Guess I'm one of the last MTR ex's (?)

[txstateends]

For some reason, I had a months-long brain fart that I'd set up a user name here, then didn't commence regular use.    .... or, maybe I should have had much more !!!

Anyway, better late than never, huh?

I've had mixed luck with websites, webhosts, and cars to go take pix with, but hopefully my current car situation will improve, a new scanner can get my old pix going again, and I guess some $$$ for a little something online.

I've liked maps and collected them since not too far from birth...one of my treasures is a State Farm road atlas from the 1950s that I found in the trunk of one of my dad's cars.  It's not in the best of shape, but I wouldn't take a million for it.  I'd like very much to add to my collection, but I haven't been able to go to any flea markets or first-mondays to see what anyone might have.  For a brief time (where I probably deserved a lot of  and probably some  and  too), I was impatient as a grade schooler to see dashed lines where freeways and interstates should have already been.  You know the rest--I filled them in with colored marker or colored pen.      Fortunately, that phase didn't last long.  I regretfully parted with those but made sure it didn't happen again.

I have a camera again, it's no one's SLR or anything, but hopefully I can hang onto it and it'll be good to me.  I am fortunate that once all the ducks are in a row, I'm in an area (Dallas/Fort Worth) where lots of road activity is going on, so I can be out every so often getting good shots.  My work schedule works against me for now--I work nights--so I can't be up all day running the roads.

I must add--it's SO nice to be among fellow road enthusiasts without the non-roads crowd trying to rain on the parade of bandwidth.

My name is John, and I'm a road fan.

[Alex]

Glad to have you on the forum, welcome!

I have a number of Rand McNally atlases from the 50s-80s with the State Farm cover.

First Monday is a great event, I scored about 40 fold maps when I went there in 2009. Two others that went there found highway shields for cheap and I picked up a few license plates including a red-dye NC tag (one I wanted bad at that time for my collection). Would love to get back there again!

[texaskdog]

I've only been in Texas 5 years so my map collection doesn't look as good as my MN map collection, though I love the map library at UT.

[BigMattFromTexas]

I've been in Texas all my life! But my Texas map collection isn't that great..
Welcome to the forum, from another Texan! Hope you enjoy it!
BigMatt