that second one, CMAW - hope you don't mind 
Seriously awesome couple of shots.
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Seriously awesome couple of shots.
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Near my shop in Ventura. Where is everybody?
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That second image is lovely. Tilt/shift? The trees are straight!
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a shot from the MUP going north from Alton, IL along Rt 100 and the Mississippi river.
No traffic, other than a barge.
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No traffic, other than a barge.
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