I’m writing this week’s travel theme from a porch on a hot summer’s night near Charleston, South Carolina. Tomorrow I set off on a long distance road trip – the destination is Seattle but I’m going the long way round, hoping to take in a few National Parks along the way. Crickets and bullfrogs are filling the sultry night air with noise and suddenly, Seattle seems very, very far away.
Before I set off on the adventure, however, here are a few distant objects I’ve photographed on my travels. First up, a snow-capped Mount Adams, taken from Mount Rainier National Park – over 50 miles away; it still looms large.
Exploring the shores of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan, I spotted a couple of boatmen off in the distance.
A humourous advertisement for a medication from the distant past, painted on the side of a building in the Wild West town of Winthrop, Washington.
A flashy swathe of tulips in Skagit Valley almost manage to upstage the dramatic peaks of the Cascade mountains off in the distance.
New York is so big, sometimes it can help to get a little distance. Manhattan looming out of the fog, taken from the Hoboken shore.
Now it’s your turn to bring your most distant, faraway places to the foreground. If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme (everyone is welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel Theme: Distance
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
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I’m looking forward to seeing your far-flung posts which will keep me reading and dreaming of distant places on my upcoming trip.
xxx Ailsa
“Time is the longest distance between two places.” – Tennessee Williams
“Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.” – Ian Frazier
Where's my backpack? 
Beautiful pictures 🙂
Yeah beautiful photos… 🙂
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I hope you will write about your trip, it sounds fun. I love the thought of taking the long way round 🙂
Jude xx
Hey Ailsa! What are you doing in my backyard??? Wish I’d known, would have loved to meet you and show you the places only the locals know LOL. Have a great trip!
Breathtaking photos thanks for sharing. I love the mountain shots!
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A fun one. Tried to think about a way to picture my initial thought of far vs distant, but couldn’t think of a way. Stuck with a more traditional interpretation instead.
http://pathsunwritten.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
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Magnificent collection here, Ailsa! Impossible to pick out favourites, though my eyes did get drawn back to Manhattan in the dark.
Here’s my entry: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
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This is mine…
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Looking forward to reading about your upcoming trip. Hopefully you will be DISTANCE blogging. http://travel-monkey.me/2013/08/30/ailsas-travel-theme-distance/
Beautiful photos, I love the tulips… ok, going into my archives… would the moon also count as distant?
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Travel theme: Distance – City http://myvividvisions.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance-city/
Loved the tulips! Ever looked at your home from a distance?
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That old man is smiling way too hugely considering he has a horse in bed with him. . .
I went up high for mine. . . http://loganbruin.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance-2/
Great photos, as always. have a safe trip.
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a selection of my ‘distant’ photos
I love the theme this week 😀
Here’s my entry http://www.someclingynote.net/2013/08/weekly-travel-time-distance.html
I liked having to have this perspective. Thanks! http://beyondpaisley.net/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
Oh I love the tulips. Here is my entry for the week! ENJOY!
http://www.ceephotography.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
Beautiful shots, Ailsa! You have brought the distance closer 🙂
Here’s my take on the challenge: http://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
Have a close weekend x
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Lovely – the mountain beautiful http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
Beautiful pics…love, love, love the tulips! Oh the colors!
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The long way round is often the best one. Right now I’d happily slump on a porch in Charleston, but I know I’ll enjoy the ride with you, Ailsa. I always do 🙂
Love you photos and theme. The advertisement is the cutest!
Beautiful pics…I love the tulips!!!
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Hi everybody !
Here my choice for this week
Have nice weekend
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Here is mine for this week : http://publictransituser.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1405&action=edit&message=6
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Hi Ailsa … Here is my post for the Theme of Distance
https://alienshores52.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/travel-theme-distance/
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