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Nice Day For A Swim (photo)
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Re: Nice Day For A Swim (photo)
DARN - IT! I told you only two cars on the river ferry at a time!
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My first thought also was a river ferry. But I am not so sure of that. The surrounding grass appears to be running right into the water. As rule, grass does not generally do that (unless the river has just swollen up). The cars are spaced out a bit. Even a basic raft ferry that large would maybe (depending upon specifics of construction, and just how saturated the wood is) be able to support that many cars. Simple raft ferries were rarely that large. I see no tow or anchor cables. No power source.
With all those storm clouds above, the most likely scenario is that the several people met there for some (unseen) purpose, and parked in a low spot. A cloudburst even a couple miles away could have flowed into the low spot in under twenty minutes.
My Dad grew up in Nevada cattle country. Such cloudbursts happened there often enough that ranchers knew the low places that would turn into a raging river every ten years or so and never put anything intended to be permanent in them. He liked to tell of the outside developer that built and sold about a dozen "riverfront" homes on a low running river area. The locals kept saying they were fools. And when the time came (about six years later), by the time they realized they were in trouble, the road was already underwater. All the people could do was run uphill and watch everything they owned get washed away. It hadn't rained even a drop where they were. The downpour was almost fifty miles away.
With all those storm clouds above, the most likely scenario is that the several people met there for some (unseen) purpose, and parked in a low spot. A cloudburst even a couple miles away could have flowed into the low spot in under twenty minutes.
My Dad grew up in Nevada cattle country. Such cloudbursts happened there often enough that ranchers knew the low places that would turn into a raging river every ten years or so and never put anything intended to be permanent in them. He liked to tell of the outside developer that built and sold about a dozen "riverfront" homes on a low running river area. The locals kept saying they were fools. And when the time came (about six years later), by the time they realized they were in trouble, the road was already underwater. All the people could do was run uphill and watch everything they owned get washed away. It hadn't rained even a drop where they were. The downpour was almost fifty miles away.
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Re: Nice Day For A Swim (photo)
They needed something like this:
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
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1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
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Re: Nice Day For A Swim (photo)
The lot of of my younger days were spent in Central Texas in Hays County, not much there but cedar and rocks. On our monthly trip to Austin to trade butter and eggs, my Grandfather, Grandmother (who helped raise me) and my Brother would all get into my Grandfather's Coupe, I have no idea what year it was, but way back, and head out. At the top of a hill before dropping off down to the bottom crossing, he would stop, kill the engine, and tell us kids to be quiet. He was listening for the water to "Come Down". It might have rained miles away upstream, and we would not know about it till the water "Came Down". That country was always bone dry, this was back in the Dust Bowl days, and when it did rain, it was always a flood. I have known of any number of folks who were drowned in these type of crossings, one was a local family in Edwards County, born and bred there,who drowned in a crossing, they certainly knew better, and in recent times a School Bus with kids on board got swept away in I think Kerr County.
We now have one confirmed case of the Virus in Gillespie County, I thought we were safe. They think this case came from out of town by someone who traveled in and out, some folks never seem to learn.
We now have one confirmed case of the Virus in Gillespie County, I thought we were safe. They think this case came from out of town by someone who traveled in and out, some folks never seem to learn.
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I agree Wayne. No River Ferry would be that wide anyway, back in that day. Some were lucky to be wide enough for one car,
let alone two. Just a good old fashioned flood. Good thing these old cars sat up so high...looks to me the water would
just barely be touching the underside of the engines.
let alone two. Just a good old fashioned flood. Good thing these old cars sat up so high...looks to me the water would
just barely be touching the underside of the engines.
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The river ferry comment was ment as a joke
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I'm thinking it's at the beach. They got there late the night before and set up camp in the dark. Now it's morning and the tide has come in.
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AH! Their just tightening up their spokes. Jim
Back road kinda guy stuck on the freeway of life.
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No worries Perry K/DS. I figured you were joking. (YOU? JOKE?) However my nature is to study photos and try to absorb the story behind them. I have this NEED to analyze things.
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Ahhhh, Perry Kete! I should've known!! Problem is I'm way too gullible for my own good!