The USA is a young country. We’re babies in the timeline of countries throughout world history. We talk about having a “history,” but more often than not we are happy to bulldoze or junk our history to make way for the new. “Progress” we call. I used to feel the same way, until living abroad. It was in Europe I realized what we lose when we indiscriminantly move toward the future. If we don’t love and save our history, who will?
So I love it when pieces of our history, like these touring buses found in Glacier National Park, are restored.
Throughout Glacier National Park you’ll see these “Red Jammers” carrying tourists about.
Original built in the 1930’s, they were restored by Ford in the early 2000’s to continue to give visitors a classic experience. They now run on eco-friendly propane and are quieter than they once were.
They are a classic all the same. We didn’t take a tour on them, but I certainly loved photographing these beauties! Aren’t they pretty?
These images were all processed with my “Red Buddy” Lightroom preset, which I’ll share in my next newsletter. Be sure to sign up if you want to download the preset. And, in the name of progress, I’m upgrading to Lightroom 4
Great shots and I love your presets, I’ve used them for several images. Thank you so much for sharing them.
Thanks! I’m glad you like the presets! I enjoy creating them. 🙂
I love both pictures and sentiment. When I was in high school, I spent a summer with relatives in Germany and was blown away by the sense of history that we really don’t have. How many local US museums have stuff from the 18th century? Mid-19th is more common. But the local museum in the town I stayed in had stuff going back to medieval days —
So true Elise! I felt the same way. “History” has a different time scale in the US vs. Europe and other places in the world.
Love these classic touring buses! I bought LR 3 just before LR 4 came out because I was taking a local class in using it. The class turned out to be just awful, so I should have waited. Nonetheless, I’ve been hesitating about upgrading so soon. Recently, I’ve started wavering so I’ll be very interested in your posts.
So far, upgrade was easy and it’s just as intuitive. Do you have a Scott Kelby book for learning Lightroom? I love his books and that’s how I’ve learned the most in this software. Well, that and just playing around. 🙂 It just so happens I have this Lightroom 3 book I don’t know what to do with now that I upgraded to Lightroom 4! Let me know if you want it, and I’ll send it to you.
I love the restored buses! Your photos really do capture their redness! 🙂