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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 4, 2021 4:45:02 GMT
Photo was taken from a moving vehicle through a window covered in bug guts and road film, with plenty of reflections and glare. Anyone know where this is ? ever ate there ? I bet those old walls could tell tales.  |
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Post by cats4jan on Sept 4, 2021 11:43:37 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 4, 2021 21:05:15 GMT
I like the iconic argument he has with the waitress in "A Few Easy Pieces"; he doesn't intimidate her in the least. |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 4, 2021 23:35:14 GMT
I bet those old walls could tell tales. No kidding. And a lot might go beyond the law.  |
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Post by hmca on Sept 5, 2021 14:07:43 GMT
I am intrigued by the metal window frame.....what were you driving?
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 5, 2021 15:49:01 GMT
I am intrigued by the metal window frame.....what were you driving? You have a good eye; I am so used to them that I don't even notice; everything we own/drive has metal window frames and wing vents. On that particular day, instead of a big truck, which are a lot better for seeing and taking pictures, and a whole lot more comfortable as well, we were driving my friends Toyota 4X4 pickup, probably early 1980s (my newest truck is a 1991). Of course you can see the filthy plastic window "vent visor" that managed to get in almost all of my photos that day; I was tempted to rip the thing off and toss it in the ditch. It is hard to "frame and compose" through a filthy glass at road speed; I don't even try --- just try to get a shot and worry about how it came out later. Back-button focusing and AI-Servo tracking sure has increased my keeper rate. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Sept 5, 2021 16:20:49 GMT
The story behind the photo:
The Pelican Restaurant
After having been open for more than 50 years, a landmark of the Land Between the Lakes area opened its doors for the last time on 07-June-2008.
2008 was a bad year for restaurants in the area; the iconic Iron Kettle Restaurant burned to the ground in April of that same year.
The Pelican is on the South side of US Hwy 62, in Lake City / Grand Rivers, Livingston County, Kentucky, at almost the mid-point between Barkley Dam (1966) and Kentucky Dam (1944)
Straight across the highway is the huge open pit of the massive Vulcan Quarry.
The Pelican is located between Vulcan Gate 1, 258-yards to the West, and Vulcan Gate 2, 431-yards to the East.
Navigation Coordinates: 37° 1' 36.57" North Latitude - 88° 14' 59.24" West Longitude
Elevation: 419-feet
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