Thread: Road pics

A sunrise last week.

Elk in TX??!! 'Didn't know that. Thx for posting.

Originally Posted by pinklather

Elk in TX??!! 'Didn't know that. Thx for posting.

They're some rich guy's pets. They're well fenced in with a 12' fence and pampered.

Originally Posted by Wullie

A sunrise last week.

At work, from time to time, one will ask, "Why do I get up so early and work so late"? That picture, and how a cup o' Joe tastes out of a Stanley thermos, is why. You, you only, saw and felt what you did, in that moment of time. that's your payback.

Sunrises and sunsets seem popular, so here is one of each. The first, a sunrise, was taken not far from home a few years back (quite a few) when I was living with a camera permanently strung around my neck. It was taken near the mouth of the Brisbane River.



This one, a sunset was taken in outback Queensland while I was having a beer on a Paddle boat on the Thompson Rivier near Longreach. The boat was brought up from down south, where it use to ply its trade on the Murray River system back in the 1800's.





Mick

Originally Posted by bharner

A few weeks back I drove from VA to MA, flew from CT to MI and back and then drove back from MA to VA in the span of 6 days. I took a few photos along the way.

I'll start with an airport photo... that was the first place I had a chance to rest.Attachment 104529

Then I found a place in MI selling Scotch eggs. I love Scotch eggs.
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And then, well, I was busy working
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so I didn't take many photos on my phone until I made it back to the airport.
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This is a Rt 23 in Mass about Sunrise time.
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And here is some lovely fog on the Mass Pike.
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Then I made it out to the RI area.
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I found some great coffee and biscotti at the I84 Diner in NY state.
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And round about sunset time I rolled through southern PA to the homestretch.
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Or maybe it was northern VA? Who knows. By that time I had been on the road since 6am.

....Oh lord...where in Michigan were these scotch eggs. I'm from Mich. and my stepdad was from Glasgow.I love scotch eggs !

Originally Posted by Wullie

They're some rich guy's pets. They're well fenced in with a 12' fence and pampered.

Wullie --
There's a herd of 'em over by Gladwin, MI. Same deal: rich guy's pets. And Ted Nugent had some, too.

Clouds and storms today.
Middle of nowhere on FM203 (FM= farm to market, which is a TX roadway class) Bosque County.


Pop up thunderstorms were building. 30 minutes after I took that pic it was raining too hard to see past the hood of my pickup and winds were around 60MPH for a bit.

Looking back at the downpour.


Looking the opposite direction from the downpour, another was building up right over our heads.


We got rained out. Still had two miles of buttons to install on the road in the first picture. Buttons are reflective markers that delineate the center line. THe white spots between the double yellow were put there by me. They're 40' apart and show the guy placing the buttons where I want 'em. I marked about 5 of the 7 miles of that road with white dots as most of that road is a NO PASSING ZONE. GREAT sport lemme tell ya.

Got home around 1900hrs. Drier than a popcorn fart. NO rain here.

Today started out good. Quiet road, coffee, and a smoke while the day breaks.


Picked up where we left off yesterday, got that road finished and it was time to re-locate. Sent the kids back through town so they could grab some grub, and I took off down memory lane.
I worked for this outfit back in the 80's. Had a fast KW with a big assed Cat engine and I hauled a LOT of cattle in four years. Don't know how many times I've back a cattle truck up this set of chutes, unloaded a load of steers, took a 30 minute nap and handful of road dope, re-loaded and would be up around Laramie, WY 18 or so hours later.


Looked around and was REALLY surprised to see the new owner of the old ranch still running the same brand they were using 30 years and three owners ago. These calvies were fresh from the sale. Fine looking steers fresh branded too.


That brand is supposed to look more like a "Z". The boyos messed that one up. It is called the 7 L and came from the first owners first ranch in Seven Lakes, NM.
Kind of miss working calves. Getting the burned hair stink, blood, and poop off of after cutting, dehorning, vaccinating, and branding a couple hundred head is a chore.

BIG country.

I get to disturbin cows ever now and agin on a mates farm. Mungery black angas. Don't fergit them Prairie Oysters !! I used to feel like I'd bin in a footy match after a day scruffing calves. Funny watching a mate who used to play rugby getting dragged about the yard by a small calf as he did not know how to get a hold of it !! Brands often stay with the properties over here when they change hands as well by the looks. Am enjoying the photos

Cheers

Gordon