1-2-3 Farm to Market roads; stop & smell the roses -- a sister thread

[cruisin]

I really like the Farm to Market road thread and it stands well on it's own but during the course of getting those pictures are we getting any others? I am an avid photographer and stopping to shoot pictures of my meanderings is how I "stop and smell the roses". So, I'm offering this up as a sister thread to that one in that if you have pictures of anything interesting to go along with the road sign pictures then post them here along with where they are found by the FM # and maybe a short sentence or two if there is anything special to tell.

First up are the pics I shot on FM 296 approximately 20 miles east of Texline, 12/20/08. Old farm houses, barns, windmills and equipment is rich fodder for photography hounds.


If yo are so inclined, please add to this so that others might have the same opportunity to see what you saw.

[cruisin]

two more from FM 296

[cruisin]

and from FM 998 12/20/08 ~8 miles SE of Hartley. Proof that there are some hills in the Panhandle; albeit not many! ;-)

[Bear on a bicycle]

On FM 12

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Bear_on_a_bicycle/farmroads005.jpg


On FM 32, scenic overlook at the Devil's Backbone

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Bear_on_a_bicycle/devilsbackbone006.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Bear_on_a_bicycle/devilsbackbone007.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Bear_on_a_bicycle/devilsbackbone012.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/Bear_on_a_bicycle/devilsbackbone011.jpg

[bmcdonau]

Nice pictures. I always start out with plans to take lots of picturs, then end up with very few.

[Texas T]

Any more shots of that old Studie? Looks like it would make a fine street rod hauler.

[weekend_warrior]

Any more shots of that old Studie? Looks like it would make a fine street rod hauler.


That is what I was thinking. Love the look of the front and hood ornament.

[cruisin]

Any more shots of that old Studie? Looks like it would make a fine street rod hauler.


Don't know if these will help but they're about the only other angles I have.

[FJR Bandit]

I think this is a great idea. :clap: :clap:

I on the other hand, am about the :rider: and not the "roses". :oops: Mostly because I don't know what a beautiful rose looks like. :doh: That and that I often forget to grab the camera.:headbang: Like Saturday, the plan was to get some work done on the bike in Alamogordo then head to El Paso for a pic of FM76. Well, I forgot the camera and missed some beautiful pics of riding through the mountains in Cloudcroft surrounded by snow. :tears: If you have ever been there, you know what I mean.

To those that take the time to smell the "roses". :bow: :bow:

[cruisin]

There are a variety of reasons that I take the time for pics like these; one of course is the obvious -- a love of photography. Then the not so obvious; I regret not having more pictures of early rides when I was younger. In fact, I have no pictures at all of my first motorcycle from 1968 through 1970. It was a 1964 Honda 90. The pictures I do have start with my 1968 Honda CB 350 but they are too few. Like many of you now, I was always in a hurry to get from point A to point B and didn't take nearly enough time to soak it all in. Now days I take that time because I know that some day I will no longer be able to do this and the pictures will allow me to continue the vivid memories. A couple of examples of stopping to smell the roses that I have shared before but I don't think anyone will mind seeing again are my day ride May 12, 2007 (http://www.chromeheads.org/discus/messages/202348/329137.html?1211425350) and the Chromheads in the hill country 2008 (http://www.chromeheads.org/discus/messages/202348/370125.html?1211997509). Nothing wrong with getting there your own way but don't let too much of it pass you by too fast.

[FJR Bandit]

I regret not having more pictures of early rides when I was younger. In fact, I have no pictures at all of my first motorcycle from 1968 through 1970. It was a 1964 Honda 90..

My first bike was a 1967 Honda 90S. The one with a chrome tank and black knee pads.

The pictures I do have start with my 1968 Honda CB 350 but they are too few.

:giveup: Mine a 2003 Bandit.:doh:

Nothing wrong with getting there your own way but don't let too much of it pass you by too fast.

I hope I live long enough to smell the roses. Maybe when I hit 50.:lol2:

[cruisin]

My first bike was a 1967 Honda 90S. The one with a chrome tank and black knee pads.



