My daughter and I went out today to shoot. Went to the nearby Daniel Boone homestead historical site. Was his childhood home. I think he was in his teens when he left. The house is still intact, and a number of other local historical buildings were moved onsite to conserve them.
We hadn't been to the site in, what, five years? The years have not been kind. I suspect it's all COVID related, though the site is open but no staff are manning it.
Today:
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2011, for comparison:
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I'd brought my 4x5 but with FP4+ at close to $2/sheet, I opted for the 70D. With no maintenance activities going on, the place was largely in a shambles. Which led to a focus on detail shots:
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One of the neater things there is the gravesite of the DeTurk families, brothers who owned the site after the Boones left. Both John and Samuel are Revolutionary veterans, their graves marked as such:
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Definitely not something common where I grew up in the midwest.
I'm hopeful that the place will be cleaned up when the restrictions are lifted.
I still have the 4x5, lenses, holders, and meter all packed in my Mini Trekker nicely. Need to find somewhere to go now...
Thanks for looking.
Scott