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Extremely Last Minute Sunday Evening Ride

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I posted up for any EXTREMELY last minute takers for a through the North Texas countryside, and lo and behold, Gilk51 was on the stick. He saw my post and within a couple hours we were on the road!

Chuck met me in Crowley and from there we headed west by southwest towards Granbury. I wanted to see Lipan, as I have a coworker who lives there. Well, here it is in all its' glory. Population 435.
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We stopped at the local hot spot for a quick drink and to take in the downtown scenery.
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Lipan is clearly the crossroads for every farm truck and tractor in the county.
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As we pulled out of town, one of the local hooligans rolled through and tore up the corners. He had mad skills whippin that scoot through the corners.:trust:
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After clearing out of Lipan, we headed north for Weatherford. I wanted to snap some pics of the courthouse before we lost the light. Weatherford has one of the nicest courthouses in the state.
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We made a drunken bee line home via FM 5 and FM 1187, both very nice roads. When we hit 1187 the temp dropped noticably. It was almost chilly the last 20 miles home.

We had a nice ride, even if it was totally spor of the moment. Thanks Chuck!:rider:
 
Cool photos Wayne. :thumb:
Here I thought Chuck had the "only" camera. :rofl:
 
donroger1 said:
Here I thought Chuck had the "only" camera. :rofl:
Nah, I am just the only one that terrorizes Melanie with one... :rofl:

Thanks for letting me join you, Wayne. When you said you wanted to see Lipan, I am afraid I might have done this: :roll: But at least their gas station & C-store was open. :thumb:

Uploading a few pichers now...
 
From my perspective, :roll:

Our stop in beautiful, downtown, urban Lipan
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We were able to squeeze in between the pick-up trucks...

Wayne's state-of-the-art horizontal payrus GPS
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My new toy (hope you can find it)
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(no, it's not the helmet...)

We didn't have very much time to investigate the best angles to capture this courthouse
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This is more the flavor you get when approaching from the west - vehicles, traffic lights, and signs.
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It's still a good lookin building though...
 
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