member picture thread :D

[stewartsage]

Alrighty, here are a ton of pictures that have been accumulating.  First up from my trip to West Virginia for mission trip stuff.

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The motley Trash Crew.  L to R: Gravy, Ben, Dylan, Joel, Luke Lovelady, me, Logan

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Crew at the end of the week. New people R to L: Mrs. K, Mrs. Crawford, Kevin

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In action!

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Me, eating an apple from the tree in the background

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Da COMAC, local establishment of ill repute.

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US Post Office in Danese, WV

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US 19 used to run down into the gorge over the bridge you see here on the former site of Fayette Station, WV.  Town gone, road rerouted over the big bridge now.

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New River Gorge Bridge from the observation deck

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The New River, somewhat lower down river

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Mountains surrounding the top of the gorge.  Fayettesville to the right of camera, Hico and such to the left.

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Obelisk to Arthur Beckley, inventor of Beckley

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Tudor's Biscuit world.  They're everywhere.

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Some random overlapping bridges

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From the Thurmond Yardmaster's Office

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Town of Thurmond, home to twelve but once 500 employees of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and assorted support functions.  One of the most important towns in the gorge it was a major center of life for the area.

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City of Thurmond Water Works

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CSX local coming into Thurmond

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Former Glen Jean, WV school.  Now a semi-abandoned flea market

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Robert C. Byrd Dr, named after the now late US Senator from West Virginia in Beckley.  Hated by some, loved by most West Virginians.

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The huge CSX, former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway yard in Clifton Forge.

[stewartsage]

MOAR PICTURES, also from Fayette County.

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The cook and dinning tents, where the wonderful Momma Donna provides all our meals.

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Hard at work unloading junk into the dumpster.  The man standing in the bed is Mr. Krasztec(sic) our noble singing leader.

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Fearless leader belting out another 50's era song

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Truck left over from a church property dispute

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Cleaning up shingles

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Exit to Mt. Hope off of US 19, future home of the BSA's next high adventure camp and one of my favorite places in the world.

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FATE

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More shingles shaped like states, pick your favorites out

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All of the bridge

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Meadow Bridge, WV

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Meadow Bridge PO

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Too many puns

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Nice little frozen custard stand in Beckley

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Until 1921 there wasn't in road access to Thurmond

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Ramp up to the bridge

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More of the road to Thurmond, complete with one lane bridges

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Raleigh County Courthouse , complete with fallout shelter sign

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Thurmond Town Hall, next to the water works.  In 2008, all 12 remaining residents ran for mayor.

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Yardmaster's office.  Adding machine off camera to the right.

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To close this post out, welcome to West Virginia.

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Train from above, again

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Old semaphore outside the Thurmond Depot

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The old Thurmond PO, closed now

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Thurmond Depot telegraph office

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Old C&O coal tipple built by Fairbanks & Morse.

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New River gorge bottom from the bridge

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From the visitor center

[stewartsage]

First, some belated photos of my rather terrifyingly messy room hearkening back a page or so.

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Side of my bed

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Random stack of books on my desk

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Back corner of the room, where little used books get stuck plus other things

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Boxes of clothes and books and things

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Headboard with assorted objects

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Bookshelves

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Still more books

Then, my trip to Oakland, MD

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Kingsford Charcoal Plant

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Tucker County Courthouse

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Parsons bridge

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Wind turbines

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Wind turbines

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Wind turbines

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The road

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Welcome to Oakland

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historical society

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Oakland B&O station

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B&O Caboose

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Conrail boxcar

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Mail Pouch tobacco barn

[zjhentohlauedy]

while he was here,my mum insisted on showing him the sights, so we went to the beach.[/url]
hseries.

GOD NEJIN YOU LOOK LIKE A WEREWOLF BOY D:

those are some of the most awesome fangs i've seen D:

[Bella]

Out doing court-mandated community service I see... *clucks in disapproval*

Nah I kid, this was interesting, like, "A Day or Two in the Life of Stewartsage". You seem to so a lot of shot-from-within-the-car pictures, I do that quite often too when I'm on trips. Usually to the driver's dismay. xD;; West Virginia looks really pretty and, like I mentioned before, the landscape vaguely reminds me of VT and some of NH though our mountains are pointier-looking. Maryland... I don't think I've ever seen photos from "inland MD" before, usually beaches and seacoast are the first things that come to mind when I imagine the place. I think I saw the Mass (or what that Oklahoma?) and Louisiana-shaped shingles, though if the former was MA, it was missing Cape Cod. D:

You have a lot of stuffed animals by your bed. ^^ And an airsoft gun, and a folder with a DHARMA Flame station cover, and about enough books to open your own library. Yey!

I ought to upload some of my random car ride snapshots, though I don't think I'd have the patience to do it. >>

[NejinOniwa]

GOD NEJIN YOU LOOK LIKE A WEREWOLF BOY D:

those are some of the most awesome fangs i've seen D:

Werewolf? Of all the things, wasn't I supposed to be a vampire or whatnot? Dear heavens me...I'm even looking all troubled since the sun is being all bright and all.
But I suppose the fangs are so regardless.

*clucks in disapproval*

And what sort of animal are YOU supposed to be, then?

[Chocofreak13]

she's an adorable hen. then we just put a tie on her and.....


FUKDAMN that was alot of pics. but they were nice, the windmills reminded me of europe. *tear* and i loved the fayette station pic. i'm also considering becoming the 13th resident of thurmond in later life. xD
that old coal building was FUKKIN BEAUTIFUL. OwO (i love old, decaying stuff like that.)
nej, you are a DEMON. DEE-MON. ok?

[NejinOniwa]

nej, you are a DEMON. DEE-MON. ok?

That's a different thing entirely, you know. I never once got anyone tell me that I look demon-ish or whatnot. The vampire comments fly around like rocks in a snowball fight...

[Chocofreak13]

that may cause personal injury. :[

well, you ARE FABULOUSSS~~~~~

and well, pointed teeth. pointy hair may help.

[stewartsage]

You can be the fourteenth, after me.

[Chocofreak13]

aw. but, but, chocofreakTHIRTEEN ;___;

[stewartsage]

So close, yet so far away

[NejinOniwa]

You guys clearly don't understand the numerical mechanisms.

[stewartsage]

Nope, I don't even know what that means in all likelihood.

[Chocofreak13]

i can't even remember how to count in japanese. (though i can count to 20 in both japanese and swiss-german. :3)