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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Country Ride
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:52:30 -0400
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Thanks for taking us on the ride. I would not have picked you as a petrol
head cyclist ;-)

Cheers

Alastair

> I finally got out into the countryside on my motorcycle.  There is a
> Carmelite shrine known as Holy Hill built on the highest point in
> southeastern Wisconsin, in an area called the kettle moraine, and it's
> surrounded by twisty roads.  Many are part of the state Rustic Road
> system, which designates picturesque lanes and prevents them from being
> spoiled by development.  These low-speed roads are just great for
> motorcycling.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideHolyHill_489_AMR.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideHolyHillHawk_490_AMR.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideHogbackRoad_473_AMR.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideHogbackRoad_480_AMR.jpg.html>
>
> The center of quarter-mile Hogback Road has drop-offs on both sides:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideHogbackRoad_483_AMR.jpg.html>
>
> And I always have to go to Plat Road, which curls through a grove of maple
> trees:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRidePlatRoad_493_AMR.jpg.html>
>
> On the main highway is this display:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideCycles_462_AMR.jpg.html>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Motorcycles/Country+Ride/CountryRideCycles_468_AMR.jpg.html>
>
> Not as good as George's pictures.  I was hoping for an overcast day to fit
> the mood of the subject, but got hazy sun.
> Since I don't get out this way much, I thought I'd use up some of my last
> rolls of Kodachrome here, so I also took KM25 slides with my Retina IIa,
> 3D on KR64 with my Stereo-Realist, and a roll of B&W in my M2 + 28mm f/3.5
> Nikkor LTM.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> UPAA POY 1978
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
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