Club Meeting, ‘1 Bus, 2 Girls, 2581 Miles & .. ’ - Tuesday 28th September 2021.
On Tuesday 28th September, two visitors from Alnwick and District Camera club, Jane Coltman and Dawn Robinson,
gave a presentation to Morpeth Camera Club entitled ‘1 Bus, 2 Girls, 2581 Miles and 11,458 Photos’ documenting a
road trip they took in the western states of America. Originally Jane & Dawn were due to visit us in 2020 so we were
looking forward to their long-awaited presentation.
The trip took in California, Arizona and Nevada during the month of May and the ladies assumed that they would be
enjoying good weather, but it was so cold the first thing they did was to buy padded jackets, hats and gloves.
In Las Vegas they were surprised at the enormity and scale of the city, but by hiring an Uber driver, were able to see
not only the highlights of the city but areas away from the bustling Strip. A short audio visual film showed colourful
street life, modern architecture, wall art, light shows and dancing fountains to music.
Yosemite National Park was next on the agenda which they described as an amazing place, with mountains & valleys
so huge it was hard for one to comprehend. An Av illustrated the gushing waterfalls, beautiful lake reflections and
snow laden, towering mountains.
San Francisco turned out to be their favourite place, with the ladies providing information on earthquakes and
resulting fires which decimated areas of the city. An Av of images followed of the colourful clapboard architecture
of Haight-Ashbury, the steep streets leading down to the waterfront, shop window mannequins, cable cars, excellent
street art, musicians and signposts.
With unusually clear weather, as the route along the California coast is known for its low cloud, the pair enjoyed the
trip which took in Monterey, Cambria and Carmel, Santa Monica and Santa Barbara. Their Av depicted the atmosphere
of this area perfectly with an array of images of California girls, beach life, street vendors, Art Deco buildings and
golden sunsets.
Wild West Arizona came next with images taken on Route 66 of quirky, colourful road signs, personal car number
plates, truck stops and motels, car lots and auto sales, rusty classic automobiles, shacks, dusty fuel stations, old
billboards, trains, humourous want ads, a shoot-out re-enactment and a rickety train ride through a mining museum.
San Diego, they likened to a sedate retirement home. With a good climate, home to a naval base, it had an air of
affluence. An Av of images of the waterfront and its veteran statuary, street life with clever wall art, clapboard
Victorian architecture sitting next to quirky shop fronts, and glittering night time waterfront scenes captured the
atmosphere of the city.
Last but not least, Jane and Dawn transported us over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter. An Av of dramatic images
of the awesome, immense scale of the multi layered vertiginous rock faces and colourful strata; reduced the mighty
Colorado River to a thin winding line resembling a stream.
The 2,581-mile bus trip took them through mountainous landscapes, deserts with huge cacti and dramatic orange
rock stacks, and vast, flat open spaces beneath billowing cloud formations. Throughout the evening Jane and Dawn
treated us to anecdotes of their experiences on the trip and their travel companions, concluding that such was the
diversity of the region, visiting each state was like being in a different country.
Co-Chairperson Sue Dawson, thanked Jane and Dawn for a very entertaining travelogue, after which refreshments
were served whilst the audience viewed a selection of prints displayed around the room.
Steph.
gave a presentation to Morpeth Camera Club entitled ‘1 Bus, 2 Girls, 2581 Miles and 11,458 Photos’ documenting a
road trip they took in the western states of America. Originally Jane & Dawn were due to visit us in 2020 so we were
looking forward to their long-awaited presentation.
The trip took in California, Arizona and Nevada during the month of May and the ladies assumed that they would be
enjoying good weather, but it was so cold the first thing they did was to buy padded jackets, hats and gloves.
In Las Vegas they were surprised at the enormity and scale of the city, but by hiring an Uber driver, were able to see
not only the highlights of the city but areas away from the bustling Strip. A short audio visual film showed colourful
street life, modern architecture, wall art, light shows and dancing fountains to music.
Yosemite National Park was next on the agenda which they described as an amazing place, with mountains & valleys
so huge it was hard for one to comprehend. An Av illustrated the gushing waterfalls, beautiful lake reflections and
snow laden, towering mountains.
San Francisco turned out to be their favourite place, with the ladies providing information on earthquakes and
resulting fires which decimated areas of the city. An Av of images followed of the colourful clapboard architecture
of Haight-Ashbury, the steep streets leading down to the waterfront, shop window mannequins, cable cars, excellent
street art, musicians and signposts.
With unusually clear weather, as the route along the California coast is known for its low cloud, the pair enjoyed the
trip which took in Monterey, Cambria and Carmel, Santa Monica and Santa Barbara. Their Av depicted the atmosphere
of this area perfectly with an array of images of California girls, beach life, street vendors, Art Deco buildings and
golden sunsets.
Wild West Arizona came next with images taken on Route 66 of quirky, colourful road signs, personal car number
plates, truck stops and motels, car lots and auto sales, rusty classic automobiles, shacks, dusty fuel stations, old
billboards, trains, humourous want ads, a shoot-out re-enactment and a rickety train ride through a mining museum.
San Diego, they likened to a sedate retirement home. With a good climate, home to a naval base, it had an air of
affluence. An Av of images of the waterfront and its veteran statuary, street life with clever wall art, clapboard
Victorian architecture sitting next to quirky shop fronts, and glittering night time waterfront scenes captured the
atmosphere of the city.
Last but not least, Jane and Dawn transported us over the Grand Canyon in a helicopter. An Av of dramatic images
of the awesome, immense scale of the multi layered vertiginous rock faces and colourful strata; reduced the mighty
Colorado River to a thin winding line resembling a stream.
The 2,581-mile bus trip took them through mountainous landscapes, deserts with huge cacti and dramatic orange
rock stacks, and vast, flat open spaces beneath billowing cloud formations. Throughout the evening Jane and Dawn
treated us to anecdotes of their experiences on the trip and their travel companions, concluding that such was the
diversity of the region, visiting each state was like being in a different country.
Co-Chairperson Sue Dawson, thanked Jane and Dawn for a very entertaining travelogue, after which refreshments
were served whilst the audience viewed a selection of prints displayed around the room.
Steph.