paden cash, post: 420515, member: 20 wrote: Couldn't tell you.
Well, I asked the Google and it thinks that Adam Johnson runs Adam Johnson Appraisal and Repair in Sanderson. I'm sure it's perfectly legit and would imagine that he has the appraisal and repair market pretty much all to himself in Sanderson.
Kent McMillan, post: 420516, member: 3 wrote: Well, I asked the Google and it thinks that Adam Johnson runs Adam Johnson Appraisal and Repair in Sanderson. I'm sure it's perfectly legit and would imagine that he has the appraisal and repair market pretty much all to himself in Sanderson.
I've got to watch out pulling peoples' legs about others named Johnson...although I'm pretty sure someone named Johnson in Sanderson is closer to being related to me than, say "Magic Johnson"...
Remember I spin yarn as a pastime...;)
paden cash, post: 420521, member: 20 wrote: I've got to watch out pulling peoples' legs about others named Johnson...
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And Howard Johnson's orange roof on his outhouse. (From Blazing Saddles).
paden cash, post: 420438, member: 20 wrote:
When I hear John Prine's song "Mulenburg County" I can close my eyes and get right back there in a flash...;)
I'm afraid you're gonna lead somebody astray with that. It's Muhlenburg County, in western Ky, down by the Green River where Paradise (coal fired steam plant) lay.
John has a cousin who used to be, and may still be, a surveyor. Haven't seen him lately.
eddycreek, post: 420546, member: 501 wrote: I'm afraid you're gonna lead somebody astray with that. It's Muhlenburg County, in western Ky, down by the Green River where Paradise (coal fired steam plant) lay.
John has a cousin who used to be, and may still be, a surveyor. Haven't seen him lately.
Sorry about the spelling. I guess it doesn't matter though...Mr. Peabody's Coal Train done hauled it away....;)
paden cash, post: 420548, member: 20 wrote: I guess it doesn't matter though...Mr. Peabody's Coal Train done hauled it away
As a point of historical interest, I think that the Southern Pacific was the first line to convert from coal to oil-burning engines and did so around 1910. Once upon a time there were one or two enormous fuel oil tanks in Sanderson where water and oil were taken on by trains of the SP.
Naturally, there are roads and then there are rods. Here's one about five miles north of the old G.H. & S. A. Rwy. Co. line. Note the ample supply of material for standing stone delineator posts.
Kent I too love seeing your photos of Texas.
I grew up with Texas somewhat as a byword and the subjects of many a joke.
I got the feeling Texans were much maligned.
Bit like us Tasmanians. We still have the honor of having two heads.
Now back to the photos.
That last one had some 'lovely bright flowers'. I'm cautious in making that comment as strangers come and admire the wildflowers here, not knowing they're imported weeds from the mother country and much scorned.
I must say though in joke area, I was thinking along Paden's comment re driving on the road and marking off the road.
However I put references in road centre as they are more likely to stay.
If gravel I dig a shallow hole and put them below surface.
Texas looks pretty awesome until I think that it was probably 110 degrees and 96% humidity in all those pictures - and no shade to be found. Otherwise, I'd seriously consider moving there.
Now, this a windmill!
Richard, post: 420598, member: 833 wrote:
Now back to the photos. That last one had some 'lovely bright flowers'. I'm cautious in making that comment as strangers come and admire the wildflowers here, not knowing they're imported weeds from the mother country and much scorned.I must say though in joke area, I was thinking along Paden's comment re driving on the road and marking off the road.
However I put references in road centre as they are more likely to stay.
If gravel I dig a shallow hole and put them below surface.
Those purple cactus flowers are definitely native. There is virtually nothing that grows in that rocky desert that isn't native.
The desert explodes in flower after rain in the spring.
And that carries over into town.
BTW, that Rod and Cap marker that I set in the center of that rough road in the photo posted above is actually set in a drill hole in solid limestone. The road building consisted partly of excavating layers of weathered limestone known as caliche and using it to fill in the "steps" between hard limestone ledges. If that road is ever improved, it will most likely be by placing more caliche fill on top of the existing roadbed.