:giveup: Mine a 2003 Bandit.:doh:



I hope I live long enough to smell the roses. Maybe when I hit 50.:lol2:

It's never too early to start; but it can become to late.

[pacman]

Snapped a couple of this rock barn on my way to 51. It's actually located on Hwy171 just a stones throw away from 51. (http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=pfgtr96vkpb8&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=4847071&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/wstecker/Bikes%20and%20Rides/PC180020enhanced.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/wstecker/Bikes%20and%20Rides/PC180021enhanced.jpg

[Janet]

That is great Wayne. That is a beautiful stone barn.

[dixonduke]

Cruisin, what a great thread idea! With your permission, can I post a link to it over on post#1 of the FM Road thread?

Might even work out a way where you and I can keep track of individual posts here and link them to the pictures of the road numbers on Post #1... Just thinking out loud.

[cruisin]

Cruisin, what a great thread idea! With your permission, can I post a link to it over on post#1 of the FM Road thread?

Might even work out a way where you and I can keep track of individual posts here and link them to the pictures of the road numbers on Post #1... Just thinking out loud.

link away my friend; I'll do all I can to help, but will say up front that I am not the sharpest marble in the bag when it comes to computers and websites.

[Kit_McConnico]

Nice pictures. I always start out with plans to take lots of picturs, then end up with very few.


me too, but I'm working getting better.

This is a great thread idea Crusin

[Kit_McConnico]

Trying to do a better job of taking more pictures.

Bombed around E. Tx with Sully a few weeks ago and got these. Our pulling off the road wasn't working so well after the rain we'd had...

Couldn't believe Sully got the bike out of this without some pushing:

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/JACKMUD.jpg

I wish I could say that wasn't my bike or that the red clay somehow splattered up onto my crash bars but that's not exactly accurate.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/REDCLAY.jpg


I don't remember exactly where this one was but I think it was that one East Texas town, you know, the one with the church and the Dairy Queen.


http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/NEAR82.jpg

[bongobob]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/3146768222_0e5b5f2e8f.jpg

on my ride up to nacodoches. on FM 227

[Gilk51]

The old Graham Post Office while locating FM61.

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/graham_PO_6106q.JPG

The Rockwall County Courthouse while after FM35

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/d70_6163q.JPG

The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/507/medium/hopkins_sulphur_springs_6169q.JPG

:mrgreen:

[Kit_McConnico]

This friendly dog wanted to go along so bad he almost got hit by a car. The cows didn't want any part of the astronaut on the bike.


http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/Jan09029.jpg

[Kit_McConnico]

Grimes County was a popular destination for early settlers in covered wagons for it's friendly dogs and relaxing buddist retreats.


http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/Jan09083.jpg

[Sully]

Grimes County was a popular destination for early settlers in covered wagons for it's friendly dogs and relaxing buddist retreats.
:deal:

Here's some cool sculpture I saw near Crockett going after some higher number roads:

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/451064419_jaVoM-L.jpg

[Tomcat]

Texas Pics I've taken in the last couple of weeks.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/Helmets007.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/Helmets008.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/Helmets010.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/Thanksgiving08020-1.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/2901001.jpg

[dixonduke]

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa25/tomphillips_2007/2901001.jpg

Gonzales, TX?

Yes.... That is on the square in Gonzales.

[TexasShadow]

If you are receptive, you will see the 'roses'.

My most favorite paved road, Texas Scenic Road FM170 in Big Bend.
It is such a joy to ride, I rode it on a motorcycle six times before I finally stopped along the way to photograph it. Which took six more passes (on bike and in truck).

From Terlingua and Study Butte heading west, the first great roll in the landscape it ThirtyEight Hill, or called Pepper's Hill locally. On the maps it is the former, named after a nearby mine called Mine ThirtyEight.

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460692422_A796t-M.jpg

You can't help but stop at the crest of this hill and look back east toward Long Draw at the bottom, Terlingua over the rise and the Chisos Mnts in the distance. I often stop here on the side, turn off the engine and just sit like a big bird overlooking its domain below. I feel small, yet so much a part of what lays below and to the sides, as if it was the road to my home.

