Alaska dreams : the Alcan Highway
- Featured in Community Red bubble Weekly News!!.. I am thrilled by this humbling mention. thanks RED Bubble
this is an image I took.. when on the trail from Fairbanks Alaska .. down the Alcan Highway.. info here
I drove all the way to Florida.. and left Alaska behind… (4,999 miles trip )
There I learned about a more peaceful life.. I learned there was hope in all circumstances. I learned to pause before speaking.. I met my Lord and savior there..
this is actually in Canada, in the Yukon territory, and these hubcaps.. in the form of Totem poles are part of a collection of the store owners.. so typical of the humor of these guys.. many a people come down this trail,
which is over 1000 miles long , down the Canadian rockies.. and I guess, they leave many a hubcap along the way.
but the vision you see in the background is Alaska.. we were close to the border.. Ill never forget this trail.
my son and I slept in the car just left of here.. and when we woke up, I took this image..
- camera : a disposable one of those kind
this is in special dedication to my bubbler friend : Anibal, for she dreams of visiting this place


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Isa Rodriguez
lo.. thats my shadow on the bottom left.. I dont have fancy program to take that away :)
Rosalie Scanlon
Great image Isa, you could crop the shadow out.
Isa Rodriguez replied
hi Rosalie .. thank you ..I think you are right :) .. I thought I tried that and it might have taken awy the depth, I believe.. that was a while back that I tried though.. I loaded this one as a quick helo ofr love and smpathy for Anibal .. so , I will work on it on Picasa and see :) did you read that story :) .. she loves Alaska, and should love to visit it someday .
Isa Rodriguez
I did it :)
I just switched it.. :) lol.. I hope that looks beter :)
Bootiewootsy
Lovely image… Thanks for sharing your trip..
Isa Rodriguez replied
thank you .. it is my pleasure to share with you .
Anibal
awww you are so sweet you remembered my frosty dream of going here one day…. Isa you are so dang sweet more then words can express thank you my dear friend…..xoxoxoxo
Isa Rodriguez replied
heya hunny!!. this “poped up”.. and I decide to say hi again.. snce that was in the old days when comments were not directly under the comment .. lol!!!
Isa Rodriguez
:)
oh, I remember.. xoxoxox .. Im glad you like :)
Agnes McGuinness
This is a lovely and interesting shot, Isa. And your story is so inspiring. Agnes xx
Isa Rodriguez replied
thank you so very much , Agnes.. it was a trip to remember.. for sure!..
Chookas
Love the layers of Ekphrasis here – yours about how this scene is your interpretation of a happy culture and also for the Hubcap Interpretation of Cultural Totems lol – such is the times! I wonder what Historians in the next 2000 years will make of them? _ Valuable collectors items or just puzzlement or perhaps wondering if the person who owned them was a great warier!!! lol [worrier! lol]
☼ BRAVO !! ☼
Isa Rodriguez replied
oh!!.. my dear friend.. I am so in love with your ways!.. you so make me happy.. and your critique is so innovative and so thoughful.. You are the best I know at this.. !.. and by far.. I so so am moved by what you said..
those hubcaps for sure, wil always be a nig part of my humor, my hopes and dreams for simplicity , my way of seeing things.. muah to ya!
chen cohen
gorgeous!!! i love this image!!! love the colors of it!!! well done isa!!!
Isa Rodriguez replied
oh !,, chen. I always miss you when ou are gonne.. he he.. I adore your comments!.. I truly do ! ..
you must think I am crazy.. but its just this connection I always feel.. hugs, my friend.
dpennyor
OH, a dream trip I’ll make someday!! very beautiful and thanks for sharing!!
Isa Rodriguez replied
this is one of dearest memories.. believe it or not.. this one almost makes me cry every time I see it..
dpennyor
yep, I totally understand… gonna make it someday for sure!! my dream vacation.
Isa Rodriguez replied
the alcan.. highway.. you gotta go to that link and read up n it.. six months only !.. it took for them to make this highway.. soldiers made it for ww2.. I lived in Alaska 18 years..
dpennyor
really?? 18 years in alaska… you are an expert on it then. sooooo want to go there. I tried to get a job up there and move but didn’t get it.
Isa Rodriguez replied
keep trying.. but!.. you can also just drive up and plant yourself there.. oh my !.. homesteading I think is allowed in some places.. but start in the summer.. start in end of April.. take plenty of cold weather gear.. and plenty of mosquito spray.. and your eight grandkids..
CanDuCreations
Beautiful work Isa
Isa Rodriguez replied
thank you , !!!!!!!!!
Sally Omar
Beautiful!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo
Isa Rodriguez replied
thank you :) did you read my story..its my favorite one .. im such a bad writer.. a better editorialist maybe ?
dpennyor
wow!!! what a story isa!! what an amazing, wonderful woman.
Isa Rodriguez replied
awwwwwww. and now you are gone from the bubble!.. i miss you .. lol!!!!!!
lanebrain phot...
Isa….Funny I grew up not to far down the road from you at Eielson in a different time. I remember this place well. We stopped here to get a tire fixed and the guy that was fixing tires was to drunk so my father fixed it….not sure if he paid or not? LOL!! Great image and thanks for a trip down memory lane!! Terry
Isa Rodriguez replied
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..Terry
i cant believe you know this place!!!!!!!!..it is in the yukon territory !.. I am sure!!!!1.. so you drove the alcan?????
thanks so much for visiting this picture.. :)))) and my story ..xx
Alexanderargyll
great image…...............and narrative Isa
Isa Rodriguez replied
thanks o very much , Alexander
what a lovely thing to say.. enjoyed telling my story !
Isa
jarede
thank you for sharing…its beautiful!! the shot and the story…..bubble hugs
Isa Rodriguez replied
aw. thanks hunny!. sorry took so long to get back with you .. what like six month????? lol! love ya always..
F.A. Moore
Wow, I found it! Gee. 6 months old and deep in your portfolio. How did RB/Community/Nat ever find this one!? lol. Congratulations, Isa. It is a compelling story!
Isa Rodriguez replied
lol.. and aw.. I know.. how did they find this ? super “buried” in my portfolio.. I am so happy they did ..thanks ..to me the Alcan Highway deserves a spot in the sun .. this highways story alone should.. and then of course my little story .:).. thanks frannie
Rosalie Scanlon
Wow, WTG Isa, congrats on your Community News feature.
Isa Rodriguez replied
yay!. thanks rosalie.. I am so glad you came to visit again:).. you are so sweet. ♥♥
DoreenPhillips
WooHoo…...Another one I had missed…......I am so sure we had a conversation about this?????.............I’m thinking that you might have put this in one of your story journals or 50 things…....Anyhoo…......It is a Great Great Image Isa…..and so many big Congrats and hugs to you…..........and Much Love…....I would Love Love Love to go on a Road trip with you…......xxx
Isa Rodriguez replied
o, girl…...... one of these days….. xoxoxoxox …. we will take a road trip .. you can count on it.. oh yeah.. thanks prima.
F.A. Moore
Congratulations on being featured
Inside Solo magazine, vol. 8!
Inside Solo is the Art News and Resource magazine from Solo Exhibition.
Click the link, top, to go there and see the magazine and your feature.
Isa Rodriguez replied
o, Frannie!. now Thats a way to wake up .. to a wonderful news spot:).. thanks bunhces.. you are a true lovely woman.. the diversity of the art there floors me.. and I admire your unique gift of artistic ways to present The RB community.. it is super appreciated.