STL DPB OVERNIGHTING IN DALLAS

 

Greetings from beautiful Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, which is bloody enormous. On time flight from St. Louis yesterday afternoon and spending the night at a hotel in the middle of the airport complex. Morning flight today on to Costa Rica. I was reminded of a time a few years back when we were here for a wedding. The Texas State Fair was going on, which was a candy store for photographers. This is one of my favorite images.                

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - MOO

Texans have a love affair with cattle, or so the people who make money off the transaction would have you believe. Of course, beef consumption is part of the American fabric. I'm not a vegetarian. My remote ancestors were omnivores. I don't eat much beef, though. In part that's because of the nutritional issues but mostly because of the environmental damage. Is there a form of food production that is more harmful to the planet? Having a habitable place to live in a century apparently doesn't trouble the Texas Beef Council.

But then I fly. I know, I know. The ethical issues in all of this are hard.           

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - TEXANS AND VISITORS

Toto, I don't think we're in Greenwich Village anymore. And, I think I found my new profile picture.

Taken at the Texas State Fair.           

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - TEXAS STATE FAIR

Yay! I got the pig races!

We are in Dallas for a wedding. The State Fair of Texas is in progress right in the city. As a photographer I could not pass this up. None of the family would come with me; it was 95F / 35C in bright sun. They told me I was crazy. They were right. I'm still not walking well and I damn near got heat stroke. But I got some terrific shots. 

I happened to walk by a building where pig races were about to start. Can't pass that up. It was a once in a lifetime experience.

More of this to come.