Subject: still haskell tx & likely last post of 2004 bp Re: arcapora & crgaluly are ours
Date: Dec 30, 2004 @ 21:34
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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> thanx again & againit was then
>
> you are with me here you know
>
> well you all are actually
>
>
> & so next i blasted off again from the plainview library as i think
> toward crflhalu aka star tour point 2triangulation station
> with starry eyed expectations of finding that needle in haystack
> or whatever it was supposed to bepedometer
> or at least giving it a mighty careful halloo
>
> & with careful interplay again between outer odometer & inner
> advancing both eastward & then southward too from petersburgthe puzzle i was solving
> which was my only reference point btw on an otherwise blank grid in
> amazingly i was able to find the undoubtedly correct 30foot squareallowances
> set off by paired barbed wire intervals suggesting unused road
> & was then able to estimate the most central square yard in turnwithin this 10yard square
> for a very credible & creditable class b visit as i thought thenT=2&S=15&Z=14&X=40&Y=585&W=18&qs=%7cpetersburg%7ctx
> to the position of an otherwise naked or unfindable reference point
>
> an extremely careful halloo i thought
> within this actual but to me still invisible overview
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?
>road atlas actually
> & mind you
> this was all done without benefit of anything more than my national
>to want to check into the nearest library & internet
> very gratifying it was
>
>
> but i was still feeling unsure enough about the truth of this visit
> at lubbock actuallyfollirama than its amarillo counterpark
> for some confirmation
> & maybe to get some more maps in case i really did need them
> & report in to bp etc
>
> but the lubbock gollirama theme park was even more astoundingly
> so i could do none of the above except check my crflhalu try in theroads of texas atlas you had begun from
> with some continuing rejoicing at what i saw there at leastfor the remaining 3 points on the tour
>
> & i did take the opportunity also to xerox the roads of texas cuts
> namely crgaluly & codikimo & bahaknthanything i had seen at that time
> which i then proceeded toward in that sequence
> rather than be inspired to return to crflhalu for a retry based on
>addition & knew it to be correct too
> tho i might have felt differently if i had known of your new
>for bodahoma btw
> which i still cant be any more sure of on the aerial pic than i can
> or yikes even than for arcapora & crgalulyfriends since yesterday as well
> both of which i have seen on the ground but still cant from the air
>
> for yes
> this report is also a confirmation that crgaluly too is ours my
>arcapora but with its upper edges fluted & its top disk showing
> a battered 5foot reinforced concrete pyramoid much in the style of
> looking hand stamped rather than engravedseen in diagram
> & including a similar central void
> in which the 4corner point can only be inferred but not actually
>business etc etc
> date guess 1934
>
>
> & by then things had gotten really interesting for me
> 2 visits class a
> plus
> a valiant class b
>
> so thats looking perfect or better on 3 for 3
>
> & feeling just that good i blasted off again directly for codikimo
> by back roads hopefully all public
> across yellow house canyon
> aka the double mountain fork of the brazos river
>
> but no
> i was soon entering private property posted no entry except on
> yet private property so desolate i decided to play dumb & tresspassanyway
> & was doing pretty good til i hit the stream ford& thought
> which was looking pretty hairy
>
> & i stopped & got out & looked & looked & tested & tested & thought
> & finally dared to blast across itinterior floor wet & almost drowning the engine but still barreling &
> fishtailing thru the deep mud all the way & even getting the
>from anything
> it was the narrowest close call & escape i can recall ever having
>hideously
> & yikes getting stuck would surely have meant getting caught too
> hahahahaha
> i howled in satisfaction even as the engine was still misfiring
>the water off
> & of course it recovered in a few hundred more yards as it burned
>nearly full moon
>
> all which however didnt at all dampen my enthusiasm for the chase
> which reached the codikimo vicinity shortly after midnight under a
> at what was certainly the high point of the entire tour thus farUSGS as nicely monumented, so maybe they won't be too hard to spot.
> so let me just post this much so you can stay abreast
> while i continue cobbling together what happened next
>
>
> "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> Congratulations on your success! I was glad to be of help.
>
> Your next two "triangulation station" quadripoints are shown by
>beauty
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: aletheia kallos
> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:47 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] arcapora is ours
>
>
> that armstrong carson potter randall quadricounty point virgin
> & prima donna megapoint of the texas tertiaryinformant tex mcmanus
> was successfully visited earlier today class a
> thanx substantially to our strong silent & uncannily trusty local
>highway 287
> heralded by & visible from the capo county line signs on federal
> it is monumented by a somewhat battered & misshapen 3footreinforced concrete pyramoid with a footsquare horizontal top in lieu
>described for az3mayu
> the overall form is much like a bradstreet 1924 model as recently
> but with a copper disk embedded in its topsuggesting the 4 quadrants
>
> on the disk are engraved the names of the 4 counties in positions
> but the precise 4corner point location in their midst is notactually marked
> & has to be inferred geometricallycorrect square semicentimeter
> which can be done with confidence actually only down to about the
>indeed
> but an index finger tip covers & fudges all that just fine
>
> date guess 1927
>
> the usual barbed wire crawl
> plus an open ballpark or so to run in view of a ranch house
>
> & remember we are in texas now
> so even any slight tresspass is likely to be taken very seriously
> of course heightening the fun of the chasetry to complete the entire 5pointed star tour cold turkey if possible
>
> & the cold turkey approach was so satisfying that i have decided to
>triangulation stations
> this may border on the footloose & fancy free however
> since the next 2 points i will be trying at least
> namely crflhalu & crgaluly
> are indicated not as monumented points necessarily but only as
> so they could be something else than arcapora entirely & harder tospot
>Service.
> but we shall see
>
>
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