Showing posts with label Small Discovery Mission Explore for Later Times Lakewood District Green Line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Discovery Mission Explore for Later Times Lakewood District Green Line. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

90°today. Not even a record, but the AC was working on the buses and trains. Lunch on a bench in Lakewood.

 Discovery Missions are always fun. The fun is in the discovery. Even if it is small. The discovery was a new small number route; small sign topper; small architectural element that is over 2000 years old in design. The design comes from Morocco in North Africa's Marrakech to Casablanca train route. But sold for centuries in the Market's of Marrakech. 

As far as the small number route. Well, it is a bit over an hour from start to finish and in some places it's know as a true crosstown. It's about 20-minutes to get where I started but enroute found another way to pick it up midstream for it is the far western end of the route that I really would like to explore more. Another time, maybe when I can start out earlier than I did today. And this being Texas, before it gets to hot.

                                                                    Morocco Treasure
                                                                    Historic Junius District
                                                      Some things people discard along their way

                                             

It All Started in the wee hours of May 28th when 80 MPH winds was tossing everything against the side of my house.

 Those winds were substained for well over 40 minutes. The results were trees everywhere down or large branches broken off. One of my bus ro...