Back in March I took my annual road trip down to Tulsa, OK to see close friends. This was year four in a row and a trip that I look forward to every 365ish days.

I promised myself I’d shoot a roll of film on this trip and stayed true to that. The following photos were taken with a Leica M5 on Fujifilm Superia Premium 400. In my opinion, the film was a bit too fast for my environment, so I shot fairly closed most of the trip. I learned that the M5 has a bit of a vignette once shooting pretty closed.

I’m still trying to figure this camera out. The sad thing is that I’ve owned it well over a year and haven’t been intentional about using it. That said, here are a few of the photos that turned out enough to share.

A few honorable mentions:

• It was the second trip in my new-to-me Honda Element.
• The first mirror selfie is in the bedroom I’ve stayed in the last four years. Almost feels like a second home now.
• It was the first time I ever eaten at a Waffle House. Worst coffee ever, but the foot was special.
• The second day it snowed. Leave it to a Wisconsinite to bring the weather down with him. Fortunately it was pretty much gone by the next day.
• We played lots of disc golf, ate good food, and had good conversations.