There are so many great Santa Fe depots and stations but by far we have the greatest one in Shawnee; it’s designed like a Scottish castle.Back out again today for taking pictures. Wednesday is the day for weekly certifications for the state of Texas, and with the distance we had to drive to do that and wait for approval, we didn't get much work done. So, the wife did some laundry and I drove out to take some more pictures.
First off, in the small town of Keyes, OK where I grew up, we had two different rail lines serving the community. On the north side was the AT&SF and the south side was the MKT. (For those not familiar with all the railroads, MKT is "The Katy" and the initials stand for Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroad.) Anyway, there is a "Katy" display of rail cars and a Katy depot here in Denison, TX.
There are now some shops within the depot, but I didn't go into any of them.
I'm a sucker for cabooses.
After getting the pictures of the depot and "rolling" stock, I drove out to photograph the Carpenter's Bluff bridge from the new bridge so the full span could be seen.
We have the port on the wall still and a green metal pole in the back yard as a testament to having a land line, but it’s long disconnected
You have more water in your section of the salt fork than we do 50 miles below the lake.I tend to think I’m in pretty decent shape for my age until I spend a day wading in knee deep water and ”quick sand”. My butt is dragging this evening, but dang, it was a beautiful day on the river.
Now, I have to clean house and head home in the morning.
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You wouldn’t have it any other way and you know it.My son and his then girlfriend now wife only came up to hunt once in October last year and have been planning to hunt the whole first week of archery season this year, but he called today and has been invited on a moose hunt to British Columbia which will eat up his vacation time. Of course, I told him he should go on what will probably be a once in a lifetime moose hunt.
I’ll be honest though. Had I known last week that he may not be coming to hunt this year, I probably wouldn’t have done as much work as I did. I like to deer hunt, but I’m really starting to question if what I do and spend up there is really worth it for me to kill one buck a year.
We have stayed at RV parks where the dump stations and water sales were available for boondocker RV’rs. There was a steady stream of them during the day. Great way for both parties to benefit.
Adopt a hunter!My son and his then girlfriend now wife only came up to hunt once in October last year and have been planning to hunt the whole first week of archery season this year, but he called today and has been invited on a moose hunt to British Columbia which will eat up his vacation time. Of course, I told him he should go on what will probably be a once in a lifetime moose hunt.
I’ll be honest though. Had I known last week that he may not be coming to hunt this year, I probably wouldn’t have done as much work as I did. I like to deer hunt, but I’m really starting to question if what I do and spend up there is really worth it for me to kill one buck a year.
