Thread: Road pics

Cool photos. Love the elks.

Nice photographs. I get a different view while I am traveling for work. A photo from work in the spring.

East river, NYC. Manhattan to your left.

Wullie,
what sort of tree is that growing up through that old binder? Looks like you have a job with a few good moments !! Interesting pictures


Cheers

Heelerau

Originally Posted by heelerau

Wullie,
what sort of tree is that growing up through that old binder? Looks like you have a job with a few good moments !! Interesting pictures


Cheers

Heelerau

That is an old cedar tree. The one with the old binder in it is dead, but it's descendant is growing right behind it. All the trees in the pic to left of it are cedars.

Folks cut the cedars for fence posts when they can find one with a straight enough trunk. That fence is has cedar fence posts. The variety indigenous to the that area is mostly a pest and actually more of weed. Those cedars have been kept cleared so they grew pretty straight and taller. Left to their own devices they end up a pretty impenetrable clump.

The cedars took over due to due piss poor land management and over grazing. The BIG fires we had last summer were fueled mostly by cedars. In the long run the fires were a blessing for everyone except those that lost their homes and live stock. Burning off the cedars lets the grass grow again.

Known fact, every cedar tree has enough wood to burn it's own stump. Cut 'em down, saw 'em up, and pile the wood over the stump and torch it. Day or two later and it's all gone.

Those are cedars in the elk picture too.

Slan'
Willie

I remember being horrified when I was camping in the US, that our guide had built a great fire. I asked him what sort of wood it was as it had a really nice smell to the smoke. He told me Cedar wood, and I almost broke down in tears, thinking how could anyone burn such a beautiful wood as Cedar. And to think I had lent him my Bowie knife to cut up some kindling (No axe in camp. Do Americans have an adversity to axes, prefering Camp saws instead or something? I never saw an axe being used by anyone, in any of our camps.)


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I remember being horrified when I was camping in the US, that our guide had built a great fire. I asked him what sort of wood it was as it had a really nice smell to the smoke. He told me Cedar wood, and I almost broke down in tears, thinking how could anyone burn such a beautiful wood as Cedar. And to think I had lent him my Bowie knife to cut up some kindling (No axe in camp. Do Americans have an adversity to axes, prefering Camp saws instead or something? I never saw an axe being used by anyone, in any of our camps.)


Mick

My guess, it takes a bit of skill to swing an axe without losing a foot. A camp saw is a simple push /pull. Maybe a liability issue if the camp ground activities are strictly monitored. A lot of camp grounds in Florida don't allow you to fell wood, you have to pick up what is lying around. I was told this about a week ago from a Boy Scout troop leader. I don't know if it is good info. , but I have no reason to doubt him.

I have two nice axes, with nothing to chop.

I was lucky enough to work in the middle of nowhere for twenty one years. On the trips back and forth, I got to see many pretty sunsets and sunrises. I took this picture a couple years ago, when a very rare bunch of clouds rolled through. On a trivia note, the mountains in the foreground are the Sutter Buttes, the World's smallest mountain range.

Some shots across the St. Croix river from the Minnesota side. This stop is about 20 miles north of the Twin Cities.








Enjoy

Saw this fully restored 1912 Ford at the station. The fellow said he did all the work. It could be a kit for all I know, but I thought it was pretty cool.

While I'm at it, when I went to the Grand Canyon this guy was stopping my car from getting through the road. Got a pic of him after he moved. Beautiful dirt road drive to the West wing of the canyon