CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[RockHop_imp]

Went looking for some historic churches today.

This Lutheran church was in Posey TX, just South of Lubbock. Dates back to 1920 and still active.

This Episcopal church dates back to 1913 and is the oldest surviving church in Lubbock. It was relocated to the Lubbock Arboretum and has been restored, except for the interior which was gutted when it was used for rental housing and later abandoned. Used primarily for weddings with the adjacent gardens. When I was there today, a couple was being photographed. No vehicle access, so the closeups were sans CB1100.

 

[emptysea]

I met my Sunday obligation today.

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[use2b_imp]

some nice looking Churches and i love hearing about history .
sorry my photo's are so large but the 2nd one says it is 2.75" wide .

the 2nd church i posted is st john the evangelist catholic church with its main building built 1851 .
a 3 block strip park is across the street and every Saturday it is used to sell , trade or barter anything legal without permit , tax or government interference . mostly local produce , meats , cooked food , honey , arts and crafts etc. from 8-2pm

 

[RockHop_imp]

I met my Sunday obligation today.

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Nice choices MTC, I especially like the stone churches. Very medieval

 

[the Ferret]

Nice pics guys! Love the stone churches

 

[Ben70_imp]

I feel safe in speculating that this may be the only motorcycle forum to feature "your bike with a church" month.
Ever.
Unique! That's what we are.

Ben

 

[emptysea]

The Challenge: A user (the first one will be yours truly) will pick a location, landmark, geographical feature, etc. to serve as the backdrop for your photo. Users will then post photos meeting the requirement in this thread for our ogling pleasure. The first user to submit a qualifying photo chooses the backdrop for the following month's challenge.

The goal: To encourage users to get out and ride and to document those rides with photos and, most of all, to have a little fun with the whole process.

The Rules:
1. The CB1100 must be the featured bike in the photo. Caption the photo with the date and the location.
2. Feel free to alter your photo to make it look better, but don't cut and paste into another photo just to qualify.
3. The photos should be new photos, not something you had on file and especially not something you posted elsewhere in this forum.
4. You may post multiple qualifying pictures in a month, but the background has to be different (ex. you can post two pictures of your bike in front of a train station, but they have to show two different stations)
5. Not really a rule, but don't stop trying to get a picture for a particular month just because someone beat you to the first post for that month. We want to see lots of pictures.
6. The same user cannot pick the photo subject on consecutive months. If the first photo comes from the same user that posted the first photo in the prior month, the second user posting a photo will get to pick the next background subject.

Truly, 6 rules are probably 5 too many. Just go with the spirit of this challenge and get out and ride your motorcycle!
January Challenge (from EmptySea):

Let's see your CB1100 in front of a statue. Ready? Go!

I thought this might be a good time to restate the challenge and rules so folks don't have to keep going back to page #1.

This has proven to be a fun thread. I hope it continues into 2018.
Here's a recap of the monthly subjects --

January - Statue - Empty Sea
February - Animal - InHouseBob
March - Bridge - Ben70
April - A Gathering - Wisedrum
May - Body of Water - TheFerret
June - Historical Structure - C-Breezy
July - Sunset, No Trees - stateboy
August - 2 CBs - EmptySea
September - Train - Cormanus
October - Fall Colors - GaryMM
November - Two Flags - RockHop
December - Church - TheFerret

Thanks for the great challenges and the great pictures!

 

[RockHop_imp]

Had to show this one simply because its so cute.

Fortunately, there was a women in the Highland Baptist church office that knew the history. Back in 1974, a church member wanted a prayer room that would be available 24/7. The church allowed him to build (and pay for) this tiny chapel in their parking lot.

Unfortunately, demographics have changed in the area and it is no longer kept open.

 

[emptysea]

There's a little chapel in Indiana that looks just like this. It's called "Wayside Chapel" and it's on US52 near Lafayette.

 

[nhawk7504_imp]

Had to show this one simply because its so cute.

Fortunately, there was a women in the Highland Baptist church office that knew the history. Back in 1974, a church member wanted a prayer room that would be available 24/7. The church allowed him to build (and pay for) this tiny chapel in their parking lot.

Unfortunately, demographics have changed in the area and it is no longer kept open.

It's amazing that churches have to be locked now. There's an idea for a Honda robot security guard with AI. Great photo, RockHop!

 

[the Ferret]

Got a couple more today after meeting my buddy for lunch (166 miles on the ST). Came home grabbed the CB and headed out to shoot some churches for another 36 miles.

This is St Bernadette Catholic Church in Amelia, Ohio...large congregation! They hold a giant festival every year.

and this is the Grant Memorial Methodist Church. Erected in 1929 on the land where the tannery stood where Grant's father worked. Made of river rock, it is next door to Grant's Birthplace in Pt Pleasant Ohio

from this view the little white house next to the road is Ulysses S Grant's (18th president of the U.S.) birthplace with the Ohio River in the background

 

[alprider]

extra bcos this challenge from this month i drove by max. 2°C /35.6°F round 1h and took my blue darling bcos the streets are still clean of salt....

 

[Ben70_imp]

Great pics!

Ben

 

[the Ferret]

Cool churches alprider and the bike looks great

 

[hb9400_imp]

Got a couple more today after meeting my buddy for lunch (166 miles on the ST). Came home grabbed the CB and headed out to shoot some churches for another 36 miles.

This is St Bernadette Catholic Church in Amelia, Ohio...large congregation! They hold a giant festival every year.

and this is the Grant Memorial Methodist Church. Erected in 1929 on the land where the tannery stood where Grant's father worked. Made of river rock, it is next door to Grant's Birthplace in Pt Pleasant Ohio

from this view the little white house next to the road is Ulysses S Grant's (18th president of the U.S.) birthplace with the Ohio River in the background

Enjoyed the picture of Grant's birthplace. Would love to visit there at some point. Earlier this year did a road trip that included a stop at the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.

 

[GaryMNM_imp]

Ran across this one whilst cruising the hood. Nice setting!

This is being billed as "The first church in Los Alamos" and... "it grew out of the original Army Chapel after World War 2".

 

[the Ferret]

Nice... Gary

They didn't have a church in Los Alamos until 1945 ish? wow

 

[RockHop_imp]

Nice... Gary

They didn't have a church in Los Alamos until 1945 ish? wow

Prior to World War II, there was nothing there other than a small private ranch school for boys and seasonal grazing of live stock. In 1942, the Department of War used eminent domain to acquire the area as part the Manhattan Project. The laboratory at Los Alamos designed and fabricated the first atomic bombs. If you have time (20 min) to spare, the video "The Town that Never Was' provides a historical perspective.

 

[use2b_imp]

Thanks RockHop that is fantastic history and yes i had 20 min to spar as it is raining , 54 deg so i put a blanket on the CB and secured two tickets to go see " President Trump " tomorrow night !!!
I love saying those two words

 

[the Ferret]

Cool, I have 20 mins now. Just got in from a ride. 34 degrees when I took off, 32 when I got back. Going to be in the teens in the morning and the street dept has been brining the road with beet juice in anticipation of snow.