Eveing Diners.
Flo, give the gang and I a and Dirk a dog treat.
Dirk is a strange Doggie! He will not eat when I am at work? But when I come home he eats? He has food all day but will not touch it.
He is all so a good dancer! Does the cutties give me a treat dances I have ever seen.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof, give me a treat daddy!
I hate Rust
And that says a lot Ken, He definitely sees you as Packmaster
The things you could teach that dog is just standing there wagging his tail I always did like dogs.
TF
hon30critter we were watching a great blue heron hunting on the opposite shore of the river
Seeing a Great Blue Heron in South Florida is like seeing a kid in a toy store. They are literally everywhere. I can't drive 15 miles on US41 without seeing one fishing in the drainage ditches.
Amazing how something so common in one place can be a thrill somewhere else.
We have Bald Eagles out the wazoo down here, but I still get excited when I see geese when I am traveling.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Come to think of it there is alot of blue herons. I'm in inner city and there's a pond in back and I see a lot of them along with the egrets.
Good morning
It's another beautiful day.
Went for a BBQ with my daughters last night, It was good to see them.
I hope Judy doesn't feel like doing the storage shuffle today. It's her first day off of the two and I hope she thinks of something funner to do as I really dont feel like doing that.
I would rather go do some sight seeing down at the St Croix River. Maybe Talor Falls would be good.
Kevin, that goup sounds a bit like DEVO.
Not much going on here. nice day today. clear, low humid, low temps.
Good morning. The walk was perfect this morning -- great weather.
We're trying to plan a trip south to see grandchildren. My wife is suffering withdrawal since the virus has stopped us from seeing them very much.
Talking about cats, don't let my wife catch your cat near our house. She is on a crusade to keep the neighbor's cat away from our bird feeders.
Another day to work on the layout. Progress is slow.
York1 John
moelarrycurly4Kevin, that goup sounds a bit like DEVO.
That song, Mexican Radio, got a lot of airplay on a local station when the did "one-hit-wonder" weekends. It was always in the mix.
Later, I found out that song never even made the top 40! You can't be a one-hit-wonder if you never even had one hit!
Geese, yuck. We have too many of them. Most of the water in our community is just drainage ponds, so the geese that flock there cause major pollution problems.
I asked on another form, "What do they call Canada Geese in Canada?"
The answer I got was "Dinner!"
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Howdy ....
John / York 1 .... That is a nice phto of the Mexican train on a bridge.
Mr. B ..... Dinner? .... Fowl humor, eh. We get a lot of geese here too.
I hope each of you is doing well and staying healthy.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
This is a pretty neat site. It is about the rail cars taken across the Gulf of Mexico between Mobile, AL., and Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
https://www.gwrr.com/railroads/north_america/cg-railway#m_tab-one-panel
A fun promotional picture for "Tracks Across the Gulf":
I didn't know this existed.
York1 The last photo was supposed to be here.
LOL out loud. That last pic was funny.
Time to celebrate. Corona with lime please! The Engine House is done.
On to, um...ah...probably not bigger or better. A jail and a 1890's house.
But tonight, we celebrate. Make that round of Coronas.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Chip, for the Weekend Photo Fun let us see the finished pictures from every angle.
Great job. I like to scratchbuild, but my projects don't look nearly as good as yours.
Good afternoon from the West Coast where it was up to 27c today with a high OC.
I have been a deadbeat today after two days of hard labour my old shell said enough. I may be in excellent shape but there are limits when the years pile on. If age didn't matter pro athletes would still be playing at 60.
After the post of beer pics yesterday I broke down and had one, it went down good after busting a gut all day. The big kicker was eating a bunch of brownies my daughter baked and today I am on the pain train from the sugar. I will learn someday. I did a long ride this morning to pay the calorie bill, but that doesn't ease the agony part.
We have plenty of Herons and Great Blue Herons in these parts, they are everywhere. The amount of wildlife, in general, is extensive.
I was driving home from work once and saw a large bald eagle in distress on the side of the highway. I pulled over to see what was up and found his wing was in bad shape. He had obviously been hit by a car. Working on the airport makes you have a vast assortment of clothes on hand, so I managed to find a big old parka in the trunk and inserted the eagle into it and did up the zipper. He did not try to bite at all and was quite resigned to the fact he was in a bad spot. My wife's hospital looked after the emergency wildlife care for the region and so a slight detour found me there. We euthanized the poor thing as his wing was way beyond help. At least he didn't spend the end fighting off predators.
That is a cool shot of the rail car ship. I went on Google Earth and had a look at the facility.
CN runs hotshots out of Prince Rupert down to the Gulf Coast. The containers will go right back onto ships and continue the journey. The shortest travel time from Asia to West Africa, South America and Europe sometimes is ship, rail, ship. The hotshots out of Prince Rupert also go to East Coast ports. CN gobbled up some of the U.S. RRs just to get unhindered access for the routes.
