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UER Forum > Archived US: South > Let's Hike the Trails... (Viewed 712 times)
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Let's Hike the Trails...
< on 5/13/2009 8:23 PM >
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Because, many times, it pays to walk off the beaten path.

The other day, I walked part of a trail that runs up behind my neighborhood, and several others. I plan on going back to explore more thoroughly.

First, I found some sort of water-runoff area. (At least, that's what I think it is.) Lots of graffiti...


Kirby!





I have no idea. Reminds me of the Canadians in 'South Park'.

...And someone has misplaced their pants. I didn't poke them, because I couldn't find a big enough stick.




Up the trail, I found a barn.



Oh.


A collapsitated (collapsed AND dilapidated) barn.


Assorted debris! YAAAY!

Okay, this was on the trail, but I love old-timey train trestles.







So, my fellow explorers, what lies off the beaten path in you southern state?

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 1 on 5/13/2009 9:02 PM >
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Austin graffiti is so much better than the graffiti up here in the Metromess.

(Actually, I haven't seen *anything* in Austin that's not better than here... if things had gone just a little differently in the mid-'80s, I'm sure I'd have never come to Big D.)

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 2 on 5/14/2009 2:52 AM >
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Posted by RobertB
Austin graffiti is so much better than the graffiti up here in the Metromess.

(Actually, I haven't seen *anything* in Austin that's not better than here... if things had gone just a little differently in the mid-'80s, I'm sure I'd have never come to Big D.)


It's true. Austin is pretty freakin' awesome.

And I also am a big fan of old railroad trellises. Very nice

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 3 on 5/14/2009 4:26 AM >
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Damn , all that was on trails behind your neighborhood ? The old railroad trestles are awesome ! Did you walk the tracks above ?
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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 4 on 5/14/2009 5:46 AM >
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Posted by RobertB
Austin graffiti is so much better than the graffiti up here in the Metromess.

(Actually, I haven't seen *anything* in Austin that's not better than here... if things had gone just a little differently in the mid-'80s, I'm sure I'd have never come to Big D.)


Remind me to beat you with a blunt instrument next time I'm in the Metroplex.

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 5 on 5/14/2009 2:38 PM >
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Very cool indeed. I like railroad trestles as well... (Did I spell that right? Oh well....)


I took my kids and sisters kids to a park once just to take their picture involving railroad trestles.





My mom is a fan of the Village People, so this shot was for her:





I think if I had a cool trail like that behind my house.... well, it would be awesome.

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.

Oh yea.. and that graffiti family reminds me of those stickers you see on some cars that has a sticker stick person for everyone in the family... maybe this is a transients version.

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 6 on 5/14/2009 6:22 PM >
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Posted by altaria

It's true. Austin is pretty freakin' awesome.

And I also am a big fan of old railroad trellises. Very nice


It'll be so nice when if they ever get the MetroRail up and running. Check out the back-country of Austin all the way downtown.

Posted by Secretsquirrel
Damn , all that was on trails behind your neighborhood ? The old railroad trestles are awesome ! Did you walk the tracks above ?


I only did a tiny bit of the trail - it stretches in either direction a couple miles. Unfortunately, this time, I did not get up on the trestles. I was alone, and they've been running the aforementioned MetroRail trains, and they're supposedly silent. And with my luck, one would come roaring up when I was in the middle of a bridge.

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 7 on 5/14/2009 11:28 PM >
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Posted by RobertB
Austin graffiti is so much better than the graffiti up here in the Metromess.

(Actually, I haven't seen *anything* in Austin that's not better than here... if things had gone just a little differently in the mid-'80s, I'm sure I'd have never come to Big D.)


B , hate to break it to you but that is some of the worst graff I've ever seen ! Deep Sushi ? Infinity Crew ? Austin has better whaaa ?




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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 8 on 5/15/2009 1:17 PM >
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Posted by Secretsquirrel


B , hate to break it to you but that is some of the worst graff I've ever seen ! Deep Sushi ? Infinity Crew ? Austin has better whaaa ?





Depends on what you're looking for. The graffiti I've seen in Austin isn't bold, space-filling, in your face. It's not a statement on the "urban" condition, and it's not a narcissistic explosion of someone's name (I'm looking at you, SEKT). Heck, in the spectrum of "graffiti art", the kind I like probably doesn't even count.

