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Yeah these sorts of giveaways are fun. Its just awesome to see pics from where folks live all over the world
here are a few pics of the Natchez Trace outside of Jackson, Mississippi. The natchez trace (if i remember my history correctly) started off as hunting trails for the native americans, expanded by white hunter/trapper/traders and eventually became a major trail from northern tennessee all the way to natchez. If I am not mistaken it was a part of the "trail of tears" when native americans were forced west to oklahoma onto the reservations.
This one is from the little stream behind my mother-in-law's house
here are a few pics of the Natchez Trace outside of Jackson, Mississippi. The natchez trace (if i remember my history correctly) started off as hunting trails for the native americans, expanded by white hunter/trapper/traders and eventually became a major trail from northern tennessee all the way to natchez. If I am not mistaken it was a part of the "trail of tears" when native americans were forced west to oklahoma onto the reservations.
This one is from the little stream behind my mother-in-law's house
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Hey happy 1K. Here's a view from my backyard, no knife though 
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Only have these few right now....these are out the backdoor. Will have to get out and take some pics soon!
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Another thing I like about living in North Carolina is the variety of topography. We live closer to the coastal plain, but my son is in college near the Appalachian mountains. We recently rented a house near where my son lives for a week's vacation with my wife's family. The next two photos were taken on consecutive evenings as we sat on the back deck of the house enjoying the sunset.
I saw this web illuminated by the sun peeking through the trees on one of our walks in the woods that week.
I saw this web illuminated by the sun peeking through the trees on one of our walks in the woods that week.
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I live in Texas and edc a GEC 25.
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Not a common occurrence in this part of North Carolina, but we do occasionally get some snow. I grew up in Indiana, so I have experienced more than enough of the white stuff, but my wife (born in North Carolina) and my son (born in South Carolina) love it, and even pray for it each winter!
I just stepped outside the front door and took this next one. Not the exact same angle, but close. I have to say I prefer the white of the dogwood blooms to the white of the snow, but that opinion is probably the minority one in our household.
I just stepped outside the front door and took this next one. Not the exact same angle, but close. I have to say I prefer the white of the dogwood blooms to the white of the snow, but that opinion is probably the minority one in our household.
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Campbellclanman
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Hi Andy, well Sir...congrats on your fantastic give-away!....well done my friend!
Not an entry, but I would shake your hand if I was with you ( sharing a beer of course )
Not an entry, but I would shake your hand if I was with you ( sharing a beer of course )
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Andi,
This is an awesome give away even if you didn't give anything away. Awesome replies making this a great thread.
Today I had a chance to get out for the first mountain bike ride of the season. There are about 20 miles of trails behind my house from cross country to seriously advanced tear it up and hold on! I took a moment to show a cell pic of one of the spots I stop at. My 85 sitting on my tire and my american flag always flying to show my pride.
Here is another spot in the same woods along the same river. This is one of my all time favorite spots right behind me.
Another favorite spot of mine is a short drive to Delaware. Very tranquil.
A cell pic of my boy Hudson in one of the fields.
Winter here can get you into trouble back in and around the woods
Playing back in the woods in my old trusty jeep comanche
The most insane sunrise I have ever seen looking across the way from my home.
Basketball on the barn door with a mud court
Here is what the moon looks like from here
The back yard last Easter. I tried to keep it close to home and let you get a better feel for who I am.
And here is a cheers for doing this
This is an awesome give away even if you didn't give anything away. Awesome replies making this a great thread.
Today I had a chance to get out for the first mountain bike ride of the season. There are about 20 miles of trails behind my house from cross country to seriously advanced tear it up and hold on! I took a moment to show a cell pic of one of the spots I stop at. My 85 sitting on my tire and my american flag always flying to show my pride.
Here is another spot in the same woods along the same river. This is one of my all time favorite spots right behind me.
Another favorite spot of mine is a short drive to Delaware. Very tranquil.
A cell pic of my boy Hudson in one of the fields.
Winter here can get you into trouble back in and around the woods
Playing back in the woods in my old trusty jeep comanche
The most insane sunrise I have ever seen looking across the way from my home.
Basketball on the barn door with a mud court
Here is what the moon looks like from here
The back yard last Easter. I tried to keep it close to home and let you get a better feel for who I am.
And here is a cheers for doing this
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I started out with some pics from Nuremberg, one of the places I have lived, and I'll now add Birmingham, AL, where I currently am in the process of packing up for the next move.
Birmingham was one of the most important cities in the South for over 100 years. Before the Civil War it was the major steel producing city in the country, and it kept that as a major industry up thrugh WWII. At that time i was the same size as Atlanta. Locals restricted the growth of the city as a matter of policy, and now it's become a bit of a backwater compared to other sun-belt cities of comparable size.
