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Those roads we used to travel

Post by Dollisdad » Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:14 pm

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Dollisdad » Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:15 pm

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Les Schubert » Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:11 am

The 7th picture sure reminds me of roads by the farm when I was a kid!!!

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by A Whiteman » Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:26 am

Local South Island roads, New Zealand:
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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by John kuehn » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:12 am

Wonderful pictures of what used to be. When life’s pace was slower or so we think. The roads look nice but when it rained for a few days it makes you wonder!


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by blgitn » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:14 am

Very cool, thanks!

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by John Warren » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:47 am

Nice photos and great new topic Thanks
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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by TWrenn » Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:51 am

Those are great pictures. Sure, a life at a slower pace...maybe.
But I think the sad reality of it all it wasn't as great as we may think it was. I think as we view these gorgeous pictures and rustic atmosphere, we wish it were "that good" and especially now in these very troubled times, we "wish we could go back there". I'll stick with what we have, and push through it.


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Original Smith » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:04 am

Tom: Did you get your garage finished? I thought you weren't going to post any more pictures for awhile. As usual, wonderful photos.


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by HPetrino » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:16 am

Great photos! Thanks for posting them.

I agree with Tim. They're beautiful, but I think the reality was harsh. I also see vivid illustrations in them that explain why having a car (or truck) that would go 90 MPH wasn't important. Us TT guys are always talking about how to get our trucks to go faster. Look at the photos. 15 MPH was plenty when they were built.


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Dollisdad » Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:26 pm

Larry, like all projects it’s hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait. While the subs have been finishing siding and concrete work this past week, I have been laying electrical and gas lines from the house to the garage. Got them inspected and buried. Now I wait for the HVAC guy to install heat, which I need the ducts in place before I can run electrical. Then I can insulate and sheetrock before I paint. So while the outside appears done the inside has a ways to go. And as I rely on others for their skills, sometimes I must wait on them. And while I wait, I kill time by searching for pics. And as I do sometimes I set aside ones that interest me, such as these old road pics. Then when I get some time, I post them. Hope that answers your question Larry.


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by kmatt2 » Sun Nov 15, 2020 1:39 pm

While I can't say for sure from the picture, the 4th picture down sure looks like the old horseshoe curve at Cressmans on the way to Shaver Lake from Fresno CA. This was the curve that gave the logging trucks such a hard time coming down from Shaver. The State realigned the curve in the mid 1980s making things a lot safer. The fiist buildings of the famious Cressmans Store are on the inside of the curve just down hill from main curve. The logging trucks would stop at the store to check their load and brakes after making it around the curve. We loss the Cressmans Store to the Creek Fire this summer and many newer homes down hill from Cressmans.l

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by A Whiteman » Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:15 pm

I also see vivid illustrations in them that explain why having a car (or truck) that would go 90 MPH wasn't important. Us TT guys are always talking about how to get our trucks to go faster. Look at the photos. 15 MPH was plenty when they were built.
Very true. We tend to forget this. Many roads round where I live are still like it! and the old TT is quite happy at 10 to 15 :-)

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Dallas Landers » Sun Nov 15, 2020 4:07 pm

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I live on one of those roads. Dusty, rough, muddy and stone chips. Wouldnt change a thing. Keeps traffic light and some people wont come to my house because its gravel. How lucky can I get?


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Nov 15, 2020 5:20 pm

Photos 1, 3, and 4 are semi-local to me. Crooked River bridge on US97, and two shots
along US30 in the Columbia gorge.

Why do people always take a comparitive position on photos like this ? Sure, medicine
andother technologies have made great gains. At the price of culture, community, and
more. It is what it is.

I often marvel at people complaining about things, even on this site .... can't take their
T's anywhere for fear of traffic running them over, etc. I moved from my childhood home
to escape the sprawl and strip mall/speedway world it had become, because my life priorities
were about backwater places and weather that suited my interests. It seems many these
days would rather sit in what they hate and complain, than get up off the proverbial "couch"
and do something about it.

This TT will do 35 all day, and where I live, there are 1000's of miles of roads to explore
where one might only see a handful of cars in a whole day of driving. We all have choices
in life, but we only get one life. Choose wisely.

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by A Whiteman » Sun Nov 15, 2020 5:34 pm

We all have choices in life, but we only get one life. Choose wisely.
That is a fair thought, and it is a truism that we need to make wise choices.

Sadly not everyone has the same range of choices available to them, and not everyone is in a position/ability to even 'make' some choices. Advising folk what to do from our own situation is not always helpful to the recipient of our wisdom.

Even so, my view is you should either do something about 'it' or if you can't, then make the most of 'it' to the best of your ability. Whatever situation you are in, do what you can and look for the positives. Don't let the frustrations about things you can't change overshadow the things you can enjoy.

Tomorrow has enough worries of its own without ruining today thinking about them.


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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Nov 15, 2020 6:47 pm

The design of the first Crooked River bridge has proven enduring, as there are
now three of them in a row there. The original, completed as part of the Oregon
Trunk Line in 1911, was designed by Ralph Modjeski.

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The US97 copy was completed in 1926, with design credit going to Conde McCullough.

In 2000, a third version was completed to replace the 1926 bridge, which was relegated
to non-motorized traffic.

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Re: Those roads we used to travel

Post by Duey_C » Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:07 am

Wonderful photos. :)
Burger, I see the bridge designer's name of Modjeski. Mod...jeski.
That's interesting as here it's been spelled Majeski and even more correct Maciejewski.
Maciej = Majee & add the eski/ewski.
Simple right? Oops, not so much.
Same outcome. Majeski or Majevski. See where the V got lost? Very neat.
Too much? OK. And I carry an Irish/English name.
Cool for me.
Tom, Pic 9 (C32) could almost have been taken at my grandparent's farm. The T in the yard with ladies by the fence.
The road going by at the top of the hill and a nice turn-off for the neighbor's driveway down that way.
Grandpa had that style of fencing in his yard when he was just a boy.
:)
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