Alpine Run
I just wanted to let y'all know there's a new photo album in town -- or at least in the works. I've had a request to show the places and things I see when I'm in town, so I shot a bunch of them yesterday on one of my runs, so this will just be a sampling. By the way, ever since I had to switch over to the Google-powered blog, the images zoom way off the screen if you click on them. I went into the template to see if I could find where this was occurring and tone it down, but I couldn't find it. As I'm not an official member of blogger (they expect you to pay!), I don't have access to the Help Desk. Hopefully, someone else has had the same problem and it'll get fixed soon. Sorry 'bout that.
Here is Alpine's city limit sign, which is much more elaborate and artsy than your typical ones we all have to put up with. Notice the careful composition of this shot: Not only do we have twin yuccas in the foreground, we also have the locally-famous Twin Peaks in the background. Pretty clever, huh? Hey, I had to lean on a barbed-wire fence to accomplish this little feat, so let's hear some hands clapping out there, okay?
Right beside the city limit sign is this old broken-down wagon, no doubt put there for effect. I just couldn't pass up taking a shot at it. Kinda tricky, as it's on the other side of the aforementioned barbed-wire fence, and we all know how that goes.
Now, where would the Great State of Texas be without the dear ol' Longhorn? As you can see, this is only a replica of one -- and not a very accurate one at that -- but it wasn't really meant to be, I guess. I liked it for its character, just the same. This stands just below Lawrence Hall (home of the Museum of the Big Bend) at one of the entrances to Sul Ross State University.
Okay, folks, that's it for now. There were some issues uploading the photos onto Yahoo Photos -- as always! -- so a couple of the pictures that should have been in the middle had to get tacked on at the end. As Yahoo Photos is PC-based and I am now Mac-based, certain features aren't available to me, like rearranging photos, I'm afraid. So, I'll have to wait to rearrange them, as I have a Special Project Day tomorrow (Lost Mine Trail) and won't be back in the booth until Friday, where the computer is Yahoo-friendly. Just keep your eye on that Inbox!
Here is Alpine's city limit sign, which is much more elaborate and artsy than your typical ones we all have to put up with. Notice the careful composition of this shot: Not only do we have twin yuccas in the foreground, we also have the locally-famous Twin Peaks in the background. Pretty clever, huh? Hey, I had to lean on a barbed-wire fence to accomplish this little feat, so let's hear some hands clapping out there, okay?
Right beside the city limit sign is this old broken-down wagon, no doubt put there for effect. I just couldn't pass up taking a shot at it. Kinda tricky, as it's on the other side of the aforementioned barbed-wire fence, and we all know how that goes.
Now, where would the Great State of Texas be without the dear ol' Longhorn? As you can see, this is only a replica of one -- and not a very accurate one at that -- but it wasn't really meant to be, I guess. I liked it for its character, just the same. This stands just below Lawrence Hall (home of the Museum of the Big Bend) at one of the entrances to Sul Ross State University.
Okay, folks, that's it for now. There were some issues uploading the photos onto Yahoo Photos -- as always! -- so a couple of the pictures that should have been in the middle had to get tacked on at the end. As Yahoo Photos is PC-based and I am now Mac-based, certain features aren't available to me, like rearranging photos, I'm afraid. So, I'll have to wait to rearrange them, as I have a Special Project Day tomorrow (Lost Mine Trail) and won't be back in the booth until Friday, where the computer is Yahoo-friendly. Just keep your eye on that Inbox!
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