#highway 41

[cgclarkphoto]

Chicago's Lakefront Trail - cg photography

[maa-pix]

There are many song cues apropos to particular road trips. One might wonder about being born in the back of a Greyhound bus when riding on Highway 41 through Georgia. You might feel like stopping for a brew somewhere along US2 twelve hours out of Mackinaw City. Readin’, rightin’, and Route 23 might have put you Detroit City bound on that old Hillbilly Highway. You might be thinking about getting back to Ojai while hitching a ride up the PCH. Or about all those things that are easily done out on Highway 61. Not to mention the kicks on Route 66.

Myself, I’m way past seventeen and it’s been more than a half century since 1965, but I was running up 101 the other day for the first time in my life, so I had to cue up some Jackson Browne.

[jimbyrondean]

“Thirty miles south of Paso Robles the road is straight as an arrow. At this part I could see for many miles ahead, and I noticed what seemed like some kind of a roadblock far off in the distance. As I came closer, the obstruction took form. It was a sedan, not badly damaged, in the middle of the highway. I strained to look around the immediate area – I was looking for the other car. 

Off in a ditch to the right, I suddenly saw what had been the sleek, silver Porsche - now it was like a crumpled pack of cigarettes. But where was Jimmy? My heart screamed. I leaped from the car, only to be confronted by a highway policeman asking questions. 

Then I saw it all. Rolf had been thrown clear of the car: Jimmy was dead in his seat. The impact had thrown his head back too far. 

The ambulance came and I instinctively began taking pictures. I begged the attendant to keep Jimmy under oxygen on the way to the hospital, but it was no use. Neither was the fifteen-mile race against time to the hospital. Jimmy was dead.”

- Sanford Roth 

[bentshoe62]

That Fateful Day September 30, 1955 James Dean & mechanic Rolf Weutherich heading to weekend road races in Salinas photographer: Sanford Roth gone too soon ... Rest In Peace

[benzuckerphotos]

Night Drive | Highway 41 

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