RUST!

You cannot see it in the pics, but this is the most tick infested place on the face of the planet. I wanna burn my clothes when I get home at night.

eeeeeeeewwwwww! ticks, only good or bird food. If it's that infested, why remodel a house there? investment property? does it come with a 'tick warning' inauiring minds need to know.....;] BTW, are you going to finish the uvmapper tut over in wings forum...? That was you right (d*mn brain cells, oopps there goes one....)?

Great texture source! Tkae lots of pics for your morgue. I love pics of rough stuff, great refs for later work. I saw a trawler last week that had a GPS, an EPIRB and a bottle of holy water in the wheelhouse. Wish I ahd a camera at the time... Lots of work ahead!

LOL @ AS

Laughing with Flak @ AS Does that mean the house only cost a grand? Is that New Mexico/Texas Cattle Fever tick country?

Looks more like Aridzonie to me. (Note cactus types ... most commonly found near Tucson .... of course I could be wrong.)

That's Superstition Mountain. Gateway to the Lost Dutchman mine. East of Apache Junction, Arizona. I do not know about the Texas Cattle Fever. Zahn I scratch my head every day as to why the owner did not bulldoze this eyesore and rebuild from the ground up. When I first saw the place, I told my cousin that I hope he bid at least ten grand for the job. He got this scared look on his face, then started laughing nervously. The owner wants to rent the place to an older, retired couple who will keep up the property for six hundred bucks a month. He seems to think the views will be worth the money. Ticks come crawling out of every wall and there was black mold in three rooms.

One of the awful things about getting older is that, when I look at a picture like the top one, I think "oooohhh, I'd like to live there for a while", then realize that I'm too old for moving way out to isolated areas :o( BTW, is that a town I can see in the middle distance?

That is more houses on the "outskirts of town". The town being Apache Junction. It only looks isolated. There is a convenient store less than a mile away and Wal Mart is about three.

A mile, convenient? Eugh, America. :-) My convenient store is across the street. That is, it's one of the convenient stores: I have three butchers (one specialising in poultry), three stores, two bakers, one greengrocer, one video rental, one pharmacy, plus various other shops within three minutes' walk. And I'm not even living in the centre.

My wife used to live next door to a pub. Now that's what I call 'convenient'.........

LOL. @Bryster

He He, my local pub is less then 100 yards away :)

Town Hall, post office and a church are all that are within walking distance of my house. Nearest stores and restaurants and gas stations are all 6 miles in either direction. And I don't feel like I'm isolated. But it does suck if you don't have a car.

LOL @Bryster I'm in NYC so I've been spoiled rotten in that there are triplets and quadruples of almost everything within walking distance. Took a trip a few years back to Oregon to visit a friend, man did I fall in love with the solitude, fresh air and the beauty. Was my first time out west. I particularly liked the west coastline, very dramatic. But in truth, I don't know how long I'd be able to stay there without going stir crazy. The nearest town was 30 miles away! Great view GG but I hate ticks! Even the thought makes me itch.

I'll take the ticks, Im'e with Gog, first priority is a pub within stumbling distance.

I love animals (BS in Biology, 1975) but ticks are one of the few creatures on this Earth that give me the willies.

work at night with kerosene lantern
trip over lantern
light house, get away
call insurance company
do it right..;)

Yes, Zhann I am going to finish the UV Mapper tut. But I am so damned tired lately. What are the symptoms of Texas Tick Fever anyway?

Cattle Fever, and from what I understand it ain't pretty...

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Oh no ddruckenmiller, you're not saying that GG is going to turn into a cow, are you? ;)

I thought cows were 'in' right now...

Hehehe...yes, "in" for mad cows syndrome.

I feel like a cow.

I forgot to mention the sky was photoshopped.

Oh my, I'm having flash backs of helping my parents renovate and rebuild their home. :) How big a house is that Groingrinder? All this talk of isolation has made me realize that the closest town (and it's a very small town) to were I live is 5 miles away. Half of that 5 miles would really get your heart pounding if you walked it. Fortunately, if I drive down off the mountian I'm within range of major cities that can supply everything I need to keep me from going stircrazy. Ticks... hate em. Have to deal with the ticks that feed on the deer population up here. But that's OK, I have to keep alert for mountain lions also when I go for a walk. ;)

The building is roughly square about 25 feet on a side. At least the ticks cannot stalk you, drag you into the brush and eat you eh?