flangehead

Not obvious that second photo meets criteria so I'll await DrIsotope's judgment.

Imagine my excitement on seeing this mission! I'd been waiting on someone to request a sewage plant! I've got one right next to work, with a nice sign and all:


Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Entrance

Looking through the fence at Turkey Creek WWTP.

And I go by another one on one of my commute routes; I figured I'd snap the same photo of the entrance and done done. (The plants themselves they like to hide behind tall wood fences. For some reason the main gate at Turkey Creek was open to a second chain link gate this morning.)

But alas, at West District WWTP, I couldn't find a sign. Nothing but fence. I finally climbed up on a jungle gym in the adjacent park and got this pretty awful shot:


Lousy picture of West District WWTP from playground on west side.



Of course, you can't hide from Google behind a simple 8' wood fence:

Google spy satellite image of Turkey Creek WWTP.



Google spy satellite image of West District WWTP.

Funny how those clarifiers sorta look like donuts....

Anyway I'll await DrIsotope's approval; I do have a new mission in mind.

DrIsotope

Works for me. It's nice to see that California isn't the only place that seems to love putting bike trails right next to waste water treatment facilities. I mean yeah, sure, they share waterways in common. A "river trail" is likely gonna pass a treatment plant.

Still nothing quite like riding by the plant on a nice warm summer morning, and having to hold one's breath for 90 seconds.

flangehead

I would like to see your bike and a roadside historical marker. Be nice to be able to read the history; I'm sure I'll learn something!

mr_bill

Two, one to the alleged birthplace of the alleged Uncle Sam.


And one to a tough old dude.


A friend wrote a bad limerick about him:

Night fell on April Nineteen in Seventy-five
When poor old Sam Whittemore, barely alive
Slumped in his rocking chair
Cried in his beer
“Why will the good poet write about Paul Revere?”

FWIW, About the “Battle of Lexington and Concord”: “All told, far more blood was shed in Menotomy and Cambridge than elsewhere that day. The colonists lost 25 men killed and nine wounded there, and the British lost 40 killed and 80 wounded, with the 47th Foot and the Marines suffering the highest casualties. Each was about half the day's fatalities.”

Wiki

(Intoxication may have been a factor.)

Next mission: Brutalist Building

p.s. Parking garages are not buildings

-mr. bill

livedarklions

Kickstand Cafe this morning?

You just sent a bunch of people off to their nearest college campus.

subgrade

Oh, I think we have quite a few around I had already planned the 'two of the same' mission for after work today, but you got me beat to it and then some.

3S1M

You guys are a hoot.

How are people in California all skinny if you have so many donut shops? I mean... I can only think of 2 in our area. But then in Racine we have the famous Danish "Kringle" here. But there's only a few of them too. It's really good.

I like "Manna Donuts". That is a great name!!!! Donuts do seem like they fell from heaven. I used to eat them a lot but haven't had one in like 15 years. Fighting lyme disease has put a damper on my treat eating. I think donuts will be the next treat I try though....

And I said you get extra credit for showing an actual bag or donut. Not or multiple shops. Sheeez. Some peoples kids... LOL. Just kidding. Great post. Along with the rest of you all!!!!

I don't know of a building like that...... Hmmmmmmmm....

subgrade

I'm not very well versed in architecture, so I hope there is at least one there that qualifies as brutalist. Unfortunately by the time I finish work, the daylight is gone, so proper lighting becomes a factor too; there were a few ones along my route that wouldn't be out place here, but were too dark to get a decent shot.


I don't know what this building houses


One of the buildings of Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs


The office of State Environmental Service

Academic Library of University of Latvia

mr_bill

Those are indeed brutalist. The most famous example in Riga is the diesel factory above! And it’s a great pic too.

Next mission?

-mr. bill

livedarklions

Liked for the quality of the photos and the multiple fulfillment of the assignment. I still abhor Brutalism.

subgrade

Indeed, you're right! Turns out you know more about my hometown than I do! I'm not a native though

Next mission: an aeroplane. I don't think we had this one, did we?

DrIsotope

The San Bernardino County Central Detention Facility.

