Near Mile Marker 7 on I-20 West heading towards Augusta, Georgia, the CTBNL crossed over the sixty-six thousand mile plateau. We were headed over to the Red Wing Rollerway to try one more time for the elusive Roller Derby Rink photo in the Moss Motoring Challenge. The Augusta Soul City Sirens were going to be holding a try out/boot camp session on both Monday and Tuesday nights. Just like in January, we were foiled again by the lack of any outdoor signage. What is the definition of insanity?
Because it is so hot in the middle of the day we have just been picking away slowly at the motoring challenges. Since we have last spoke on the matter, a month and a half ago, we have captured a marginal Carpentry Shop, a questionable Horse Drawn Carriage, our last Historic Landmark, a Share The Road sign, Lightning, a Mail Carrier, a Scene You Can Smell, the I go Here All The Time, the Disc Golf Course with Players and then a better Disk Golf Course with Players for a total of 17 points.
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- Carpentry Shop: Cruising the industrial park over in Evans, GA netted this little carpentry shop. (7/29/18)
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- Horse-Drawn Carriage: We live in a town that prides itself on being very “horsey”, so finding a horse-drawn carriage should not be too hard, but today when we passed through the small town of Landrum, SC we saw this display in front of an antiques store, looked at each other and nodded. I turned around for the photo. (8/11/18)
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- Historic Landmarks 05 – Carl Sandburg Home: I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the jump on the future. – Carl Sandburg As we drove through Flat Rock, NC this morning. (8/11/18)
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- Share the Road: We were going to try and stake out the local bicycle club’s Sunday morning ride for this challenge point, but found this sign along a local back road and thought it looked like a nice road to take a ride on. (8/4/18)
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- Lightning or Hail!: While out bicycling one evening through a local park we saw a storm towards the west that was producing lots of bright lightning. But by the time we rode the 2 miles home, hopped in the car and got back to a spot where we could see towards the west, the storm had quieted way down. I did manage to snag this one weak bolt, but we are going to start “storm chasing” for the rest of the month in hopes of capturing a nicer image. (8/8/18)
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- Mail Carrier: I parked right in front of a mail box hoping that they would have to get out of the vehicle, but they didn’t have any mail for the box because the truck pulled out and went around me. (8/18/18)
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- A Scene You Can Smell: They are not actually smoking butts in this thing, it is just a little bit of creative advertising out front. (8/23/18)
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- I Go Here All The Time: Each tank full is filled with possibilities… (8/26/18)
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- Disc Golf Course with Players: We photobomb a couple playing disc golf at a nearby park. (8/18/18)
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- Disc Golf Course with Players: Unlike our first attempt, which was a serendipitous event, this one we planned. We found the website of the local Disc Golf Association and staked out a hole during a regularly scheduled event. This time we actually caught a disc mid-flight. (8/23/18)