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460678404_YrLsw-M.jpg

Further west on FM170 is the Big Hill. Like the name implies, it ascends hundreds of feet. Now going west to east is a climax depicted in this next series:

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460679552_GdGuY-M.jpg

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460680729_9DLeS-M.jpg

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460686907_6v2jz-L.jpg

I enjoy sitting on the side of the mountain and watching the scene below, including the road as it drops down and east along the Rio Grande.

Many miles west on FM170 toward Ruidosa the road winds through the desert and past long-forgotten communities, ranches and cavalry military posts. A lot of history in this area that few people are aware of. Now the land is sleeping and most all the buildings reclaimed by the desert except for a few ruins and the burial places as a reminder.

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460681665_p3tMW-M.jpg

Now heading north is a county road with a long history and a devoted following of dual sport riders, and is one of my favorite back roads. It literally crawls and winds through the desert and mountains, an area more primitive than anything near Terlingua and even the national park. Much of the area has not changed for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Yet it is not devoid of human habitation: the Chinati Mnts sheltered ancient peoples of this area for which archeological finds provide evidence, bandits and military traveled this road since the 1800's, and a few ranches scattered across thousands of acres still exist.
Pinto Canyon Road; it blends in so well with the terrain and vegetation, it's hard to see unless you look closely.

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460682816_pzPts-L.jpg

A perspective that is daunting, Hwy 118 as it snakes across the basin and Badlands of the Big Bend towards Study Butte.

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460683921_otHKt-L.jpg

North of Big Bend lies a large basin, an ancient ocean bed, over which Hwy 90 crawls. If you look closely at the walls of the earth where the road was cut through, you can see the many layers of sediment, sandstone and limestone. In places you can see two different periods of geological history where dark brown mudstone layers top white-beige sandstone and limestone. I unfortunately was not able to photograph any of those. I guess I'll have to go back and do that. ;-)

http://texasshadow.smugmug.com/photos/460684586_xZkkA-L.jpg

[cruisin]

If you are receptive, you will see the 'roses'.

My most favorite paved road, Texas Scenic Road FM170 in Big Bend.
It is such a joy to ride, I rode it on a motorcycle six times before I finally stopped along the way to photograph it. Which took six more passes (on bike and in truck).

From Terlingua and Study Butte heading west, the first great roll in the landscape it ThirtyEight Hill, or called Pepper's Hill locally. On the maps it is the former, named after a nearby mine called Mine ThirtyEight.

---

You can't help but stop at the crest of this hill and look back east toward Long Draw at the bottom, Terlingua over the rise and the Chisos Mnts in the distance. I often stop here on the side, turn off the engine and just sit like a big bird overlooking its domain below. I feel small, yet so much a part of what lays below and to the sides, as if it was the road to my home.

---

Further west on FM170 is the Big Hill. Like the name implies, it ascends hundreds of feet. Now going west to east is a climax depicted in this next series:

---

I enjoy sitting on the side of the mountain and watching the scene below, including the road as it drops down and east along the Rio Grande.

Many miles west on FM170 toward Ruidosa the road winds through the desert and past long-forgotten communities, ranches and cavalry military posts. A lot of history in this area that few people are aware of. Now the land is sleeping and most all the buildings reclaimed by the desert except for a few ruins and the burial places as a reminder.

---

Now heading north is a county road with a long history and a devoted following of dual sport riders, and is one of my favorite back roads. It literally crawls and winds through the desert and mountains, an area more primitive than anything near Terlingua and even the national park. Much of the area has not changed for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Yet it is not devoid of human habitation: the Chinati Mnts sheltered ancient peoples of this area for which archeological finds provide evidence, bandits and military traveled this road since the 1800's, and a few ranches scattered across thousands of acres still exist.
Pinto Canyon Road; it blends in so well with the terrain and vegetation, it's hard to see unless you look closely.

---

A perspective that is daunting, Hwy 118 as it snakes across the basin and Badlands of the Big Bend towards Study Butte.

