Pic of the week game

[Baatfam]

One BIG thing in Eastern Tennessee is the TVA - The Tennessee Valley Authority -
Which means dams, lots of dams, I mean a whole damn lot of dams...
(TVA also has a damn lot of dams next door in North Carolina)
This is the Norris Dam from last summer...one of the smaller dams.
Up above is the very large, and very popular, Norris Lake.

 

[1978GS750E]

Ok, I'll play! Of course the big thing in my area is bourbon, really good bourbon at that!

 

[Redman]

Big Thing around west Michigan is Lake Michigan, and big thing in town is the river channel and piers into Lake Michigan. During late spring and summer and early fall the piers and boardwalk along the channel is full of people out for a stroll. Later in the fall I can get bike down there without causing much attention.
IMG_3695 by Dave Redman, on Flickr

THis is the north pier walkway. Can see a couple people.
Can see are more people are on the south pier which is closer to town and at the state park & beach. Is also fall 2018 after the pier was rebuilt, but before the catwalk was put back into place.

Yah, A Big Thing here. On New Years Eve (Eve? Day?) two people from across the state drove over to this side purposly to see the Lake and the pier (although in Holland) for the first time in their life. They both got washed off the pier by a wave. One of them made it back out, the other one has yet to be found. A not uncommon happening.

Here, in this view of the south pier, you can see what I mean by catwalk. Is an elevated walkway, to give the lighthouse attendant (no longer required) access when were waves over the pier.

 

[Baatfam]

Ok, I'll play! Of course the big thing in my area is bourbon, really good bourbon at that!

Been there twice. Great tour....(and 101 is one of my likes)

 

[wacky941]

Rocks, they are quite big in some parts of my area...........

Does anyone else see the irony in this?

He's from Plymouth and they have lots of Rocks there........... Plymouth Rock......... Massachusetts!

Anyway, just found it ironic and humorous. Took this picture in 2018 when I was there at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Plymouth Rock, the most disappointing tourist destination I’ve ever visited.

 

[dorkburger]

I'm going to have to do some thinking on this one. Perception vs realty, vs what images I have on hand..

 

[kerrfunk]

For this week's theme lets see what the big thing is in your state/ town/ area etc.

The Mothman is certainly big around here. Point Pleasant, WV, a few miles up the road from Hillbilly Hotdogs.

 

[gustovh]

We grow stumps big around here.

V

 

[Rob S.]

The Mothman is certainly big around here. Point Pleasant, WV...

Did they ever rebuild the Silver Bridge?

Just learned, collapsed in '67, rebuilt in '69. I didn't know. It wasn't in the movie, and we don't no get no mothmens around here. :confusion::confusion:

 

[dpep]

Plymouth Rock, the most disappointing tourist destination I’ve ever visited.

You've obviously not visited the Blarney Stone.
...

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

You've obviously not visited the Blarney Stone.
...

Not yet. Are you saying that if I do go to Ireland some day that I shouldn’t bend over backwards to go see it!

 

[kerrfunk]

Did they ever rebuild the Silver Bridge?

Not to my knowledge. I mean there's a bridge there but I don't think it's The Silver Bridge.

I just attended a funeral of a man who crossed the Silver Bridge twice on the day it fell. So there ya go. He had been a trucker.

 

[Jedz123]

Toughie...
I guess we have some Big Snow falls and some big dummies that ride in it

Challenging topic Roger.
FYI I'll be in your neck of the wood on the 16th of June... Camping Moab then coming into Albuquerque NM for 5 days to visit my best friend that's out there right now.

Cheers!

 

[DaveR]

That's a lovely pic Jedz.

 

[trevor]

Well this was a big thing in my area....it was at a Chevron station for years until it was moved to a local farm a couple of years ago. I took this about 8 years ago after I had first gotten my 750

 

[gustovh]

I realllllllly like this picture.

V

 

[Burque73]

Toughie...
I guess we have some Big Snow falls and some big dummies that ride in it

Challenging topic Roger.
FYI I'll be in your neck of the wood on the 16th of June... Camping Moab then coming into Albuquerque NM for 5 days to visit my best friend that's out there right now.

Cheers!

Looks like It'll be another difficult vote this week.

Your pic this week accompanied by the mention of Moab and Albuquerque in June just don't go together.
Remember, if you eat hot chile in the summer time it actually cools you down. Weird huh? You'll see...

https://qz.com/1013346/spicy-food-really-does-keep-you-cooler-in-the-summer/

Give me a shout when you're here. It would be fun to meet up.

 

[Jedz123]

I'll be doing a 25 day, +9K mile trip across the country this June. My first ever time to see the Pacific Ocean... I understand there will be many new challenges while undertake this journey but isn't that the point of life? To encounter new and exciting challenges that make you grow and develop into a better and more dynamic person?

I'm looking forward to trying you pepper technique! I'm more excited to put a face to the name of the awesome photographer; Burque73 (Roger)

Best,

-Jedz

 

[storm 64]

Jedz, you're going to have a blast on your ride next summer! I love being out on the road. With all the different people you meet and all the interesting things you see and eat.

(start a separate thread so we don't jack this one to much. I'd like to here more about your plans.)