Our second stop in the 2019 Covered Bridge Festival was at Bridgeton, Indiana. The original covered bridge here was one of several that were set afire by an arsonist. The bridge was rebuilt as a replica of the original.
The Bridgeton Mill is still in operation. One can purchase a variety of flour products in the mill and see a portion of the dusty flour milling operation.
There are many vendors of antiques, crafts, clothing, food and beverages available at the festival. We were here on a Sunday afternoon and it was rather crowded. We had lunch here and, of course, had to stand in a line for awhile to get our meal.
As at the Casey County Apple Festival in Liberty, Kentucky, I noted that there were many Trump promotional items, but no corresponding items for the current crop of Democratic Party Presidential candidates.
I’m sure that within the nearby urban area of Indianapolis, one would find a wider variation in political views.
In addition to shopping, one can take a carriage ride, enjoy arts and crafts and listen to local musicians.
The nature of this visit was not conducive to carrying around a large, heavy DSLR; consequently, the images in this post are all made via an iPhone 7 Plus with post processing in editing software.
A subsequent post will have more photographs of some of the interesting items one can see at these type events.
Until then, thanks for following,
Ken
Looks like it was an interesting event . Very different from what you are accustomed to shooting. I had a friend in New England who had a passion for covered bridges and he shot them in all seasons. A quaint reminder of the past. Sometimes I think I would like to go back in time to a kinder and gentler world.
Yes, such events are much different than my preference for landscapes, but I’m trying to take advantage of the varied opportunities that present themselves, when I can’t be somewhere in the wild. My first exposure to covered bridges was during a fall visit to New England in 1990. I was not much of a photographer then, unfortunately. To be in an area with such quaint bridges and to be able to shoot them in all four seasons would be great. I would have liked to have had more fall color to included in the shots, but we were there a week or two too early. A kinder and gentler world would be agreeable to me, as well. However, the past was not all kind and gentle, either.