On Friday, Big Tex put on his new boots along with his new Dickie's Shirt and Pants and was lifted into his Greeting Position to this years fair goers that begins this coming Friday, the 27th of September.
Today, Big Tex was getting adjustments made and audio got connected. The traffic around the roundabout in front of the Tower Building was like a bee hive of activity. Since my last trip down to Fair Park a few days ago, the changes that have taken place were absolutely amazing. Today, the framework for some of the stages were going up and cranes were lifting more trucks onto towering steel frames. Sometime, people tend to forget just how big the Texas Auto Show really is during the fair.
.
Brick masons were filling in the frame work for several large numbers. The transformation of what you see and how it was done is even more amazing sometimes. I watched the guys work for ten or fifteen minutes before making my way through the maze of workers who had their jobs to do. I try to stray out of the way but have gone the final week before the fair opens for years because I enjoy the behind-the-scene atmosphere.
The Dallas Arboretum Half Marathon had White Rock in a mess this morning. One reason that I headed to Fair Park first. On the way back to White Rock after leaving Fair Park, I made a quick stop at Samuell Grand (Tennison Memorial) to get some shots of the new water park that is already closed for the season. It's one of three built from the sale of the Elgin B. Robertson park on Lake Ray Hubbard to Rowlett.
Then, it was on to Flag Pole Hill when I saw a Park Ranger. Parking, I sat down at one of the picnic tables closest to the road as he ranger was taking pictures of cars parked off-road. Those that he snapped pictures of will be getting tickets according to the ranger. As the ranger came to his truck, I ask if we could talk. He came over to his drivers' side and we were talking about a few things concerning the park. As we talked, a lady came over and excused herself and was asking if she was going to get a ticket for where she had parked. The Ranger explained to here the rules and codes and she moved her car. She had ask the ranger if there were signs posted. The answer was, "yes, everywhere".
One of the issues we were discussing was the number of signs that the city has posted concerning the issue of bikes running stop signs. He told me that the only person that can issue that ticket for that violation would be a Dallas Police Officer and they were 700 cops down at the moment. Of course, that doesn't take into account the 5---6---or 7 that are assigned there and can be found parked off in a corner somewhere that could do that while watching the hot spots where someone is going to get killed when one of there bikers runs over someone,like they did on the Katy Trail a few years back.
Also, there is a bully gang of Lance Armstrong Want-a-bes that fit the definition of a gang in almost every way. Those are the ones that people are worried and concerned about. The issue is raised almost every time I'm talking to someone I see at the lake. But, at least, the ranger was able to provide a key point of information that Dallas Police needs to be the ones writing tickets when these bikers blow through a stop sign as they are defined by three differed signs state that they function as motor vehicles and are subject to the same rules as any vehicle driver. So, that being the case, when they do hit someone and they die, (God forbid) they can be charged as an motor vehicle driver. That's a big leap from what some of these bikers think about the laws that they say do not apply to them.
Today, Big Tex was getting adjustments made and audio got connected. The traffic around the roundabout in front of the Tower Building was like a bee hive of activity. Since my last trip down to Fair Park a few days ago, the changes that have taken place were absolutely amazing. Today, the framework for some of the stages were going up and cranes were lifting more trucks onto towering steel frames. Sometime, people tend to forget just how big the Texas Auto Show really is during the fair.
.
Brick masons were filling in the frame work for several large numbers. The transformation of what you see and how it was done is even more amazing sometimes. I watched the guys work for ten or fifteen minutes before making my way through the maze of workers who had their jobs to do. I try to stray out of the way but have gone the final week before the fair opens for years because I enjoy the behind-the-scene atmosphere.
The Dallas Arboretum Half Marathon had White Rock in a mess this morning. One reason that I headed to Fair Park first. On the way back to White Rock after leaving Fair Park, I made a quick stop at Samuell Grand (Tennison Memorial) to get some shots of the new water park that is already closed for the season. It's one of three built from the sale of the Elgin B. Robertson park on Lake Ray Hubbard to Rowlett.
Then, it was on to Flag Pole Hill when I saw a Park Ranger. Parking, I sat down at one of the picnic tables closest to the road as he ranger was taking pictures of cars parked off-road. Those that he snapped pictures of will be getting tickets according to the ranger. As the ranger came to his truck, I ask if we could talk. He came over to his drivers' side and we were talking about a few things concerning the park. As we talked, a lady came over and excused herself and was asking if she was going to get a ticket for where she had parked. The Ranger explained to here the rules and codes and she moved her car. She had ask the ranger if there were signs posted. The answer was, "yes, everywhere".
One of the issues we were discussing was the number of signs that the city has posted concerning the issue of bikes running stop signs. He told me that the only person that can issue that ticket for that violation would be a Dallas Police Officer and they were 700 cops down at the moment. Of course, that doesn't take into account the 5---6---or 7 that are assigned there and can be found parked off in a corner somewhere that could do that while watching the hot spots where someone is going to get killed when one of there bikers runs over someone,like they did on the Katy Trail a few years back.
Also, there is a bully gang of Lance Armstrong Want-a-bes that fit the definition of a gang in almost every way. Those are the ones that people are worried and concerned about. The issue is raised almost every time I'm talking to someone I see at the lake. But, at least, the ranger was able to provide a key point of information that Dallas Police needs to be the ones writing tickets when these bikers blow through a stop sign as they are defined by three differed signs state that they function as motor vehicles and are subject to the same rules as any vehicle driver. So, that being the case, when they do hit someone and they die, (God forbid) they can be charged as an motor vehicle driver. That's a big leap from what some of these bikers think about the laws that they say do not apply to them.
 |
| New Duds for the Dude |
 |
| Howdy,Folks |
 |
| While at Flag Pole Hill, I was invited to sample one. I passed. Being about to shoot these on the grill by the two smoke jockeys that were tending to the dogs, brats and sausage-on-a-stick. |
