Yeah, yeah, yeah. I promised updates a lot more often.
Oops. Life got in the way again. My bad. 
Anyways, I have been having fun here in Colorado Springs. It’s sign replacement time, boys and girls! And that means new goofs and continued “interesting” signs to gawk at!
I mentioned this in my last blog post, but I’ll hit it again.
The Milton E. Proby Parkway is a new east-west arterial under construction in southern Colorado Springs. Its primary goal in life is to make it easier to get to our airport. Currently, the most direct route to our airport from the Interstate is South Academy (Exit 135) east then north to Drennan Road, a two lane road with multiple intersections with neighborhood streets. With Proby, one will still exit at South Academy and head east then north, exit onto Proby at a new Semi-directional T interchange, and head east on a four lane arterial with traffic signals at Hancock Expressway and Powers Boulevard (SH 21).
Here’s my issue with this. Yes, a route is needed to the airport, I will admit to that. However, back in the late 1980′s, city planners did this with the new US-24 bypass, the Martin Luther King By-Pass. At that time, the airport was located at the terminus of Fountain Boulevard, which is the road the MLK bypass drops you on. So we did have the direct route to the airport until the airport was moved to its current location.
The MLK bypass has its own problems. It’s a full-blown interstate-grade highway for about two miles off of the interstate but drops quickly to a four-lane, traffic-light-choked arterial. Plans at one time showed for the highway portion to continue all the way to Powers, but I haven’t heard anything about that recently.
So Proby came about and has the potential to be another MLK. Yeah, our tax dollars at work. At least there’s no airport moving issue in the foreseeable future…
(This blog post will be updated with pictures regularly… see them after the jump)
The advantage of a two year hiatus from posting is that I have had the chance to backlog some pictures again! I’m hoping that Tuesday updates will be ongoing for quite some time!
How ’bout some more pictures for ya?
Just to prove that I’m serious about keeping this site updated, I have more pictures for you! And I have fixed the lack of links on top of the main pages, too! Ooohhh, aaahhh.
Yeah, I’m still here. I promise.
One of my new years resolutions is to get in here and dust the cobwebs off.
First up, I noticed that the header navigation on the r-dub pages has disappeared in Firefox. I’ll be getting that fixed pronto. You can still use the left side navigation on the main page (or any of that style page, for that matter) until I cn figure that one out.
Otherwise, I have actually posted an UPDATE! Hold your applause, please…
Yes, I’m still on 2008 pictures, what of it?
More to come, I promise!
Yup. It’s been too long. Waaaaaay too long, actually.
So, I thought it best to post something, even if it’s just to keep the spambots off of my blog’s comment section.
My latest roadtrip, the Labor Day Runaround ’09, is now online and ready for your perusal.
Check out some abandoned gas stations, a blatant copyright violation, the Courthouse Roundabout Jamz, and an abandoned alignment. All this and more, right at this location.
Drop by, check it out, and then swing back here to comment on it!
Still in the hopper, I promise: Honeymoon Wanderings, Days 3-5 and Anniversary Autotour 09, days 1-5. Once I get the chance it’s all about the updates!
Laterz, netizens!
Had to get down to the Health Department to try to suck up for expansion of our coffee shop. On the way, I thought that I’d like to take some pictures. Wanna see? You know you do…… (clicky for big sized pictures!)
Damn this whole work thing. Yeah, it’s absolutely wonderful that I own my own coffee shop, don’t get me wrong, but damn, I miss getting out on the road, feel the wind against my windshield, clicking away with the camera, and all that.
For now, though, I guess these pictures will have to do. *sigh*
Hey all, I want to tell you a story. Care to listen/watch?
