In the first photo you will see a PE/LS admiring an old stone house along with the current owner of the house.?ÿ The fellow on the right is L.R. Day (Leon), better known here as Ridge Line or simply Ridge.?ÿ Leon has over 1000 posts on this forum and many more on earlier versions of this forum.?ÿ He went toe to toe with Kent McMillan back in the day when Kent accused those who survey in PLSS states as little more than followers of a cookbook.?ÿ Leon lives in Utah.?ÿ The house is in Kansas.
The next photo shows the drone Leon was using to create 3D images of the house and the adjacent farm land.
Next, you get a much better view of Leon while the drone is doing its job.?ÿ Next to him is his daughter, Lisa.
Now, for the best part.?ÿ The opportunity to see two PE/LS participants on SurveyorConnect outstanding in someone else's field.?ÿ The fellow on the left provided the survey work to tie together the targets placed by Leon.
It is possible that some participants here may think they have seen two old buzzards.?ÿ Wrong.?ÿ The next photo provides a photo of a genuine buzzard.?ÿ It is small but can be seen between the roof of the house on the right and the shed on the left.
Cool picture of two PE/LS's.?ÿ Is the guy on the left Leon's Dad?
Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle.?ÿ Leon will enjoy that comment.?ÿ Leon is slightly the elder of the two fine gentlemen in that photo.
thanks for sharing!
So the oldest is wearing a hat while that young guy is wearing the baseball cap?
How many years of survey experience is in that pic?
Somewhere around 80.?ÿ Neither started out to do surveying.
So am I to presume these are the mythical Holy Cow and Ridge in the photos??ÿ Very cool
Mythical.?ÿ That has a nice ring to it.
That baseball cap is actually a "free" Pioneer Seed cap.?ÿ No need to squander funds on "overhead".
Spent time yesterday with a cousin of the owner of the house.?ÿ Needs a survey to split off the homestead to pass on to his son.
When I say cousin what I really mean is dang near anyone in that area.?ÿ The ancestors were prolific breeders on both sides of his family tree.
It was great to spend some time with a long time poster on the forums. After the drone thing I been here in Las Vegas the last three days with 900 other survyors from 31 states.?ÿ Met Shawn Billings yesterday.
The two senior guys met first about 1978 in Logan, Utah at an Agricultural Engineers conference.?ÿ Had no idea we would be standing togther on a drone project in 2022.?ÿ I needed the targets shot in and he was glad to do it.
Yeah, the guy with the Aussie hat at one time was Ridge Line.?ÿ That other guy goes by Holy Cow now.?ÿ We both grew up on farms, both educated as Ag Engineers and both ended up as land surveyors and PE/PLS.?ÿ Both still have cows and like being out in wide open spaces.?ÿ We had a great visit.?ÿ I worked in the midwest for 5-1/2 years starting out about 10 miles from where Holy Cow lives.?ÿ I suppose that we were just ment to be buddies.
That??s a fine story!
it looks as real surveyors never retire!?ÿ
Love and passion for the job: hightech, fieldwork, math, laws, cad and meeting all kinds of people makes this such a fine job.
thanks for sharing
A fellow I've known since he was a toddler and is now past 60, has converted the loft of his barn into a rustic option to a motel.?ÿ Very popular with the hunters who invade at different times of the year.?ÿ The lower part of the barn is where his family milked cows for decades.?ÿ Ridge grew up on a dairy farm and chose this site for his lodging while in the area.?ÿ I thought that was an outstanding choice.?ÿ Very convenient as well.
No drone flying today or tomorrow.?ÿ Current breeze is at 32 mph.?ÿ Nothing below 15 mph until tomorrow evening.?ÿ You definitely picked a great time to be here.
At least seven semi-trailers blew over on I-70 in northwest Kansas today.
Outstanding post! As a fellow surveyor in the Great State of Kansas, if "they" forecast wind...put on your lead boots. Glad to see y'all reunite.?ÿ
