September 4, 2010 – Yesterday, I got back from a 30-hour, 1,000+ mile, solo road trip to the Buffalo, NY, area as research for a current book project. However, as always seems to be the case, I stumbled upon way more than was on my list of sites and artifacts to check out. Thought I'd post some of those in-between pics from the trip (saving all the good stuff for the book, of course). Normally, I'd just throw a couple of the images on the
O.T.I.S. Facebook Page or download and forget about them, but not all of you are on Facebook and it would be a shame to let Rick James, attack turkeys, and a giant conglomeration of canoes rot on my hard drive...
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Worst epitaph ever, Mr. James. |
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A Nancy Rubens art installtion in front of
the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. |
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The abandoned Buffalo State Asylum |
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Hm. Should I? |
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One thing I've never gotten used to in the northeast.
All the wild turkeys |
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Charlotte failed this one. |
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Atomic-powered skull |
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The trip was actually like 1,037 miles, but I grabbed the pic here 'cause my trip odometer rolls back to 0 when it gets to four digits. |