View Full Version : Pics of my 3-11-08 Ride
Top Cat
03-11-2008, 03:41 PM
Here are some pics I took today on my ride.
Church in Florence NY
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/FlorenceChurch.jpg
This is what they groom snomobile trails with.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/TrailGroomer.jpg
This is what the trail looks like after grooming.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/GroomingtheTrail.jpg
Notice the ice hanging on the stone bank.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/IceWater.jpg
Just thought this was a cool pic of a stream.
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/Stream.jpg
.Did I mention this was what I was riding http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
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http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/topcat63/MyRide.jpg
rlfaubion
03-11-2008, 03:46 PM
Sorry man
Top Cat
03-11-2008, 03:50 PM
Hey it's OK. It won't be long now. Just some of the things we put up with to live here. We just keep it in perspective http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
No hurricanes or floods or earthquakes or poisonous snakes or tornados........We can put up with a little snow http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif
cactusjack
03-11-2008, 05:10 PM
Hey it's OK. It won't be long now. Just some of the things we put up with to live here. We just keep it in perspective http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
No hurricanes or floods or earthquakes or poisonous snakes or tornados........We can put up with a little snow http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif
I'd rather have the poisonous snakes and earthquakes than snow. But, that's just me. Wait, we do have poisonous snakes here and scorpions and coyotes and javelina. Naw, you keep the snow, I'll live dangerously.
Damn good looking photos TC. I told you they were nice!
Tomk
kawgirl
03-11-2008, 08:48 PM
The pics are great. I would love to visit your part of NY one day............in the summer. :)
Very nice pics, TC! How did you make it around on those icy roads?
Top Cat
03-12-2008, 11:03 AM
Very nice pics, TC! How did you make it around on those icy roads?
Four Wheel Drive GMC http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif No, they aren't as bad as they look in my pics. Some places are bare and some are real slushey. We are used to driving in this stuff. You just can't go as fast as you do the rest of the year.
blowndodge
03-12-2008, 11:17 AM
Hey it's OK. It won't be long now. Just some of the things we put up with to live here. We just keep it in perspective http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
No hurricanes or floods or earthquakes or poisonous snakes or tornados........We can put up with a little snow http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif
You only have to wait for the spring thaw to bury your dead...
Top Cat
03-12-2008, 12:04 PM
You only have to wait for the spring thaw to bury your dead...
That is true BD. The ground is frozen. When someone passes they are embalmed, then we have the funeral and the body is taken to the cemetery and put in a building ( don't know the correct name for the building ) till spring.
Then in the spring we have another shorter ceremony when the deceased is buried.
So looking at the bright side, when we die we get two ceremonies for the price of one http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
You only have to wait for the spring thaw to bury your dead...
That is true BD. The ground is frozen. When someone passes they are embalmed, then we have the funeral and the body is taken to the cemetery and put in a building ( don't know the correct name for the building ) till spring.
Then in the spring we have another shorter ceremony when the deceased is buried.
So looking at the bright side, when we die we get two ceremonies for the price of one http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
That's what happened with Doc Holliday when he died in Glenwood Springs, CO. It was in the dead of winter when he died and they buried him in a shallow grave in a valley until Spring at which time they could bury him at the cemetary at the top of a mountain.
Many say he is still buried there, there is a marker in the town cemetary, but rumors persist that his Father traveled from Georgia, exumed the body and took it back by train to Georgia.
OK, so much for history.
Top Cat
03-12-2008, 12:58 PM
Trip, speaking of old western history, have you ever seen the show "Wild West Tech" on the history channel? That is along the lines of some of their stories. It is pretty interesting.
misunderstood
03-12-2008, 01:11 PM
Nice pics. You had me for a minute. 1st I thought you were on the bike, then thought maybe a snowmobile and then you gave it away. Hate the snow, but it sure is purtty. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
beezer
03-12-2008, 01:57 PM
is that the Black River TC?
Top Cat
03-12-2008, 03:59 PM
It sure looks like it dosen't it Beezer :)
No the Black River is up toward Watertown. This is Mad River.
unwind2
03-12-2008, 07:08 PM
TC - when I saw the title of the thread and that you started the thread....I thought....no way! You fooled me for a minute too. ;)
I enjoyed riding around in upper state New York.......In July! But those snowmobile trails look like they would be fun.
Top Cat
03-12-2008, 10:30 PM
unwind2 , yeah, snomobiles are fun but people have been getting themselves killed here latley. Ride from bar to bar and then go 90 mph on the trails. If your not familiar with the turns you hit trees. Then there is the people who come over blind hills on the wrong side of the trail, headon into somebody coming the other way.
They were fun in my younger dats but I wouldn't ride one today.
I'll wait for spring http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
Very nice pics. I can imagine what it all looks like in the summer from a bike.
Trip, speaking of old western history, have you ever seen the show "Wild West Tech" on the history channel? That is along the lines of some of their stories. It is pretty interesting.
Yep, I watch it all the time. It's a very interesting show...especially when they spotlighted the hangings that they had in the old west.
Believe it or not, there is a pair of unmarked cement tombs in the cemetary in Griffin, Georgia. They believe that Doc Holliday's Father is buried in one and Doc is in the other.
http://www.ejlanham.com/DocHolliday
Top Cat
03-13-2008, 11:59 AM
Great story Trip, thanks for sharing http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
jussmatt
03-13-2008, 12:06 PM
Hey TC...those are some beautiful pics! I know you would rather be riding your Nomad, but it won't be long...then you can take the same pics when it's green!!! Hang in there buddy...warmer weather isn't far away!!!
Top Cat
03-13-2008, 02:29 PM
Thanks JussMatt , I'm ready to ride. I retired last Sept. and this will be the first time in 44 years , weather permiting, I can ride anytime I want. Maybe thats why this winter seems to be so long. No, wait, last winter seemed long also http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
Have you lived in Texas all your life or did you move south from a colder climate like a lot of folks do?
I'm really tempted to give up the winters. Cindy said she will go any where with me http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gif She's a sweetheart :)
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