It's game time in a couple of hours. The Canucks did not show up for the last one, they better be there tonight or it is game over. They have a strong win history over the Blues and I can't help think that is making them complacent about playing them.
Go gett'em boys!
Were heeeeeeerer
OH OH!
GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!!!
All the best to all.
Now pass the rum.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Here is the best of several videos that I took of the heron:
Herons are fairly common here but it is unusual to get to within 40' of them. If I had had the camera ready a few minutes before this, I might have been able to get a video of the heron flying straight at us. It was a neat sight to see.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Just drop by to say I am above dirt and tired.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof!
Good morning. It's cool, 68°, and clear. A perfect morning for my trail walk. We don't get many of these days during the summer, so I need to get outside and enjoy it.
Here's another picture of the port at Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
John,
I remeber seeing something about that "barge" service to Mexico/ I was thinking at one time there was the same out of Galveston Tx. I did not know what size shiop they used.
hon30critter Herons are fairly common here but it is unusual to get to within 40' of them. If I had had the camera ready a few minutes before this, I might have been able to get a video of the heron flying straight at us. It was a neat sight to see. Dave
We just had a Heron Moment this morning. I did see one flying straight at us. He veered off and perched on top of a singular dead tree relic, only about 60 feet away. Probably just waiting for the tide to create the right depth for fishing in the marsh.
moelarrycurly4 I remeber seeing something about that "barge" service to Mexico/ I was thinking at one time there was the same out of Galveston Tx. I did not know what size shiop they used.
I wondered about the economics, and then figured it was mostly a comment on the sad state of the Mexican railway system. Unless the freight was time critical, perhaps fruits or vegetables, I'm sure the more cost-effective method would have been rail all the way, rather than adding a ferry trip.
HOn30critter, I deleted your video post not because of any political content, but because it's against our policy to post videos of people performing dangerous activities like train hopping on our Forum.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Tough act to follow.
Afternoon Guys.
Started my jail today. I made it of styrene because it just wasn't going to be adobe. I roughed it to look like wood, and put it together.
It looks like a 20 x20 storage shed on modern day house with a horse.
I'm hopng I can get it back to the 1890's by the time I'm finished. Seriously.
Corona with Lime, please,
I gave up the jails 20 years ago Chip but I probably could model them very well from reculation.
Went to the drive-in last night on the Minnesota-Wisconsin Border.
Hadn't been to a drive-in for a few years. I did remember this one. They played Jurassic Park and Jaws last night. Next week is ET and Back to the Future.
I'm liking this new movie schedule playing classic old school movies instead of the stupid cartoon crap for the kids for the wasted first movie. I will be going back next week too.
And this drive-in allows you to grill out the back of your truck
Track fiddlerHadn't been to a drive-in for a few years. I did remember this one, they played Jurassic Park and Jaws last night. Next weekend is ET and Back to the Future. I'm liking this new movie schedule instead of the stupid cartoon crap for the kids. I will be going next week too.
You're lucky to have this to go to. I don't think we even have one within a day's driving distance. It sure looks like fun, and brings back memories.
York1 It sure looks like fun, and brings back memories.
I'm sure you remember it was "fun", but do you remember trying to watch the movie through the fogged-up windows?
maxman York1 It sure looks like fun, and brings back memories. I'm sure you remember it was "fun", but do you remember trying to watch the movie through the fogged-up windows?
Wait -- there was a movie there?
Onions onions la la la
Steven OtteHOn30critter, I deleted your video post not because of any political content, but because it's against our policy to post videos of people performing dangerous activities like train hopping on our Forum.
Okay Steven. I'm sorry. I didn't know about that policy but it makes sense. I guess it's like graffitti. It's not pleasant to see.
Thanks for your patience with me! You have had to exercise it a few times in the past and I have regretted crossing the line each time. Sometimes emotions are hard to control. I guess I need to grow up a bit more.
Good evening from the soggy West Coast. Two days of rain scheduled and it is welcome.
Drive-ins! Drive-ins! Don't know if there was a movie playing but this is what we went in.
There is still a drive-in here about 15km away. It has been popular during the pandemic. The last time I was at a Drive-in was around 1980 when I owned that van. I think the movie was Up Periscope.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053399/
I am a happy camper today as the Canucks showed up last night and squeaked by the Blues. Game 6 tomorrow.
Went for an eye exam today and the Doc said my eyes were in excellent health with no signs of any deterioration. I asked her if fitness helped eye health and she said, "are you kidding? Big time". She then gave me a pamphlet on it as she said, "it's obvious you keep you keep good care of yourself". I liked her!
https://versanthealth.com/blog/can-regular-exercise-keep-your-vision-healthy/#:~:text=Cardio%20exercise%20also%20increases%20the,blood%20pressure%20and%20high%20cholesterol.
Well, I am down a few pounds so a big bowl of butter-soaked popcorn is in order along with a Rum and Pepsi while I park myself in front of the idiot box.
1958 Royal Train.