Birmingham was lucky; it has water, and huge mineral deposits of iron, coal, and limestone, basically everything needed for steel production. Still, it never had the distruction visited on it during the war that other industrial towns did. Iron was such a major part of the early town's prominance that the remains of the industry are still present.
In 1906 the citizens of Birmingham commissioned a huse statue of the Greek God Vulcan and displayed it at the Worlds Fair. When it returned home they built a pedistal and set it up on a hill overlooking the cty. It remains to this day the largest freestanding cast iron statue ever made.
Here's a shot of Vulcan, holding a spearhead he's just worked. (The slim rod protruding from the spearhead is a lightning rod; they say it's pretty spectacular when it gets hit.)
Birmingham is really a small city, but it has large suburbs surrounding it. There are lot's of trails and places to go to "be with nature". Here's a shot of the Cahaba river as it flows through the suburb of Hoover.
I live at the base of Shades Mountain which is a long ridge that covers several miles. The view from up to gives a good idea of the countryside and pretty well hides the volume of settlement below.
Oak Mountan, a parallel rige a few miles South is a major State park. They have all kinds of trails and stuff to walk, ride, or float on. Here's a pic from this past fall at the lake.
Last, obligatory knife shot; my ivory handled serpentine whittler on a block of iron ore.
Birmingham was one of the most important cities in the South for over 100 years. Before the Civil War it was the major steel producing city in the country, and it kept that as a major industry up thrugh WWII. At that time i was the same size as Atlanta. Locals restricted the growth of the city as a matter of policy, and now it's become a bit of a backwater compared to other sun-belt cities of comparable size.
Birmingham was lucky; it has water, and huge mineral deposits of iron, coal, and limestone, basically everything needed for steel production. Still, it never had the distruction visited on it during the war that other industrial towns did. Iron was such a major part of the early town's prominance that the remains of the industry are still present.
In 1906 the citizens of Birmingham commissioned a huse statue of the Greek God Vulcan and displayed it at the Worlds Fair. When it returned home they built a pedistal and set it up on a hill overlooking the cty. It remains to this day the largest freestanding cast iron statue ever made.
Here's a shot of Vulcan, holding a spearhead he's just worked. (The slim rod protruding from the spearhead is a lightning rod; they say it's pretty spectacular when it gets hit.)
Birmingham is really a small city, but it has large suburbs surrounding it. There are lot's of trails and places to go to "be with nature". Here's a shot of the Cahaba river as it flows through the suburb of Hoover.
I live at the base of Shades Mountain which is a long ridge that covers several miles. The view from up to gives a good idea of the countryside and pretty well hides the volume of settlement below.
Oak Mountan, a parallel rige a few miles South is a major State park. They have all kinds of trails and stuff to walk, ride, or float on. Here's a pic from this past fall at the lake.
Last, obligatory knife shot; my ivory handled serpentine whittler on a block of iron ore.
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Good on you Andy- here's a few.
Mt Keira NSW taken from Flagstaff Hill.Bronto drill in progress.
In the backyard. St Andrews Cross spider being observed by Peter.
Obligatory knife shot-
Byarong Creek about halfway up the mountain.Normally just a trickle but we'd had a lot of rain.
This pool about 7ft deep in the middle.
Mt Keira NSW taken from Flagstaff Hill.Bronto drill in progress.
In the backyard. St Andrews Cross spider being observed by Peter.
Obligatory knife shot-
Byarong Creek about halfway up the mountain.Normally just a trickle but we'd had a lot of rain.
This pool about 7ft deep in the middle.
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Sorry, I guess I'm the "cheap date" of the thread. No pictures but would like to be counted "in".
Fantastic photo so far all. Thanks to everyone for sharing and to Humppa for doing the giveaway. Love the anchor on the scale of the knife you are putting up.
Fantastic photo so far all. Thanks to everyone for sharing and to Humppa for doing the giveaway. Love the anchor on the scale of the knife you are putting up.
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Hi guys!
Thank you all for those pícs. Absolutelly great. I think, I have to save some money (won´t buy any more knives) and get a flight ticket over the atlantic ocean and see theese places with my own eyes. This pics are all great.
@ Wade: Don´t worry about that! As I wrote, everyone is welcome here in that giveaway!
Kind regards
Andi
Thank you all for those pícs. Absolutelly great. I think, I have to save some money (won´t buy any more knives) and get a flight ticket over the atlantic ocean and see theese places with my own eyes. This pics are all great.
@ Wade: Don´t worry about that! As I wrote, everyone is welcome here in that giveaway!
Kind regards
Andi
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You guys are making me wish there was scenery within driving distance of here. Maybe I'll climb up on the roof at work tomorrow and take pictures. How much nothing can you stand?
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That's funny-- the one time I drove through Kansas (and then back again), my primary thought was that I could see more nothing than I'd ever seen before, followed closely by the though that if I could see even farther, I'd be able to see even more nothing.
I'm all for the standing-on-the-roof thing. Go for it!
~ P.