Destination: Buried Cars

Destination: The buried cars along the Wabash Heritage Trail
Miles hiked: 9
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1:18 non DSLR lens.

I decided to go back to the buried cars again. This was a risky choice due to the rain we had last night. The trail did have a few muddy spots but it was not to bad. It rained at least a .5 in last night.

I set up a tent Friday evening and slept it in. It was relaxing to listen to the rain. This something I like to at least once a year.

Along the way I visited a site I photographed this spring. I wanted to bring a tripod this time since the area is well shaded. I have not posted my original visit, but here is a link to the set on my Flickr page. The site is a pile of rubble on the bank of the river. I liked the old twisted i-beams or rail road tracks.

Here are some flower shots along the trail

I saw many of these colorful bugs today. I have not seen it before. I wonder what it is?

Flower with a bee of some kind.

Photo's from the rubble pile

The photo's from my last visit came out better. I think I will try again with a different lens some time soon. Today lens was a manual focus lens and I was have troubles telling if I was in focus or not. This area was somewhat muddy.

A tree near the rubble pile.

The buried cars

There are three old buried cars along the the Wabash Heritage Trail. One of them can only be photographed well from the bank of the river due to the weeds. It was too muddy to do that today. Here is a link to a photo of it I had taken in the spring. I was able to photograph the other two cars.

The red car. This one was a little out of focus. It looked OK in the view finder.

The blue car. This car is hard to get a good shot of. It is much more buried than the red car. The surrounding weeds don"t help much either. Maybe next spring?

The tail fin of the blue car.

Interior of red car.

Someone painted this cat on the side of the red car. It is nice simple graphic.