---

North of Big Bend lies a large basin, an ancient ocean bed, over which Hwy 90 crawls. If you look closely at the walls of the earth where the road was cut through, you can see the many layers of sediment, sandstone and limestone. In places you can see two different periods of geological history where dark brown mudstone layers top white-beige sandstone and limestone. I unfortunately was not able to photograph any of those. I guess I'll have to go back and do that. ;-)

Now that's what I had in mind when I started this thread; stopping to smell the roses no matter what form they may take.

:clap: well done

Also very happy to see many others making that stop to capture images that everyone can enjoy well beyond their own ride and well beyond the here and now. I'm counting on my thousands of pictures keeping me in vibrant memories well beyond my own physical ability to ride.

carry on!

[Sully]

I went on my longest ride to date, 651 miles. I went north, around Lamar and Delta counties, leaving a little before 6 am so I could do the transit in the dark. The "Roadside Attractions" pics here all have an aviation theme (not planned, though. I didn't even notice up until the last pic)

First we have a UH-1 alongside US 259 N just south of Ore City (north of Longview). It's in front of a business that appeared to service logging equipment (:shrug:)

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/469540241_f5XtQ-L.jpg

Next up is another business shot, but this one specializes in restoring military aircraft. I can't figure out what the fuselage on the right is (my first thought was F-111)

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/469548218_mLf8H-L.jpg

Lastly, the craziest thing I saw today. A few miles west of Paris on US 82 sits this plane. It's hard to tell, but my bike is sitting right on the shoulder of the road (Unfortunately, heavy traffic precluded me from getting a scale shot. This plane is just sitting there, and I didn't see an airstrip or facility nearby. Anybody got an idea for markings on the tail? An old airline logo?

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/469583087_9RfbU-L.jpg






Jack (Sully)

[pacman]

Next up is another business shot, but this one specializes in restoring military aircraft. I can't figure out what the fuselage on the right is (my first thought was F-111)

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/469548218_mLf8H-L.jpg


That's a B1 Lancer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-1_Lancer). Was and still is a spectacular airplane.
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Eafcadets/secure/B1_bomber.jpg

[pb641]

Cruisin this is an excellent idea. Here's a few from my FM wanderings:

No longer working, but excellent evidence of an inventive farmer with too much time and a lot of angle iron:


http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY1051.jpg


Only a spot on the side of the road anymore, town long gone:


http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY1035.jpg


In the middle of no where. It's the big red tank. Unconnected, maybe a reservoir for rural firefighters?


http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY0958.jpg

[Sully]

:doh: Why didn't I think of the B-1? IMO one of the more beautiful aircraft (and not just "bomber pretty")

[Kit_McConnico]

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/LooseGravel-1.jpg

[Sully]

I remember that one. The signs were all sound and fury signifying nothing. :roll:

[Kit_McConnico]

I remember that one. The signs were all sound and fury signifying nothing. :roll:

SHHHHH!!!

I'm trying to make it look like we know what we're doing here.

[Sully]

I saw this funny road sign today while FM hunting over by Louisiana in Sabine County. It's just west of Milam, TX on TX 21

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/480902254_RuKLo-L.jpg

[kessler.ryan]

I saw this funny road sign today while FM hunting over by Louisiana in Sabine County. It's just west of Milam, TX on TX 21



I like the hairpin turn that comes next. Of course, I've only gone through it in an auto.

[Kit_McConnico]

I like how I can see the "BRAKE FAILURE" warning light on the dash.

[M38A1]

How have I missed this thread? Oh my.... Subscribed now and will post a few....


FYI, I also created a Photographic Profiles thread on the Camera section. If interested, kindly head there and post up your gear.
http://twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37239

[cruisin]

I really like the Farm to Market road thread and it stands well on it's own but during the course of getting those pictures are we getting any others? I am an avid photographer and stopping to shoot pictures of my meanderings is how I "stop and smell the roses". So, I'm offering this up as a sister thread to that one in that if you have pictures of anything interesting to go along with the road sign pictures then post them here along with where they are found by the FM # and maybe a short sentence or two if there is anything special to tell.

