"Penny was here" Bench: On the trail to Turkey Spur Rock in the New River National Park, at the top of one of the staircases was a well placed bench. Something that intrigues me when...

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

On the trail to Turkey Spur Rock in the New River National Park, at the top of one of the staircases was a well placed bench. Something that intrigues me when walking through beautiful landscapes is the thought process of the person who felt leaving a tag, "Penny was here", was a good idea at the time. Maybe my perspective should be that I'm looking at a petroglyph from the next millennium.

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Quixdraw Loc: x

Nice shot. In re; the tag, ya' gotta wonder!

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Thanks, QD.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

joehel2 wrote:

On the trail to Turkey Spur Rock in the New River National Park, at the top of one of the staircases was a well placed bench. Something that intrigues me when walking through beautiful landscapes is the thought process of the person who felt leaving a tag, "Penny was here", was a good idea at the time. Maybe my perspective should be that I'm looking at a petroglyph from the next millennium.

Great image.If you knew Penny like I knew Penny OMG

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

First of all a great shot. B&W really does the subject justice.

Regarding the tag: Personally I consider messages carved in wood different than tags from a spray can. I did my share of carving in my younger days. I can, even now, visit a tree in California where the faint words Jack Loves Linda still remain. Do I regret carving it? Nope. Do I still love Linda? Nope. Am I sorry now that I did it? Absolutely not.

Amator21 Loc: California

joehel2 wrote:

On the trail to Turkey Spur Rock in the New River National Park, at the top of one of the staircases was a well placed bench. Something that intrigues me when walking through beautiful landscapes is the thought process of the person who felt leaving a tag, "Penny was here", was a good idea at the time. Maybe my perspective should be that I'm looking at a petroglyph from the next millennium.

I liked what you saw, B&W fits the motif very well!
Poul.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

joehel2 wrote:

On the trail to Turkey Spur Rock in the New River National Park, at the top of one of the staircases was a well placed bench. Something that intrigues me when walking through beautiful landscapes is the thought process of the person who felt leaving a tag, "Penny was here", was a good idea at the time. Maybe my perspective should be that I'm looking at a petroglyph from the next millennium.

I understand! But sometimes we want to leave a little evidence of our very existence - especially if we don't feel as if we matter very much. I love your gorgeous shot🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

angler Loc: StHelens England

Nice shot Joe.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Curmudgeon wrote:

First of all a great shot. B&W really does the... (show quote)

Thanks. I can follow your thought process, I was young and in love once too.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Amator21 wrote:

I liked what you saw, B&W fits the motif very well!
Poul.

Thank you, Poul.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

joecichjr wrote:

I understand! But sometimes we want to leave a little evidence of our very existence - especially if we don't feel as if we matter very much. I love your gorgeous shot🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

Thanks, Joe. I agree with your thoughts, I half posted it wanting to see others' opinions.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

PixelStan77 wrote:

Great image.If you knew Penny like I knew Penny OMG

Thanks, Stan. Yes, Penny did get around.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

angler wrote:

Nice shot Joe.

Thank you, Jim.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

joehel2 wrote:

Thanks. I can follow your thought process, I was young and in love once too.

Only once?

SonyBug

Curmudgeon wrote:

First of all a great shot. B&W really does the... (show quote)

My mother used to say, "Fools names, as well as faces, are always seen in public places."