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2001 Midwest Big Things Road Trip
2004 Visit to Dinosaurland in Virginia
2005 Big Things In Louisville, Kentucky
2006 Big Things Road Trip to Kansas
In the spring of 2001, I took a massive four-day road trip through the Midwest United States (Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois) to photograph "Big Things" as well as to visit my Grandparents on both sides of the family and to photograph my childhood hometown. I planned my trip using RoadSideAmerica.com to plot out tourist attractions listed in their database, and I attempted to visit some sites they didn't have photos for as well.
I've never read the book or seen the movie, but Mom wanted a t-shirt and I had time to kill before going to see my Grandma Groenwoldt, so I drove out to Winterset. And I couldn't very well buy a t-shirt in town without driving out to see a bridge, so I went at about 7 a.m. I drove out on gravel roads (ouch, my car!) that are pretty wind-y (slow down!) for way seems like ever before I got to the Roseman Covered Bridge . I hopped out of the car, and walked out to the bridge... the sun was shining, the stream bubbled under the bridge, the birds sang. It was amazing and beautiful and incredibly romantic. Of course I was there alone! But no wonder they made a movie. I would've.
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