“Connecticut River Farm” is a popular selling fine art photograph taken along the Vermont side of the Connecticut River in the Upper Valley region.
Rivers cut through mountains over eons providing easy passage for human transportation. On the New Hampshire side of the river, Route 10 winds along, providing the scenic route.
On the Vermont side of the Connecticut River there is Interstate 91, the Amtrak rail lines and Route 5. Each intermingling and following the river through towns, villages and farms. Often the three main routes are side by side as they navigate through narrow valleys between mountains and the river.
I often take the long way home looking for photo opportunities. This scene was the case of spotting something interesting, turning the car around and slowly rolling down the road trying to find a spot pull over.
I parked in a farmer’s road and walked down to a promising spot but needed to get closer the water for the reflection. Over the guard rail and into a thicket of tall weeds, bushes and small trees down a slippery slope of who knows how many ticks.
I managed to set over an old barbed wire fence but it caught my jeans and ripped them a bit. Oh well, anything for a shot right? Down closer to the water I could see the Connecticut river flowing by, the reflection of the red barn and a slippery bank of silt from the last flooding.
All I could think of, as I sunk a foot into a inch of squishy mud, was watching myself slowly sliding into the Connecticut River and washing away. That would be hard to explain to my wife waiting back at the car.
But I managed to get the shot and crawl back up the bank and safety back to the car.