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Well, ....... I am kind of on walkabout ....... Matt and I drove to Chicago ....... Then on to Minnesota to work on two different assignments ......... driving to Chicago and further from Atlanta would not be our normal modus operandi ......... and Matt then did the sensible thing and flew back to Atlanta from Minnesota .......... I weirdly drove on ........ Yeah .... Like I say.... I am kind of on walk about ......... but maybe you already know this?

Anyway, I am putting together a collection of pictures to eventually be a book......... I am trying to create a set that has something of the zeitgeist of America in the beginning of the 21st century ........ I want to have the option of images from every State in the USA ..........

Some States I spend a lot of time in so I have many pictures ........ but some States I have still never been to ........ this is my first time in either of the Dakotas .......... and weirdly amongst the most obvious I have still never been to Idaho or Utah.......... so I want take in at least those two on this trip ........ and you are right they are a fair way off from here ......... I am currently in Hot Springs South Dakota......... quite close to the state line with Nebraska ......... if you look at the photo above of the map I marked up with Matt in Minneapolis as a suggested route you get the basic idea ........ by that stage we had already done the black line of the Atlanta to Minneapolis leg (bottom right to almost top right of the route)......... Now, I have completed the leg Minneapolis to the bottom of South Dakota ( funny squiggle in yellow block central top of route)........ so I am making progress but still a very long way to go ........... I have made some worthwhile pictures too ........ :-)))

If you look at this route and have ideas or suggestions of things I should be looking at or shooting......... let me know .............. :-))))))))))

If I am passing your house at least come out and wave :-)) .......... if I am not passing you ....... drop me a line on the blog here ........... :-)))))))))

And if I am off grid periodically you will know why........... I will probably be lost in the 'Bad Lands' of The Dakotas or 'The Salt Flats' of Utah or anywhere in between ............... :-)))))))))

Cheers Jez XXXXXXXXXX

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