This is one of my favorites, from a bridge over Town Lake:


Just a simple doodle, but it captures an emotion that I just don't see on the walls of Dallas. Of course, it's all a matter of personal taste.

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 9 on 5/16/2009 2:16 AM >
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I'm a blatant waste of time and resources.
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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 10 on 5/16/2009 3:56 PM >
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I really like the characters the Half Dead/Rise Above crew put up. I've seen tons of different styles of those stick figures over the years. Supposedly Sekt turned himself in to the police in 2003. Here's a link to a article discussing the details of his arrest.
http://nograffiti....d_on_felony_gr.htm
Anyone have any pics of the I.C. cyclops characters that are painted around Dallas ?

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 11 on 5/18/2009 8:11 PM >
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The exploring comrade took these while kayaking on Town Lake.









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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 12 on 5/18/2009 9:11 PM >
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Neat! I don't think that stuff is really visible at all unless you are on a boat.

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 13 on 5/19/2009 10:25 PM >
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Much better graffiti art than the normal stick figures, pot leaves and genitalia.

Seems like there was a graffiti art thread somewhere. We should have one here. I think 2X had a bunch of pix at one time.. some good stuff.
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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 14 on 5/20/2009 12:13 AM >
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Posted by FearAndLoathingInAustin
The exploring comrade took these while kayaking on Town Lake.

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Ok Rob , I see what your saying now . I wouldn't say it's better just different. Dallas graff is more hip hop inspired than that in Austin. We should have a Texas graff thread mos def ! ! !

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 15 on 5/20/2009 1:43 AM >
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Posted by SilentSearch
Much better graffiti art than the normal stick figures, pot leaves and genitalia.

Seems like there was a graffiti art thread somewhere. We should have one here. I think 2X had a bunch of pix at one time.. some good stuff.


I used to shoot a bunch of graffiti alright, prolly 1000s of shots and theres some damn good work, er uhh I mean uhmm vandalism, in Big D

unfortunately a lot of really nice street art got buried when they filled in the Good Latimer tunnel

heres one a like from the backside of a south Dallas BBQ establishment too lazy to host the full size


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and one from a bizarre kind of religious outfit of some kind I call it dueling inbred angels


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the big one is the daddy angel, the little one is his son and his nephew
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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 16 on 5/20/2009 1:03 PM >
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Posted by 2Xplorations
unfortunately a lot of really nice street art got buried when they filled in the Good Latimer tunnel


I think that it getting buried is kinda awesome. That way generations far into the future can excavate the site and find these curious primitive cave paintings... was it some sort of religious activity? Was it some sort of rite of passage into manhood? What does the inscription "F*ck the pigs!" And "4:20" mean in their language?
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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 17 on 5/20/2009 3:37 PM >
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Posted by RevSM


I think that it getting buried is kinda awesome. That way generations far into the future can excavate the site and find these curious primitive cave paintings... was it some sort of religious activity? Was it some sort of rite of passage into manhood? What does the inscription "F*ck the pigs!" And "4:20" mean in their language?


The only problem is that the top few feet of all the pictures was crumbled away. But that's comparable to other lost treasures, like Pompeii and Atlantis. I think they'll look at the Angelina Jolie panel in the same way that archaeologists are examining the recently-discovered 40,000-year-old female figurine: they'll say "wow, men were jerks back then, too!"

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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 18 on 5/22/2009 7:37 PM >
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My first post here remains one of my favorite "off the trail" places.
http://www.uer.ca/...d=1&threadid=66180


This place, however, is right in the forest-y area between my subdivision and the next. It was the subject of the first exploration post on my blog.

The old settler's house.



A bed and a gross pillow. No matter where you go...


The wood floor that was here has burned and rotted away.


Thwarted.


The floor is pretty much a complete loss, anyway.


Carnage!


The on-property well. It's dried up, now.



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Re: Let's Hike the Trails...
<Reply # 19 on 5/23/2009 1:43 AM >
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I'm heading to Austin for Memorial weekend. Planned stops are Devil's Waterhole at Inks Lake SP, and Barton Springs Pool where the crawdads are suspected of carrying off small children. So I'm taking my son.

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