Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
What May Be Boring To Some Might Be Scenic To Others
Posted 02-27-2010 at 06:43 AM by case44
Anyone who takes time traveling in the state of Texas can plainly see that it is divided into many different and diverse topographical facets. It is a large state and it covers so much ground, so the land mass takes up many different personalities. One hour, you see plains and prairies, but the next hour, you may be greeted with mountains.
You might think that, when you travel into the rural areas of Texas, that most of the trip is just a boring drive and there's nothing to see. Nonsense! Any trip that may be boring must need to be viewed another way. Granted, in some places, there might be nothing at all. It's those other locations that offer views that we just take for granted. That usually happens when one doesn't appreciate the little bitty things you actually discover when he/she makes the trip take place. On many road trips, people look for landmarks such as restaurants, cafes, weird signs, replicas, statuary, sculptures, water towers, old buildings, and anything ordinary or not. Take a trip anywhere and, chances are, you will find something.
Texas has rivers, plains, rock cuts, mountains, hills, forests, prairies, desertscapes, and beaches. Those things have to be looked at more carefully than the casual observer to be appreciated. And what great creations they are! The average casual observer is just in a hurry to get someplace else and could care less about the little bitty things that make rural travel a little more palatable. Take time to stop and smell the roses, not just in Texas, but in any state that has nuances that we don't see every day. I live in a major metro area of six million people, which I'm proud to live in and spoiled by its numerous amenities all at the same time, but there comes a time when this writer has to get away. Countrysides just have a beauty all their own that you sometimes can't capture in the big cities.
Here are a few links to let you ponder over. These are located in North and West Texas, and these roadside shots simply paint a picture of the American West as viewed from the driver's seat. Boring? Scenic? Ordinary? Extraordinary? You be the judge.
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas02...xit_363_03.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas02...xit_370_03.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/ih010/i...xit_337_04.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/ih010/i...xit_137_05.jpg
You might think that, when you travel into the rural areas of Texas, that most of the trip is just a boring drive and there's nothing to see. Nonsense! Any trip that may be boring must need to be viewed another way. Granted, in some places, there might be nothing at all. It's those other locations that offer views that we just take for granted. That usually happens when one doesn't appreciate the little bitty things you actually discover when he/she makes the trip take place. On many road trips, people look for landmarks such as restaurants, cafes, weird signs, replicas, statuary, sculptures, water towers, old buildings, and anything ordinary or not. Take a trip anywhere and, chances are, you will find something.
Texas has rivers, plains, rock cuts, mountains, hills, forests, prairies, desertscapes, and beaches. Those things have to be looked at more carefully than the casual observer to be appreciated. And what great creations they are!
The average casual observer is just in a hurry to get someplace else and could care less about the little bitty things that make rural travel a little more palatable. Take time to stop and smell the roses, not just in Texas, but in any state that has nuances that we don't see every day. I live in a major metro area of six million people, which I'm proud to live in and spoiled by its numerous amenities all at the same time, but there comes a time when this writer has to get away. Countrysides just have a beauty all their own that you sometimes can't capture in the big cities. Here are a few links to let you ponder over. These are located in North and West Texas, and these roadside shots simply paint a picture of the American West as viewed from the driver's seat. Boring? Scenic? Ordinary? Extraordinary? You be the judge.
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas02...xit_363_03.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas02...xit_370_03.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/ih010/i...xit_337_04.jpg
http://www.aaroads.com/texas/ih010/i...xit_137_05.jpg
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Case, I can't see the pics? It says "Error 403 - Forbidden".Posted 03-03-2010 at 07:07 AM by blueskies49
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Oh, well.
Thought they'd turn up. Just go to the "Lone Star Roads" website. I tried to highlight a few places along Interstates 10 and 20 in a reliable web page, and the trouble is, I don't have any of my own stuff on disc. (~Sigh~).
Live and learn.Posted 03-03-2010 at 11:02 AM by case44 
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Keep trying, case. When you can get your own stuff posted, please share, man. We'd love to see!Posted 03-04-2010 at 09:18 AM by malfunction
