Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
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Category: Boat
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For several years I took students to Ometepe Island to work with local medical professionals. One year I found out the ferry we had booked has sunk the day before our return to the mainland. We caught a different boat, but I was amazed to see the crews working to raise the boat we were…
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Somehow I have never taken the Staten Island Ferry. This needs to be rectified the next time I’m in the city. (New York, New York, 2022)
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I tell this story often. I was doing a consult in Grand Rapids and they offered to fly me over from Milwaukee. I suggested the ferry–same price and I get to use my car. This surprised them and at each meeting for 2 days, I was introduced as: “this is Julio Rivera from Milwaukee, and…
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I went back to Roosevelt Lake to re-shoot the photo shared yesterday. It was April and it had been an exceptionally wet winter in Arizona. The reservoir was filled and they allowed water to flow in the Salt River for the first time in 11 years. (Roosevelt Lake 2005)
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If you took a class from me, you probably saw this image (you may not remember it). I would ask students what they thought they were seeing. The answers varied widely and I was always pleased at their creativity. That’s my truck sitting at the bottom of the Schoolhouse Boat Launch at Roosevelt Lake. I’m…
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I was enjoying the dhow (boat) traffic. These are mostly used as tour vessels in region. At one time, they were fitted with sails and were the cornerstone of the pearl diving industry. (Doha, Qatar 2016)
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Although still a drawbridge, the Wells street bridge doesn’t see the kind of commercial traffic it used to. These days it lifts for tour boats and large pleasure boats. (Milwaukee, 2001)
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It was the end of the “old ferry” system across the lake and before the revival of the Badger and Lake Express. That summer the Badger was running between Ludington and Milwaukee. My friend and I were working in Northern Michigan and we had to get back to school in Milwaukee. Shortest distance between 2…
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I took a ton of shots of the Nā Pali Coast coast that day. Each one was lovely and full of the rich colors. This one was the odd one in the group and became my favorite and hung on my office wall for years. For some reason all the colors muted out of the…
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