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shortest fastest route
backroad barns and old growth forest
mini-mansion mile
old growth forest and backroad barns
freshly plowed fields newly planted
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(05-21-2017, 01:53 AM)ellajam Wrote: shortest fastest route
backroad barns and old growth forest
mini-mansion mile
old growth forest and backroad barns
freshly plowed fields newly planted
Very nice - recognize the experience. Google Maps once routed me through places with "Farm to Market Road" numbers whose only apparent update from the 1960s was that the pre-built sheds for sale and installation on your property now have windows and are billboarded "Tiny Houses." That, and the plague of flashing yellow left-turn arrows, even in the middle of nowhere. 
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(05-21-2017, 07:21 AM)dukealien Wrote: (05-21-2017, 01:53 AM)ellajam Wrote: shortest fastest route
backroad barns and old growth forest
mini-mansion mile
old growth forest and backroad barns
freshly plowed fields newly planted
Very nice - recognize the experience. Google Maps once routed me through places with "Farm to Market Road" numbers whose only apparent update from the 1960s was that the pre-built sheds for sale and installation on your property now have windows and are billboarded "Tiny Houses." That, and the plague of flashing yellow left-turn arrows, even in the middle of nowhere.
I like the contrasts here - shortest route/backroads, mini-mansions/barns, old growth/fresh, newly planted. I savoured the sounds of 'backroad barns'
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Thanks for the read, Duke. GPS used to lag around here and I love maps but it's impressive now, knows every oddball curve in every backroad. It always knocks me for a loop when I run into minimansionland but we still don't lights. 
Thanks, Merc, it was fun to write, it started as a senryu, turned into a tanka but I found myself using woods instead of forests and sacrificing sonics so I went 58588 and stuck it here. It really was a drive of contrasts, glad you enjoyed it. 
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Liked the poem, but I misinterpreted it to mean that your modern 2017 GPS
gave you a menu with those selections.
What I love about GPS's is that you can turn them off, veer off somewhere,
and, whatever miles and time later, you can turn it on and get home.
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This was just past an area I know, there are a few good options, I was surprised at a new route so I took it. Only a minute faster and I wasn't in a rush but a fun ride and a great deal on a dock ladder through craigslist. And a poem. I'll take a morning like that any day.
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no idea if i got right bit it was certainly enjoyable seeing you get lost.
(05-21-2017, 01:53 AM)ellajam Wrote: shortest fastest route
backroad barns and old growth forest
mini-mansion mile
old growth forest and backroad barns
freshly plowed fields newly planted
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(05-21-2017, 10:17 AM)ellajam Wrote: This was just past an area I know, there are a few good options, I was surprised at a new route so I took it. Only a minute faster and I wasn't in a rush but a fun ride and a great deal on a dock ladder through craigslist. And a poem. I'll take a morning like that any day. "Dock ladder"... I'd take a place where you could use one of those any day.
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(05-21-2017, 11:04 AM)billy Wrote: no idea if i got right bit it was certainly enjoyable seeing you get lost.
(05-21-2017, 01:53 AM)ellajam Wrote: shortest fastest route
backroad barns and old growth forest
mini-mansion mile
old growth forest and backroad barns
freshly plowed fields newly planted
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(05-21-2017, 01:03 PM)rayheinrich Wrote: (05-21-2017, 10:17 AM)ellajam Wrote: This was just past an area I know, there are a few good options, I was surprised at a new route so I took it. Only a minute faster and I wasn't in a rush but a fun ride and a great deal on a dock ladder through craigslist. And a poem. I'll take a morning like that any day.
"Dock ladder"... I'd take a place where you could use one of those any day.
I'm a lucky sucker. I had a beauty of a homemade one off the deep end that died a noble death, this drops 6 feet off the shallow edge and leaves the long dock free for horsing around while diving, perfect and a steal for 50 bucks. I've had to keep a steady job for a long time but I'm in the home stretch, there's a chance I may survive my mortgage. 
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it's very sweet
maybe one day
I will be able to be a blessing
with the pen
as you are
there's always a better reason to love
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