Ever Wonder Where the Keystone Pipeline Is?

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

This is not a political thread.

Last week I drove over to Bucyrus to take pictures of the fire damage. Along the way I passed through a little town called Gascoyne. That is where the Keystone Pipeline is right now. I'm not kidding. All of the pipie is laid out in a huge yard. I even got to have a lovely encounter with a heavily tattooed security guard who didn't appreciate me taking pictures from a public road.

To me, this is interesting. It seems to me that the company expects to be able to build the pipeline. More pipe keeps coming into Gascoyne and other sites around the US.


This is a not-so-good wide-angle view.


A closer view with some rail cars for scale.


A really close up view.


Downtown Gascoyne, ND.


More Gascoyne, ND.


Gascoyne School: will the Gascoyne economy turn around enough to open it back up?


Some parked vehicles in downtown Gascoyne.

 

[mei lan]

I don't know if that last one is what you meant to post, but I love it!

RE: taking photos from a public road - I hope said guard didn't cause you any distress. 'Cause I'd hate to have to whoop up on his hind end. :rant

 

[Madea]

I really hope the economy will improves for those folks, but I also hope they hold on to the beauty around them.

 

[Winchester]

Does anybody live in that little town?

 

[Waski_the_Squirrel]

Does anybody live in that little town?

There are a few inhabited houses, but not many. It's a lot like Bucyrus (the town that burned). It's day has come and gone, and probably never even came.

 

[Winchester]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

 

[mei lan]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

I have always known I am a Southerner, but I didn't realize just what an Easterner I am until I traveled the West. I'm used to hills and trees and people. And those things are few and far between once you get west of Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota. Scared me to death the first time I went out there and realized that it was two hours' driving time to the next town or gas station. Now I love it. It would still take some getting used to if I moved out there, but I think I could do it now.
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[Grey Colson]

Great pics Waski! N

I hope the reason they continue to deliver pipe is because they are confident Romney will be our next president and will put people to work! N

 

[LisaC]

I love looking at your pictures - some of the pictures and views that you capture look like that could have been taken 100 years ago. You should consider selling some prints of your work. That last photo is awesome and would look great matted and framed.

 

[mei lan]

I love looking at your pictures - some of the pictures and views that you capture look like that could have been taken 100 years ago. You should consider selling some prints of your work. That last photo is awesome and would look great matted and framed.

:agreed

 

[Foxmeister]

Great pics Waski! N

I hope the reason they continue to deliver pipe is because they are confident Romney will be our next president and will put people to work! N

I was thinking the same thing. The pipeline would create 22,000 jobs immediately, which would create other jobs and boost the economies of the local areas as it's being constructed. These are jobs badly needed in this country. The pipeline would also help to bring the cost of gasoline down at the pumps, which in turn will help lower transportation costs in the delivery of goods and services, bringing down prices at the cash register. We've been seeing the costs of finished goods and groceries increasing as gas prices increase.

 

[Winchester]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

I have always known I am a Southerner, but I didn't realize just what an Easterner I am until I traveled the West. I'm used to hills and trees and people. And those things are few and far between once you get west of Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota. Scared me to death the first time I went out there and realized that it was two hours' driving time to the next town or gas station. Now I love it. It would still take some getting used to if I moved out there, but I think I could do it now.
.

Personally, I would love living out there. Professionally it would be impossible to make a living. But I would love to spend a few months traveling thru there. One day maybe.

 

[mei lan]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

I have always known I am a Southerner, but I didn't realize just what an Easterner I am until I traveled the West. I'm used to hills and trees and people. And those things are few and far between once you get west of Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota. Scared me to death the first time I went out there and realized that it was two hours' driving time to the next town or gas station. Now I love it. It would still take some getting used to if I moved out there, but I think I could do it now.
.

Personally, I would love living out there. Professionally it would be impossible to make a living. But I would love to spend a few months traveling thru there. One day maybe.

Besides the making money thing, the thing that would be a MAJOR adjustment to me is the wind. This wind the last couple of days has driven me NUTS, and I haven't liked it on my travels out west, either.

 

[Guard Dad]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

I have always known I am a Southerner, but I didn't realize just what an Easterner I am until I traveled the West. I'm used to hills and trees and people. And those things are few and far between once you get west of Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota. Scared me to death the first time I went out there and realized that it was two hours' driving time to the next town or gas station. Now I love it. It would still take some getting used to if I moved out there, but I think I could do it now.
.

Personally, I would love living out there. Professionally it would be impossible to make a living. But I would love to spend a few months traveling thru there. One day maybe.

Besides the making money thing, the thing that would be a MAJOR adjustment to me is the wind. This wind the last couple of days has driven me NUTS, and I haven't liked it on my travels out west, either.

RNG has the winds today too.

 

[mei lan]

I just cannot imagine an area like that having lived in the Atlanta area all my life.

I have always known I am a Southerner, but I didn't realize just what an Easterner I am until I traveled the West. I'm used to hills and trees and people. And those things are few and far between once you get west of Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota. Scared me to death the first time I went out there and realized that it was two hours' driving time to the next town or gas station. Now I love it. It would still take some getting used to if I moved out there, but I think I could do it now.
.

Personally, I would love living out there. Professionally it would be impossible to make a living. But I would love to spend a few months traveling thru there. One day maybe.

Besides the making money thing, the thing that would be a MAJOR adjustment to me is the wind. This wind the last couple of days has driven me NUTS, and I haven't liked it on my travels out west, either.

RNG has the winds today too.

:Stick