I work for TxDOT as maintenance contract inspector. That means I have to ride herd on low bid contractors and make sure they do what they agreed to do in the manner that we require them to do it. There's a lot more to it than that but the rest is mainly BS. Most of the year I'm stuck working the Northern part of Tarrant County, which is basically Ft Worth. I keep our guard rails up after the drunks and idiots declare daily war on them.
Last summer, I got assigned to a gig that covered 7 counties. Most of it out in the "boonies". I LOVED every second of it. I was in charge of part of the striping and the installation of raised pavement markers ('buttons') on several hundred miles of roads that were seal coated or chip sealed. My crew wasn't the best but we finally got done.
I took a LOT of pictures of various stuff that caught my fancy. Some were OK, some weren't. Steve has seen a lot of 'em on another forum and has asked that I post them here too.
So here goes. I'll try not to bury you. LOL
I started early every day and watched the sun come up just about every morning and go down every evening.
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Down the road from there is a neat little feed store run by an 88 year old lady. Her husband was a WWII USMC vet and her grandson just finished a tour with Corps. She's a trip and her old store is just WAY COOL.
They lived in this old house when they opened the store in 1952.
This was all that was left of The Pate Museum of Transportation. "Aggie" Pate had quite a neat deal. He died and the kids let it go to Hell. They auctioned off all his cars and toys, most of the warbirds were repossessed and this old C-119 was headed for a new home.
Nothing left there but the building now.
Found some "yard art" down near Glen Rose.
and a herd of "pet" elk.