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Almost three years ago, while the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge was still under construction, I took a photo of a train going by on an old railroad trestle next to the new bridge. Now, the city has opened up the beginning of a network of trails in the river bottoms, and I was able to pass underneath that old trestle.
I never realized how old it really was.
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The angry water rose until the earth was scrubbed down to bare stone. Still the flood mounted – but all they could do was stand around, watch, and engage in surprisingly upbeat, pleasant, and polite conversation.
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After I left the Trans.lation Market in Vickery Meadow I took the DART train across the Trinity River. As we were crossing I saw a large group of bicyclists going past on the Santa Fe Trestle Trail. It was the Ye Olden Tymes Vintagey Retro Ride & Picnic – I had hoped to get down there before them, but I wasn’t all that very late.
As I rode down from the train station all the walkers coming the other way said, “They’re a long ways ahead of you.” All of them, really.
“I’ll catch up, don’t worry,” I replied.
And I did. It was a lot of fun.
Skipping rope at Ye Olden Tymes Vintagey Retro Ride & Picnic.
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Trinity River Bottoms, Dallas, Texas. Taken from the Santa Fe Trestle Trail, near the Dallas Wave.
Trinity River, Dallas, Texas
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The Dallas Wave from the Santa Fe Trestle Trail
Dallas Wave
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HDR photograph taken in Trammell Crow Park in the river bottoms, Dallas.
This is the spot where, years ago, Lee and I came down to do some sketching in the river bottoms. We walked to the levee in the background of this picture to draw the downtown skyline. Lee was a bit distracted, but I managed to sell my drawing to a local magazine – so all was not lost. It took me a while to get this picture – it’s not the most savory area and a young couple were drinking heavily and stumbling around between the cows and getting in the shot. Since this HDR is a three shot combination – I needed stationary subjects – like the concrete cows.
As I was leaving, I was lugging my camera and tripod back to the parking area when a group of three – an older photographer (walking with a cane), his assistant (carrying a folding reflector and a camera), and a model (wearing a long dress, but wrapped in a large thick shawl – it was cold) walked the other way. They were obviously going to get the last bit of light as the sun set. The man said Hi in a nice conspiratorial way, making me think I was actually also a photographer, instead of simply an idiot with a tripod.
I thought they were going to head to the cow sculptures, but they walked right out into the open area…. I’m not sure what sort of shot they were working on.
I sort of wanted to sit in my car and watch them work – I like watching fashion shoots – but I had things to do… so off I went.
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Bill Chance 