Many of the West Texas cacti produce edible fruit (once you remove the spines and glochids from them. The fruit of that cactus with the purple flowers are particularly good, but these of the prickly pear aren't without merit.
Kent McMillan, post: 420659, member: 3 wrote: Many of the West Texas cacti produce edible fruit (once you remove the spines and glochids from them. The fruit of that cactus with the purple flowers are particularly good, but these of the prickly pear aren't without merit.
I hired a young neighborhood girl named Sofia Hernandez to sit with Momma Cash the last 2 years of her life here on Earth. Sofia was a nursing student here, born in Durango, Mexico and lived with her uncle across the street from Momma Cash's place. I couldn't have gotten luckier to find her.
And although I hired her for her nursing talents and compassionate ways, she was also a great cook. On Saturdays if I showed up early enough with freshly harvested nopalitos (tender prickly pear leaf sprouts) from my weekly travels she would whip up all of us a mess of huevos con nopalitos y jalapeno chilis...served with her aunt's homemade salsa verde and hand made tortillas de maiz.
Cactus can make some really good comestibles. Es tan cierto!
Prickly pear cactus fruit is one of the key flavoring ingredients in my home brewed mead. Adds a wonderful flavor. Hard to get around here.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Kent McMillan, post: 420431, member: 3 wrote: Just so you know that Texas isn't all windmills and desert, here's what the Hill Country of Central Texas looks like right about yesterday. The trees are mostly junipers (J. asheii - darker green) and Texas Oaks (Q. texana - lighter green) with a few Live Oaks (Q. virginiana - midrange green) mixed in.
Great photos Kent!
We are visiting Texas this spring as part of our baseball trip, and driving from Houston to San Antonio to Austin to Dallas.
Although the focus of the trip is the baseball stadiums and games, it seems as if the most interesting parts of the the trip will be in the non-MLB cities.
Looking forward to seeing the Texas countryside.
Best.....Angelo
sicilian cowboy, post: 420787, member: 705 wrote:
We are visiting Texas this spring as part of our baseball trip, and driving from Houston to San Antonio to Austin to Dallas.
Although the focus of the trip is the baseball stadiums and games, it seems as if the most interesting parts of the the trip will be in the non-MLB cities. Looking forward to seeing the Texas countryside.
I strongly suggest that you plan the drive from Houston to San Antonio to take US Hwy 90 as much as possible. It is a much more interesting route than I-10 that takes you through the small towns of Czech and German Texas. Here are a few that I took in Engle within a few steps of the highway:
One of the tells that you're among the ghosts of Czech Texas is the SPJST Hall:
Highway 90 passes through Flatonia which has some things for railroading enthusiasts to see:
the route also takes you through some old oil fields and the rusty equipment they spawned.
BTW, two of the best barbecue joints in Texas are in Luling just a block off Hwy 90, City Market and Luling Barbecue. City Market is probably the better experience.
I'd like to buy one of those small oil pumpers and set it up on my property along the road and get it working....maybe start off with pipe sticking up 3 or 4 feet in the air with some odd looking gravel piled next to it....then the following week set up the pumper and get it to pumping.....then the following week stack 3 or 4 oil drums next to it....just to start rumors that I drilled an oil well and struck oil and was getting rich. Nearest oil well from me is probably 400 miles away so it would be a swell rumor to start!
Kent McMillan, post: 420794, member: 3 wrote: I strongly suggest that you plan the drive from Houston to San Antonio to take US Hwy 90 as much as possible. It is a much more interesting route than I-10 that takes you through the small towns of Czech and German Texas. Here are a few that I took in Engle within a few steps of the highway:
One of the tells that you're among the ghosts of Czech Texas is the SPJST Hall:
Highway 90 passes through Flatonia which has some things for railroading enthusiasts to see:
the route also takes you through some old oil fields and the rusty equipment they spawned.
BTW, two of the best barbecue joints in Texas are in Luling just a block off Hwy 90, City Market and Luling Barbecue. City Market is probably the better experience.
Great.....better than stopping to see the world's largest pecan in Sequin.
Thanks!
Angelo