The past week I’ve been walking the paved trails in Tulsa and suburbs checking out the condition of the pavement. INCOG (“Indian Nations Council of Governments”) asked trail users to participate so they can determine the condition of the various trails. INCOG is an agency that works with the various city and country governments on infrastructure planning and coordination.
They gave us a cool GIS (“Geographical Information System”) app on our phones to report what we find. Plus we got some materials on what to look for. So I have found out about longitrudinal, transverse, and net cracking along with skreveling and other technical terms.
I’ve taken the opportunity to chase after a few geocaches in the adjacent woods. This one is a “gadget cache”. Easy to find but hard to get into. I pondered this one for a several minutes before I figured out what to do then about 20 minutes to open it up, sign the log, and put it back together.
Here is another one that I found. Unfortunately it has been vandalized by somebody so it didn’t work right. Gadget caches are all the rage now in geocaching.
I also found this deer feeder deep in the woods on public land.
And I did a daily good deed in helping this little old turtle across the road like a good former boy scout.
So far I have only done about 4 miles. That takes 8 miles of walking because I have to walk back to my car. Not too many loops of reasonable distance. There were about fifty volunteers I am guestimating but it doesn’t look like very many of them are actually doing anything. There is about 200 miles of trails all told, I think.
On another note, last week after I went to the Will Rogers Fly-In I drove over to Ed Galway’s Totem Pole Park near the small town of Foyil. I had been there before but this time I took my drone so I could take a better look.
It is right off US 66 and is a must see stop if you are touring the highway.
It was built by a guy, Ed Galway. The main totem pole was built by him between 1937 and 1948. The park has other totems but on this trip I was just interested in the main pole. I think this is my third trip to the park. Here are some links of previous posts.
Ed Galways’s Park is one of my favorite Route 66 Stops. It is so over the top and unique. And it is free!! I like free. They have a gift shop. Go get a cap or something.
And finally, our beloved Ginger went to the big puppy park in the sky yesterday. She was fourteen years old and had multiple issues. She is in a much better place now. Our critters just don’t live long enough.
I am linking with Skywatch Friday, come join the fun.
…Ed Galway sure didn’t mess around, what vision! Thanks for hosting!!!
Sorry to hear about Ginger; it’s always hard to say goodbye to an old friend. Your photos were very interesting, though–good info for if we ever go up to Tulsa to connect with 66.
What a beautiful blue sky.
Sad to read about Ginger 🙁
Beautiful pics, Thanks for the post.
Stay well.
oh how lovely, a tortoise, we definitely don’t see many of those here.
Beautiful clear blue sky. Our sky at this time is all gray. It is not easy to say goodbye to our dear pets.
Hello,
So sad to hear of Ginger passing, it is hard to loose our family pets. I love the turtle, great find. The totem park is cool. Pretty blue sky. Thanks for hosting. Take care, enjoy your day! Wishing you a happy weekend!
the totems are amazing – you don’t see things like that down here in Florida
exciting turtle…It is said that a small turtle walked 1 mile in their life…I do not know, is it true or not….
thank you for sharing beautiful photos…
I’m so very very sorry to hear about Ginger. If only our pets lived longer.
wonderful series of photos ~ even the pavement cracks ~ great totem ~ and favorite is sweet Ginger ~ lots of healing energy hugs to all ~
Live each moment with love,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Very sorry to hear of Ginger’s passing. It is so hard to say goodbye to a faithful friend. A wonderful series of beautiful photos. Love the totem pole, it is unique. Have a wonderful weekend.
Love the Pavement info (I don’t think we have anything like that here but we may have) and I love the turtle photo and Totem Poles.
So sorry about Ginger, she was a beautiful dog!
sorry to hear about Ginger.
Sorry to hear about Ginger. So agree that they just don’t live long enough. Love the huge totem. Unique and bizzare!
I sorry about your sweet Ginger, hard even though, as you say, it was time. Good of you to volunteer as a trail checker , obviously needed work! …. I always enjoy whimsical people and places, so of course I would love Ed and his ?Totem Psrk.
Using volunteers is a great idea for checking trail conditions. Sorry about Ginger.