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Location: Texas
Gender: Male
RE - Rural Exploration
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< on 11/17/2005 5:46 PM >
|  | | | i think this one is busted...
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 1 on 11/17/2005 8:01 PM >
| | | | What are you talking about?
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Location: Texas
Gender: Male
RE - Rural Exploration
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 2 on 11/17/2005 9:34 PM >
| | | | there's nothing here.
am i missing something?
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 3 on 11/18/2005 4:27 PM >
| | | | No, sorry. When I was out there last time, I didn't have my camera with me. I'm going to try and get back there this weekend. This is a really neat place. The house burned to the ground about 25 yrs ago, so all that remains is the chimney and some of the foundation. The cool part about this place is the cave. You have to shimmy down a rope about 10 ft and it opens up into a cave created by the Balcones Fault line. Rumor has it that this cave was used during the Civil War to hide fleeing slaves as part of the Underground Railroad to the north. The Historical Marker also states that there are some Indian Burial Mounds out there, but I could not find any evidence of them. This property has been abandoned for some time now, but is completely open in terms of access. There are a number of trails that traverse the property. I believe the State or County owns its now. The only risk involved that I could see, would be snakes. I saw a pretty big black snake in a creek bed. I also wouldn't attempt to go in that cave alone, because it's a pretty desolate place and if the rope broke.... well you get the picture..... Check it out, though. It's about an hour south of D/FW.
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| |  | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 4 on 11/18/2005 5:16 PM >
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It does sound like a cool place to visit.
How big of a cave is it?
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Explorer Zero
| | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 5 on 11/18/2005 10:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by mayhem154
What are you talking about?
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the original note got deleted
Another member politely suggested that you edit out the details you posted but I guess the mods found it before you logged back in.
I 'll make a friendly suggestion too, not looking for angry or whining pms and flame jobs but its best not to publish addresses, entry details, real location names, real peoples names etc in a public viewable thread. It shows up on the mirror site, it shows up in search engines too.
The little eyeball icon next to the thread indicates it can be seen by anyone your local cops, National Park Service, Santas elves, BATF and so on.
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 6 on 11/19/2005 12:19 AM >
| | | | | Another member politely suggested that you edit out the details you posted but I guess the mods found it before you logged back in. |
Sorry about that.....
I'm not real sure how big the cave is. I'm not going down there......
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 7 on 11/19/2005 12:24 AM >
| | | | Posted by mayhem154
I'm not real sure how big the cave is. I'm not going down there......
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C'mon!
Ya wanna live forever?
I'll go first...
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Marost
Location: St Louis
Gender: Male
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 9 on 11/19/2005 6:44 AM >
| | | | count me in if anyone is looking to explore....im a rat at heart
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 10 on 11/22/2005 3:21 PM >
| | | | Sorry this took so long. There was a brush fire in this area over the weekend.
This road was the highway before I-35 was built.
Historical Marker. Erected in 1984.
Chimney ruins from old ranch house.
These brick are so brittle, you can break them with your hands.
I think this was a water well that has long since been fill in with dirt.
Entrance to the cave and the hood of an old Buick that was covering it.
Cave Entrance and rail. I would suggest bringing your own rope, the one here is very old and too short.
This is as close as I could get without falling in. Long way down and opens up in to a pretty good sized area.
Before mention brush fire. Notice how the ground is higher along the left side and by the powerline. This is actually the remnants of the old Interurban Commuter Rail line that ran between Waco and Dallas.
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 11 on 11/22/2005 3:51 PM >
| | | | Did you put the lid back on?
Don't wanna have the cows falling in.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 12 on 11/22/2005 5:37 PM >
| | | | It was already off, and for quite some time by the looks of it....
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Twystr
Location: 39.2N, 104.17W Elev. 6535ft
Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 13 on 11/24/2005 9:24 AM >
|  | | | One quick question: Do you have any idea if that "powerline" is still active? Could you provide some better pix of those insulators on that tower. I know a few insulator collecters who might be interested in them (or call up the local utility/transmission power co. and ask for info+details on that "line" if you can)
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either."
-Ben Franklin |
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 14 on 11/24/2005 5:09 PM >
| | | | Those lines are definitely still active. It's hard to see the wires in the photo, but they are there. They run into a sub-station in a small town just a couple of miles south of this spot...
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Twystr
Location: 39.2N, 104.17W Elev. 6535ft
Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 15 on 11/24/2005 11:27 PM >
| | | | Thanks... they'll prolly upgrade those lines in the next few years, so Just be in the right place at the right time (Pix would be nice too) and get a string or 2 as they get taken down
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either."
-Ben Franklin |
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 16 on 11/24/2005 11:42 PM >
| | | | Posted by Twystr
Thanks... they'll prolly upgrade those lines in the next few years, so Just be in the right place at the right time (Pix would be nice too) and get a string or 2 as they get taken down
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You do realize that the insulators on those towers aren't the cute little paperweight size, right Tw?
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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mayhem154
Location: New Orleans
Gender: Male
Hello...
| | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 17 on 11/25/2005 1:11 AM >
| | | | Yeah, those towers are the Big Daddies. At least 70 ft tall. High voltage and high tension. I would imagine those insulators are huge... Not the cool little green glass ones you used to find on the telegraph lines.
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Barry Kooda
Location: The Cliff
Gender: Male
Trees
| | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 18 on 11/25/2005 3:35 AM >
| | | | Really!
They're like 2 feet tall and 8 inches in diameter. I found a broken one and used a piece of it to sharpen knives.
I'm a blatant waste of time and resources. |
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Noah Vale
 
Location: Portland, Or
It's nobler to never get paid, than to bank on shit and dismay
| |  | | Re: Old Carr Ranch
<Reply # 19 on 11/25/2005 10:24 PM >
| | | | Posted by Twystr
Could you provide some better pix of those insulators on that tower. I know a few insulator collecters who might be interested in them |
Read: "can you help me steal those?"
Fuck you. Get out of our board, and go back to Colorado.
"Dallas is a magnificent and wide open city, and I'm deeply envious of any urban explorers who have the good fortune to live there." -Ninj. |
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