First up are the pics I shot on FM 296 approximately 20 miles east of Texline, 12/20/08. Old farm houses, barns, windmills and equipment is rich fodder for photography hounds.


If yo are so inclined, please add to this so that others might have the same opportunity to see what you saw.

Just want to say, I'm glad this thread has begun to resurface from time to time and also want to re-iterate the part in bold red letters; some others might like to see what you saw 'in person' some day. ;-)

[pb641]

In person? Dangit Cruisin, you and your rules!! lol

[jsb223]

Fm219...

I stopped in Dublin to pick up a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper at a convience store...

I never could figure out what the smell was...

On the way out along Fm219 I thought this was a cool house...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/jsb357/zrx/dublinhouse.jpg

[cruisin]

In person? Dangit Cruisin, you and your rules!! lol


well, you know -- it's not really a 'rule' -- just hoping to learn of some new places to go for more photo-ops. ;-) it's what I do

[pb641]

well, you know -- it's not really a 'rule' -- just hoping to learn of some new places to go for more photo-ops. ;-) it's what I do



It's how you roll! lol

[cruisin]

It's how you roll! lol

:lol2: yeah, you could say that :lol2:

[Gilk51]

Found today - I think I will buy property here:

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/easy_st_0368q.JPG

(sorry it's looking into the sun - no sign from the other direction)

And - did I forget something?

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/forgotten_0367q.JPG

:mrgreen:

[ctoons]

I took this today on my FM quest. It's on FM 3278 in San Jacinto County heading toward Camilla and the Lake Livingston Dam. This is one of my favorite local rides.

http://i558.photobucket.com/albums/ss23/ctoons/Quest%20for%20FMs/LakeL.jpg

[Gilk51]

When out looking for FM roads, I also plan for courthouses. Usually there is a post office close to the courthouse square. Many new post offices have the same template and are uninteresting. However, some of the old ones have character.

PO in Henrietta. Also posted 'cause Gray Bill (Graubart) is from there:

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/d70_6552q.JPG

The old PO in Graham was interesting:

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/graham_PO_6106q.JPG

I like the one in Corsicana:

http://www.twtex.com/photopost/data/500/medium/corsicana_2786q.JPG

:rider:

[pb641]

Well, I went out searching the southwest corner of the Panhandle for more FM Road signs, and I stumbled it. This is the mythical "No Where".

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY1154.jpg

[Sully]

We should send that to Webster's. The definition of bleak.

I came across this yesterday. I suggested to the East TX crew that we go here for the next ride to eat event. What happens in Chick Town stays in Chick Town. And, the best part, when you get tired of your current SO, just move 5 miles down the road to New Chick Town

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/496019144_yNmLy-L.jpg

[pb641]

Sully, that is hilarious.

[ToroGuy]

And after the Chick Town RTE, maybe this would be good choice...

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt136/51ToroGuy/PlumPuddingRd2.jpg

[Kit_McConnico]

On fm 1375 today. Too bad all I had was my phone, it was beautiful out there and this pic does not do justice.

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/Spring001.jpg

[TexasShadow]

This is the mythical "No Where".

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY1154.jpg
Great shot!!!! :clap::clap:

[TexasShadow]

I like this thread but always have trouble finding it. Can we get it transferred over to the 'special projects and games' subcategory (along where the 'sequential FM' thread is)? Pretty please? ;-)

I have several oddities and photos to post but since smugmug is having issues this evening, I'm resorting to webshots.

Along FM 1187 south of Aledo is a huge -and I mean HUGE- cow. She's regal, statuesque, and silent. Why she's there? I don't have a clue, but I remember the first time I rode by her and I did an about turn ('Did I just see what I think I saw???')

I often ride FM1187 as a long-cut home from the mid-MetroMess. Not by any means a short cut, sort of a 'long-way-round', but a scenic round about way. And I'm always attracted to the old commercial street at the top of the hill near the RR tracks in Aledo.

If times allows and the urge grabs me, I'll ride up to the boardwalk and sit a spell. The traffic is horrendous because it is a short-cut to I-20, but sitting on the porch in front of the old store fronts almost provides an intangible barrier to the traffic. It's like sitting on old store porches 50 years ago, the grain mill towering over everything to the east, and watching the future roll along the road. You are there but not there as if sitting on a fence that bridges two time periods. I like that feeling.