Slightspeed

Hueneme Lighthouse. Not the first, and I couldn't make it to the donut shop, 40 mph winds yesterday. Nice over at the coast. I couldn't get a decent detail shot of the historical marker, but it is a cool kind of art deco lighthouse.

mr_bill

As soon as you said after work I hoped that you would take a pic of that very building btw.

For those who love brutalist (and I suppose those who hate, if only to know where not to ride), suggest these maps.

On your mission? We have not had an airplane. Runway and helicopters.

NOT an entry (the Donkey Bike is about 6000 km away):



-mr. bill

flangehead

Airplanes around these parts..

This is at the West Houston Airport. Funny, no one with security came and hassled me.

The next mission is your bike in front of a particular type of road-worthy car.

The acceptable models are:

Western Hemisphere: AMC Pacer, Gremlin, Hornet, Javelin, Matador, Ambassador, Marlin, Eagle, AMX, Concord, Spirit.
Eastern Hemisphere: Trabant or pre 1989 Dacia.

Bonus point if picture is taken in the other hemisphere.

The “road-worthy” criteria means it must appear in the photo as something that is driven on public roads. It should have a license plate. It should not be covered in heavy dust, flat tires, on blocks, or with weeds growing out of the hood. Windows if not intact should show signs of maintenance like duct-taped plastic bags to keep out the elements. Later Renault badge engineering not accepted.


(By the way, part of my ancestry is Nash-Rambler-American Motors on my maternal grandparents side… and I can imagine the scarcity of such in the Eastern Hemisphere... those are the two eastern European car models that I imagine might have roughly equal photo opportunity over there...)

DrIsotope

I was behind an AMC Eagle 4x4 at a light a couple of days ago. It had the light bar and roof basket and everything. Seeing this in California is like seeing a unicorn in the garden.

flangehead

I forgot that one. List updated. Thanks!

I-Like-To-Bike

I took my first (and only) driving test for my first driver's license at the Belmont Barracks near Philadelphia in 1963 in my father's 1956 Nash. It had possibly the world's worst color scheme, lime green top and black body. The trooper passed me anyway. I proceeded to forget what a bicycle was for the next 7 years.

My father's previous car was a 1949 Hudson which was a great car and we took many family trips in it. I wish I had some pictures of those two cars.

3S1M

First, that first picture of the building is STUNNING!!! The night colors make it look like sepia. Very cool.

Such an exciting thread and thanks for the next mission. Despite what I'm showing you next I don't know of one close to me. LOL.

AMC is my territory. I have never owned one. But many people in my family have AND, my Great Grandpa retired from there in 65. He was high up in the "Experimental Division". According to my Grandma. He was my hero growing up. Here is a pic of him and stuff from AMC:

3S1M

That last pic was him. Charles Jacob McDowell. Died in 86. He was 86 years old. I was 14. We just buried his Daughter, my Grandma, last Saturday. She was 98. He always looked like this to me though, LOL. He was a great great guy. And my Grandma was a lot like him in the aspect of they were both full of life! My Great Grandpa had a more tender touch towards me though that affected me positively a lot. My Grandma was always all about my sister. LOL. Families....



My Great Grandpa and one of my cousins. He rode that motorcycle into his early 80's.

mr_bill

Close, but wrong era, so not an entry.





-mr. bill

flangehead

Ok, assuming it has been restored just find the Pacer.

https://images.app.goo.gl/xFBfhFz4C7G56Qyf9

And now I understand the donkey bike comment. (So the rest of y’all don’t have to look it up, Donkey Republic is a chain of bicycle rentals in Europe. Appears similar to B-Cycle here. Which then led me to find out B-Cycle in Denver has just shut down... Bummer I was going to use it next week.)

I-Like-To-Bike

?? I don't understand? Has the current mission become some kind of coded in-joke?

flangehead

mr_bill had submitted a non-entry photo of an airplane from an airport gate saying his Donkey bike is far away. Now in the middle of the night he sends a picture of the Familia Sagrada cathedral in Barcelona Spain.

It seems he really wants the bonus point and I for one am rooting for him to find an AMC car before someone else goes by that Hornet wagon I see on my commute.

3S1M

Is it yellow? Would love to see a hornet wagon. My guess is you're about the only one with an AMC on your path. They can be pretty rare at this point. My buddy from high school is actually selling his Rambler that he restored. It's in pretty good shape but he's nowhere near my riding routes....