road trip part 2

sitting in an airport now having just finished up part 1/2 on the work related road trip. not much to report, believe it or not, i was actually doing work so i was not as able to take my time and stop for photo ops... oh well, listened to a lot of xm and even found a few new songs that i have since bought while sitting in the airport taking advantage of free wifi. and oh yeah, got some work done as well.
at any rate, here are a few more pic from along the road. stay tuned to next week when we explore what the hell is between oklahoma city and denver and then go into further depths about what one can find on the road in between denver and austin... stay tuned folks, it might get weird.
you know you are driving through the midwest when you get excited enough about blue sky to take a picture

factory

more random giants

and of course... more barns

road trip part 1

on the road for my big kid job. as many of you know, photos do not pay the bills so i have a regular job that does. currently driving through the midwest for said job. although i have driven through the midwest before i have not really had reason to stop besides the essential gas/bathroom/food stops. turns out there are some cool things in the midwest, some strange things as well... enjoy
the midwest has a lot of barns, some in better shape than others

maybe the midwest's most famous residents

and some of the more bizarre residents, like a pink elephant

sticking with the elephant theme and adding the giant shirtless boy eating ice cream theme(please note the size by the car at the bottom right, this is no small shirtless boy)

made it to st. louis, great ball park would love to comeback for a game someday

and of course, the arch...

guns and ammo

went out skeet shooting for one of my oldest friends 30th birthday. i am not a huge gun guy. i do not own a gun or belong to the NRA, i have never killed anything and really have no desire to for that matter. all that being said, shooting guns is fun, a lot of fun.
chase, the man of the day

mrs. chase. for the record a better shot then the boys

anne's first shot, ever


then the heavy artillery came out

cranmore

the new cranmore site is up... check it out. can't wait to visit those guys again this winter to see the whole crew plus the new little ripper. congrats jess!

any takers?

brick stacks

bricks

morning bridge

happy thanksgiving

one of my favorite holidays. just a good time for a little reflection and appreciation (generally both coming post-gorging). hope you have a happy and healthy one. posting the same photo as last year, without a doubt the best thanksgiving photo ever...

a typical monday

just in case...