And I've gotten some great photographs from there.

The friend riding with me this time had his camera on him. Wanting to share this cowasaur (bovine dinosaur?), I pulled off the road in front to stop and capture it in pixels.

http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/42327/2427106710100746484S500x500Q85.jpg

If you look closely in the foreground, you will see floodlights on the fence in front. Sometime, I plan to stop and set up for a night shot of Cow Aglow in the dark. That might render some interesting shots.

Without further adieu, here she be: Ms. Aledo Cow.

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/44753/2618506050100746484S600x600Q85.jpg

[pacman]

I love that cow. I smile every time I ride past it. Here she is all decked out for Independence Day.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/wstecker/Bikes%20and%20Rides/P7050007.jpg

[Fuzzybunny]

Well, I went out searching the southwest corner of the Panhandle for more FM Road signs, and I stumbled it. This is the mythical "No Where".

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn36/pb641/FM%20Roads/SANY1154.jpg


Looks a lot like where I grew up!

[cruisin]

Well, I went out searching the southwest corner of the Panhandle for more FM Road signs, and I stumbled it. This is the mythical "No Where".

and you looked to be smack dab in the middle of it too.

[Sully]

Saw this at a gas stop north of Henderson yesterday:


Show us your cupcakes! :dude:

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/516241060_NEHMn-L.jpg

[Beemer Steve]

Can someone tell me were i took this picture , i forgot and would like to find it again.

[Kit_McConnico]

It looks familiar but I don't know. What FM road were you after Steve? Maybe we can narrow it down.

[Beemer Steve]

I really dont remember what fm i was on but i can tell you this i was just east or south of fm4 @ lipan

[Sully]

The 11th Commandment: Thou shalt go out amongst all the nations of the world, and hooketh me up with free aluminum

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/581296253_f24DY-L.jpg

[Kit_McConnico]

Water into wine is pretty good. But old beer cans into an engine casing, well, that sounds like a miracle to me.

[Sully]

Water into wine is pretty good. But old beer cans into an engine casing, well, that sounds like a miracle to me.

Verily, but now the apostrophe in "Can's" is vexing me. Just what is his angle in this caper?

[Kit_McConnico]

Verily, but now the apostrophe in "Can's" is vexing me. Just what is his angle in this caper?

Where was this picture taken?
Was it on an indian reservation?

That looks like my old pickup bed converted into a trailer...
I assume the explanation for the apostrpohe is a 7th grade education though.


My favorite road side sign on the side of a vehicle was:
"Crawfish is back!"

I like to hope Crawfish is someone's nick name, but doubt it.

[pacman]

Verily, but now the apostrophe in "Can's" is vexing me. Just what is his angle in this caper?

You know, "Can is for Christ". Can is one of those healing preacher types. He smacks you on the head with an aluminum can, and sweet Mary, you're healed!

[Sully]

Me, mcwilljg, and kessler.ryan went to Bowie and Upshur Counties today to get some roads in the mid-to-high 500 range. Came across some interesting items:

First up for your consideration is this terrifying barn that eats livestock. You don't want to see the other side.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/615300290_NHRbp-L.jpg

Secondly, a little west of Texarkana, visible from I-30 is this F-111 (I think, or maybe an EF-111, is there a structural difference?) at an army navy store. Come to Uncle Bubba's for all your camo and fighter-bomber needs!

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/615284673_sMQGX-L.jpg

Lastly, along FM 1398 near Barkman we found this. There were three houses off a common driveway, and they used these pseudosigns to indicate their house numbers. If one of these said 440, I would've posted it up in the game thread.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/615286290_qPygd-L.jpg

[Hemibee]

Secondly, a little west of Texarkana, visible from I-30 is this F-111 (I think, or maybe an EF-111, is there a structural difference?) at an army navy store. Come to Uncle Bubba's for all your camo and fighter-bomber needs!

