Road pics

I drive a LOT on my job. Did 373 miles today. Most days about half that, but I was sightseeing today and checking some roads that I have to work on and they just happened to be scattered out over 6 counties.

I carry a camera and try to take pics of stuff that looks interesting at the time.

Here's a few from the week.
Sunrise over Ft Worth.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95969024/Sunrise2.jpg

Saw some elk along side the highway near Glen Rose. Pets I think.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95969024/ELK.jpg

Found some art out in the boonies not too far from Walnut Springs.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95969024/Tree%20art.jpg

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I just can't look at any photo of Fort Worth without thinking of the Cattlemen's Steak House in downtown Fort Worth. Damn I miss that place. :cry:

Then you show me the pet photo; first time I ever had the desire to eat a pet. :medvl:

After 60 years of farming the same property, my grandfather had a lot of that "art" lying around. My grandmother just never seemed to see it that way, though. :shrug:

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.

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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

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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.

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Another place I've never been, New York. My son wants to see it soon. Maybe before next summer we can make the trip.

Road pictures huh?! Heres a picture of a couple of roads I just happen to have taken recently. Not as interesting as yours though.


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Mick

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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

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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

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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

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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. :(