[SemiFast]

Wait!
It just so happens that I never once saw, or maybe just never knew what this thread was so I never clicked on it.
Anyway it looks like fun and it probably would get me to go out for a ride if the challenge is something I can, and would want to accomplish. (Not doing any big city stuff, sorry).
I might want to try one that doesn't involve a bunch of cages trying to run me over though.

Don't change it now! I just found this game.

So the next challenge is a pic of MY bike in front of a nasty steel grated bridge. Right Mike?
Drat ! ... I don't even know where to find one of those anywhere around here.
I'll wait and see what comes up next.
I have a challenge in mind for you guys. (If I can meet a challenge, then get a turn that is).

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A notable woman....You mean like a statue of a go-go dancer in front of a bar?
That would be notable!

Yes that would be notable.
I've never seen a go-go dancer statue at one of those places.
Not that I've ever been to one of those places......

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The Gold Star Mother, a notable woman. A statue representing every parent that has lost a child to war.
There is a war memorial at a county seat about 40 miles south of Houston.
Made for a nice afternoon / evening ride.
I had to roll the bike down a sidewalk (not ride) to get this pic. This is as close as I could get the bike to make sure I did not damage the nice marble like area where the statue is located.
It made for a sobering evening, thinking of how mothers like mine lost, and still lose, loved ones to war.

 

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My mother lost her first husband on the shores of Normandy when she was a newlywed.

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Well done, challenge has been met. Your up!

Thanks Guys,

There are visitors centers, safety areas, welcome centers and such all along the major interstates, and probably other roadways too.
A pic at one of those will not be the challenge.

On what you might call secondary roads or maybe even back roads there are what we, here in Texas, know as "picnic areas".
If I remember correctly these "picnic areas" in Texas used to be called road side parks, then rest areas, now picnic areas.
There are no restrooms or vending machines at these so called picnic areas. Many have Very Old concrete tables with benches, just about all have some sort of grill that you can cook on. Some of the grills are nice, but old, brick pits. Many are very nostalgic looking places with plenty of beautiful trees or nice scenery to enjoy while you take a break while traveling. Some are nothing more than a pull in with park benches at tables.

The challenge is a pic of your bike, at a type of area similar to described above, with the table in the background.

Triple bonus points if it is picturesque....

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My bike at a "roadside rest" as they used to be called.

I was starting to worry that the old style "roadside rest" was only a southern thing.
In my area there are three I could ride to in less than an hour...

Good job Roger. ? Challenge has been met.
Picturesque too! Triple bonus points to ya. ???
You're up.

 

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Got a plan for after work if no one beats me to it ?

And the race is on...

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and we're off, so we might as well get going

Wait !
Did skant153 just change the whole dang game all at once with very little discussion?
Don't you have to have a certain amount of posts or something?

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[SemiFast]

.your bike in front of a payphone.

Good one. That'll take some searching...

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Edit for Question,
Will a pay phone "booth", without the pay phone visible, satisfy the challenge?

 

[SemiFast]

This work?

It is in the pic.

If you enlarge the pic you can see what looks like cop car in the background.

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Your bike next to a national park/forest sign.

I think you got that on a technicality Mike. I was looking up where the nearest National PARK was because I thought they were few and far between in Texas and I'm right. Only 4 sites in Texas has the word PARK in it's name.

National Forest was also the challenge.
In East Texas you can't sling a dead cat without it landing in a National Forest.
There is a sign beside the road naming the next national forest you are about to enter.

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Wade? Haven't heard that name in awhile. I've wondered about him with a few new members. If it is, he'll reveal the real Wade at some point I'm sure.

Wade? ... What? ... I don't get it.
Did I miss a post that was removed or something ?

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I think he was still here when you joined. But use the search above. Look for Wade Nelson, which leads to several threads. Try, Whats up with that. Looking at that thread will show some members who are MIA. Dods, Angel, Soupy and others.

I remember him, just don't know why they're mentioning him now. Somebody must have said something Wade like I'm guessing.

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I don't think there are any covered bridges in Texas either. At least not vehicle. Might be a few pedestrian bridges that are covered but none that I know of personally.

I know I've never seen one in Texas, but Texas is big so...

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[SemiFast]

middle of nowhere

hidden clue

Cryptic u r


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Haha, yeah.... I was trying to engage some of the home bound .I'd say it counts.... take it if you want it.

Wait a minute... I think that is a B B Q pit under that cover.

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I agree with Semi, could be anything under the cover the challenge is still open.

No, Pretty sure that's a B B Q.

About 20 ~ 30 miles from here there was this country boy that was building a shrimp boat in his side yard.
No really, it's true.
I'll ride down that way to see if it is still there. It's been over ten years ago that I saw it so it might be in the water by now but it'll make for a ride at least.

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There was a two wheeled thing, with pedals, regularly parked on the Walmart sidewalk that I believe had assisted battery power.
Never payed much attention to and haven't seen it since we got C-19'ed.

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I had hoped someone would drag their own tent

This one didn't count because I took this pic several years before I even joined this forum.
I posted this in a motorcycle camping thread a while back but I like it so here it is again...

 

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I was wondering that too. I'm thinking this a team event now. When did that change of the rules take place?

The rules clearly state that Mike can take the picture.
Look it up...

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