Things with Wheels

“The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them by man, beast or fate.” ― Hunter S. Thompson 18-wheeler truck parked by the side of the highway which runs between Talent and Ashland, in southern Oregon. Taken with an infrared-converted Lumix GX1.

“I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals; I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.” ― Roland Barthes Hot Rod street address sign, somewhere in remote rural southern Oregon.

“I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.” ― Sam Shepard Chevrolet sedan parked on the street in a southern Oregon town that hasn't changed that much since the 1950's.

“Guns are like cars: you can trust a good used one better than one that's brand new.” ― Haruki Murakami

"A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of reason...” ― Robert M. Pirsig Fisheye view of a parked motorcycle with a cool paintjob, in the Marina Parking Lot in Emeryville, California.

Van stopped in traffic somewhere in southern Oregon.

At the Harvest Festival Parade, in Talent, Oregon

“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.” ― Charles Portis Trailer just outside of Phoenix, Oregon.

"The trailer park dreams of the suburbs, and the suburbs dreams of the city, the city dreams of the stars, so on and so forth.” ― Maggie Stiefvater Trailer parked behind a fence in a rural area of southern Oregon.

“We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.” ― Rod Serling Taillight of an old car sitting in the driveway of a small southern Oregon town.