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/615284673_sMQGX-L.jpg



EF-111
http://www.ausairpower.net/EF-111A-dvic239a.jpg

Notice the difference in the vertical stabilizers.

[Sully]

Dudn't it?

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/624423104_Ykhkj-L.jpg

[Fuzzybunny]

LOL that's great!

[Sully]

Some more from my tour of Navarro County today:

Greetings from the sunny Forbidden Zone! Wish you were here!

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/654460401_tixK3-L.jpg




:hail: Question: Is this what happens when Mods (as in Mods and Rockers) get old?

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/654469674_MBaNF-L.jpg




Bonus: was able to save my first turtle today; he was trying to cross FM 635. It's an idea I picked up from Kit. Besides being to right thing to do, I'm hoping that helping these little guys down the road safely will earn me some similar karmic benefits.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/654461440_BsJ96-L.jpg

[Janet]

I saw one of those. Mine didn't have a landing gear, but it did have a sidecar.
......and a Hoveround.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff32/jbee101/Junk/DSC_0006.jpg

[TwoLane]

I've rarely seen the ghost wheels (like on that Wing), but Saturday must have been turtle day in Texas? My 400 mile day included a State Park and two RTE gatherings, and almost the chance to ride on Texas Motor Speedway (next year perhaps?)....but hwy 59 had me turtle stopping several times, for rescues. Only one I didn't go back to help with, was almost across already. I was a few minutes behind my meeting time, but I sure felt good for helping the critters.:clap::rider::eat:

[dixonduke]

I think that the Fire Ants have really taken a toll on the turtles. I used to see so many more of them, but now... not so much.

Like both of you, I too stop and rescue them when I see them.

[Kit_McConnico]

Bonus: was able to save my first turtle today; he was trying to cross FM 635. It's an idea I picked up from Kit. Besides being to right thing to do, I'm hoping that helping these little guys down the road safely will earn me some similar karmic benefits.

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/photos/654461440_BsJ96-L.jpg[/QUOTE]

I think that the Fire Ants have really taken a toll on the turtles. I used to see so many more of them, but now... not so much.

Like both of you, I too stop and rescue them when I see them.



:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:


This guy has been dealt a crap hand. I figure any help he can get is good. He's part of our great state and a natural resource.

[Gilk51]

Told my wife, tortuga, about the turtle rescues & ya'll get :thumb: :thumb: from her!

:clap:

[Sully]

I can't quite explain it, but I'm suddenly overtaken with a desire to shop for insurance:

http://jobusu.smugmug.com/Travel-Pictures/Roadside-Attractions/IMG1897/793048969_sEdDK-L.jpg

[bigjnsa]

This is off FM 2810 in West Texas near Alpine:

http://mann.uthscsa.edu/photos/epic-rides/Sept-18-21-2009/6-ranch_road_2810.jpg

http://mann.uthscsa.edu/photos/epic-rides/Sept-18-21-2009/5-ranch_road_2810.jpg

[Sully]

This is off FM 2810 in West Texas near Alpine:



Beautiful!

[bigjnsa]

Sully, that road was great! I definitely want to go back there.

[snlsmith]

http://i537.photobucket.com/albums/ff336/kit_wall/LooseGravel-1.jpg

I came across a similar scene on FM455 a few weeks ago. The only difference is the 1st and 3rd signs were not present. Shortly after I pass "NO CENTER STRIPE", the asphalt ends and I had 3 miles of DS action. Only problem is I'm on an SS, not a DS. I think if they instead they only had the "PAVEMENT ENDS" sign, it would have been a better warning, and I would just have assumed there was no center stripe either. Then again, guess we couldn't put it past the gub'ment to mark lines on the dirt.

[bmcdonau]

I finally have some pictures that do this thread justice. I ran across both these on the same day.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q320/bmcdonau/Picture020.jpg

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q320/bmcdonau/Picture038.jpg

I couldn't get the bike close to this to give it any perspective.

[bigjnsa]

On a recent outage I came across two burros.

http://mann.uthscsa.edu/photos/epic-rides/Feb-27-2010-FM-Roads/burros.jpg