Life was a lot slower and simpler in the fifties and sixties.
Written by Gary Wonning
My grandparents had given me a nineteen fifty-two Henry J for my first car, I was only fifteen so I couldn’t legally drive it on the road, but I kept that car spotless. This was in the early sixties, our lives revolved around hot good looking cars. Very seldom did a week go by when I didn’t wash it or clean it up to keep it looking nice.
In all reality, it wasn’t much of a car, but it ran and had a radio, what else did I need?
I was the only one in my group of friends that had a car, so I was top dog.
Soon, Jim and I would be making weekly trips to Batesville in my juke box on wheels, in search of adventure, and whatever else we could find.
I started to have trouble with it, minor things; the doors wouldn’t stay closed, radiator problems and such.
One Saturday evening, we had decided the proper action would be to circle the Gibson Theater in Batesville and wait for the show to end. We reasoned that girls would come swarming out of the theater and that would be our chance to meet a couple of them. (Teenage logic.)
Growing up on a dairy farm in southeastern Indiana, Gary traveled very little until midlife, when the opportunity became available to him.
Grabbing his camera and a bag full of equipment, he began his vision quest traveling to most areas of the United States and several countries abroad.
Along the way he collected several thousand photographs that he wants to share with everyone.
Gary decided the best way to accomplish his goal was to publish photo documentaries on the various areas of the world he has visited.
What will follow will be several photography books, who knows how many will wind up in his collection.
To contact Gary:
http://www.journeysthrulife.com.
