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Old 08-31-21, 03:54 PM
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Did you know there are 13 species of Mayflies around Lake Klamath?
Splat! by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
Kind of makes the lunch stop unnecessary.
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This week's display, part of an aphorism; "Progress is like..." Etc.

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An Ecto-1 tribute with a "slimer green" Bianchi!
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I think I mentioned that I was down in St. Louis and managed to ride directly into a very nasty storm.
What I didn't mention was that the main reason to go down there was to see an enormous steam locomotive that had been restored about a year or so ago. This was the Union Pacific Big Boy, #4014. There were just a handful of these made, and were sort of the ultimate steam locomotive. It is so long that the frame is articulated to allow it to get around bends, and it has two sets of four driving wheels on each side. It was making a tour of the south-central USA and was passing through St. Louis, so I figured I should go see it.

I found a nice little bridge that went over the tracks. The plan was to get a shot of it going underneath and then head 7 miles west to Pacific, MO, where it was supposed to be stopped for a half hour. Well, I got to the bridge an hour early and was surprised to find a dozen folks already there! More showed up, but I did get some nice shots.....


I also took a video of this...

Leaving the bridge and heading to Pacific, the traffic managed to come to a halt within a mile or so. Things crawled, stop and go. Figuring this didn't bode well for being able to park in Pacific, I was able to park outside of Pacific at a little park, pull out the bike, and ride into town!! The train was moving slowly, but I did get a few photos. Being able to travel from block to block on the bike was quite useful.


It was a fun time, overall. I had no idea that there were so many railroad enthusiasts who had nothing else to do on a Monday morning.

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Old 09-12-21, 11:14 AM
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Not often you see something like this by Matthew Pendergast, on Flickr
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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
Leaving the bridge and heading to Pacific, the traffic managed to come to a halt within a mile or so. Things crawled, stop and go. Figuring this didn't bode well for being able to park in Pacific, I was able to park outside of Pacific at a little park, pull out the bike, and ride into town!! The train was moving slowly, but I did get a few photos. Being able to travel from block to block on the bike was quite useful.


It was a fun time, overall. I had no idea that there were so many railroad enthusiasts who had nothing else to do on a Monday morning.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferroequinologist

Saw that on a bumper sticker yesterday. Think iron+horse.
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Originally Posted by thumpism
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferroequinologist

Saw that on a bumper sticker yesterday. Think iron+horse.
that reminds me... I had the pleasure of watching the Iron Horse Classic bike race in Durango, Colorado in 1982. Very neat event, and it was named after the small gauge railroad that runs from Durango to Silverton. The race drew some of the biggest names, even if I didn't appreciate who they all were. I did recognize Connie Carpenter, since there just aren't that many gals racing who wear a long red braided ponytail (if memory serves). Jock Boyer was there too, often at the front.

a shot from the crit race in Durango:


....and a shot from the stage that went from Durango to Silverton. A buddy was in the race, and I was just taking photos along the race route.


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Assuming this homeowner has a licence to grow? Ordinary Canadians can have 4 per household.....


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Assuming this homeowner has a licence to grow? Ordinary Canadians can have 4 per household.....


that is interesting! I've wondered how a legal operation would protect the crop from folks passing by.


Here in Illinois, we've just got farms raising hemp, but it still looks rather suspicious. Honestly, I'm not sure what the legality of growing the smokable stuff is.


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steelbikeguy Here for a commercial op, they are supposed to have a licence and to get the licence they have to have a security setup that it approved by inspectors.
I talked to some locals who suggested that this particular operation is not licenced and is guarded by the local neighborhood watch who ride big Harleys and wear "colours" hopefully that is not true here.........

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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
that is interesting! I've wondered how a legal operation would protect the crop from folks passing by.


Here in Illinois, we've just got farms raising hemp, but it still looks rather suspicious. Honestly, I'm not sure what the legality of growing the smokable stuff is.


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it has to be hemp. because otherwise all of it would get stolen.
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Originally Posted by fooferdoggie
it has to be hemp. because otherwise all of it would get stolen.
that was my conclusion too... I imagine that places that are growing the valuable stuff legally are doing it indoors, or at least behind a couple of layers of fences topped with razor wire.

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Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
that was my conclusion too... I imagine that places that are growing the valuable stuff legally are doing it indoors, or at least behind a couple of layers of fences topped with razor wire.

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even here in oregon you could not get away with open growing. idiots that don't know better steal hemp.
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Ride to the Riverboat

Rode down to Harriet Island after work last night to take a cruise on the "Anson Northrup" riverboat. I met my wife Amy there, and we embarked on the "Sunset Dinner Cruise". This first shot was taken through a slightly dirty porthole, aft:



The sun sank below the bluffs before there was any dramatic color in the sky, so those photos suck. But coming back in darkness, standing on the bow (King of the World!), I shot a few psychedelics:









These were in-sequence, obviously, and timed exposures. I braced against the rail to shoot the shots with the flagpole "goalposts", so those remain in-focus while the background goes all blurry. Then things got more colorful as the evening progressed.
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Originally Posted by DQRider
Rode down to Harriet Island after work last night to take a cruise on the "Anson Northrup" riverboat. I met my wife Amy there, and we embarked on the "Sunset Dinner Cruise". This first shot was taken through a slightly dirty porthole, aft:



The sun sank below the bluffs before there was any dramatic color in the sky, so those photos suck. But coming back in darkness, standing on the bow (King of the World!), I shot a few psychedelics:









These were in-sequence, obviously, and timed exposures. I braced against the rail to shoot the shots with the flagpole "goalposts", so those remain in-focus while the background goes all blurry. Then things got more colorful as the evening progressed.
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