Colorful journey

Scene from a nondescript parking lot
Trenton, ON
October 2018
Photo originally shared on Instagram

On a long road trip home amid a couple of chapters no one in my family ever wanted to write, I found myself looking for small moments of refuge to light the darkness that's been shadowing us. At every stop, I instinctively reached for my camera not because the photography would be epic - it wasn't, because highway rest stops have the aesthetic appeal of a dirty beach towel - but because going through the photographic motions gave my brain something else to do, to think about.

As you can see, the photo is lousy, but taking it made me feel ever so slightly better before I tucked the camera away, hugged my insanely understanding wife and got back on the road.

I ended up with a lot of meh-looking roadside pics, but I'm nevertheless glad I took them. Because sometimes it's more about the process than the result.