Cycle Life Challenge Ride #8 & Lots of Empty Lots

 Beautiful day here for early November -- Best take advantage of it

Diamond Back sporting a new saddle ready to go
Site of the FMC plant which burned 
Single speed Schwinns were used to get around the factory floor
Empty lot where a house burned -- melted siding on the garage
Site of the John Deere Foundary
Recently torn down
Site of a restaurant which burned
Empty receiving dock at Silgan Containers
Made containers for the canning industry here and elsewhere
Introduction of the 2 piece can relegated them to making 'ends' only
Empty lot where a HVAC/sheet metal building once stood
Down Town motel undergoing renovation
Narrow lot where a building was removed due to imminent structural failure
Mini Park where a building burned
Interior collapse will eventually produce another empty space here
Site of the Western Auto Store Dwight operated for many years
He expressed concern back then of a possible collapse
It happenewd long after he left
Mini Park at another tear down
Site of an auto dealership 
Parking lot at the site of a church that burned
Across the street catty-corner . . . .
. . . . . is the site of a service station I worked at nights, weekends, and summers for 20 years or so
Back side of a lot created due to a building collapse
Cattle grazing along south Second Avenue
Collapsed home
At one time, house and surrounding lawn and garden was a picture perfect setting for a Better Homes and Gardens article
Riding north on 1550 E
Someone modified their Trump banner
DB arrives home as leaves continue to fall
 

 


 



 



 

 



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