The Strange and "Historic" Town of Bastrop, Texas

Jason and I attending a wedding this weekend as photographer and videographer for our friends Karl and Marlise. On our way back to Austin on Sunday, we stopped in the "historic" town of Bastrop. http://www.cityofbastrop.org/
We never found out why it was so "historic" because everything was closed. We did get to walk around and see some of the things that make it so strange. The town seemed obsessed with old Coke-Cola signs and products. (You know you are in the South when there is a Waffle House on the corner and you can't find a Pepsi product, just sweet tea and "coke".) Nothing wrong with that, we just found it amusing. They also seemed to like old cars, gas pumps, and renting out their children!?! Needless to say, we didn't stay very long...


Jason at the very "eccentric" coffee shop I "drag" him into. Afterall, it was a chilly weekend in Texas. (If you can believe it!) In the 30's with freezing rain. We had to stop for hot chocolate!

Rocky Verses the Bag

Mouse in the Bag!

The Approach:

Almost there!

Somethings Got ME!!!!!!

Stuck...

Got'cha!

What's the point of a blog if you can't put cheesy pictures of your pets online?

Road Trip

Friday-Monday Jason and I traveled from Laramie, Wyoming to Medford, OR to pick up a collection of artifacts for the Wyoming Territorial Prison. The weather was great and the drive was beautiful. Best of all, we got to spend 4 full days together!

The pictures were taken from the car, no time to stop, on my new Elph Canon! (Gift from Jason for my birthday).

Wyoming

Good Man

Utah

Wendover Will, UT

Road Art Bonneville Flats, where the land speed record is set (620 mph in a car) when it is dry!

Gambling in Reno, we lost a dollar!

Mt. Shasta, California

State of Jefferson

Outside of Medford, OR Teresa and the donor, Kim, great-grandson of the prison's first warden.

Live with my husband, what's that about?

Wow! Just when I was getting use to the idea of being married and not living with my husband, Jason tells me he is being transfered to Laramie as the South Wyoming Access Coordinator/Game Warden!!!! (We just found out and I'm still in shock :). July 1st will be his first official day in his new Laramie based position.
I'm thrilled but also terrified! Jason and I have lived apart for a full year and I haven't had a roommate for two. Now I have to re-evaluate my living habits. No more ice cream for dinner, late night "Sex and the City" marathons, clothes on the floor, unmade bed (for you Dad), hogging the computer, etc. J/K/Grin. I'm sure we'll make it just fine, but it will be an adjustment for us both.
Also, because my landlord doesn't allow pets, and I've been looking on the side for a year now, we'll be shopping for our first house! (Planning a wedding and house hunting, are we crazy?!?) Wish us luck.
Happy to have found each other, The Treysons

Wolcott, Wyoming

Sheep Shearing Shed

As curator of the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, I get to see a lot of neat things. Today I went to Wolcott, Wyoming, an old sheep ranch. Now, I don't know much history of the place (yet) but today it is little more than a ghost town. While my boss and three volunteers loaded this HUGH stove from the old kitchen, (it will be restored and go on display in the prison's kitchen) I explored the rest of the buildings.

Bunk house, blacksmith shop, barn, sheep shearing shed, etc (the old saloon was locked up tight). I believe the shed is the last of its kind in Wyoming. In fact, if it isn't on the historic register, it will be soon. This legislative session, a senator from our region is proposing a bill that would fund a relocation study to see if it is even possible to move the shed from its current location to our historic site. Now, most historians know, after you move a building from its original location, it looses much of its historic value. But in this case, even the State Preservation Office is in favor of the move. If we get it, it will be restored. If it stays where it is, it will continue to decay. For now, it is a great place to take pictures and explore (with the owners permission of course).

Snow coming thru the cracks of the sheep shearing shed.

Time & old age (what we don't want to happen to the sheep shed).

Weathered Details

Interior of the Sheep Shearing Shed

Inside the sheep shearing shed, there are these very large windows in the ceiling. When the ranch hands sheared the sheep (removed the wool), it would get very warm inside the building (greenhouse effect). The "shades" were adjusted to cover the windows and alleviate some of the heat. Otherwise, they were tied to the side to let more light/heat in when needed. (Probably to keep the sheep warm after they were shaved).