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I was out exploring the beautiful countryside in 2019. I was searching for junkyards close to my home and I found one just outside of Paris, Ky. It took me a while to find the driveway/road back to it as it sits about a half mile from the main road. It was a rutted dirt road and had water standing from the recent rains.

As I drove toward my destination, I was reminded of the movie "Deliverance" and I could hear the banjos playing in my mind. I realized that I had told no one where I was going and that if I disappeared, then that was that. None of this turned out to be true, the gentleman that runs the place was very nice and let me wander through the rows and back fields to take pictures of rusted vehicles. I found several that where worthy of being immortalized in color pencil.

When I did research on this bus, it seems no one has any idea about where it came from, why it has Kentucky Saddler on the marquis and what it was used for. I contacted the museum at Keenela...

``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` I was a cartographic draftsman by trade. I would work 8-10 hours daily on engraving a contour map with a hand held, .002 line engraver for up to 200 hours, depending on the terrain being mapped. Drawing tools have become an extension of my hand. My daily work, for over 20 years, touched on all parts of mapping, from surveyors’ notes to map folding. This daily environment was a constant honing of eye/hand skills. I have 7 basic forms that guide me, square, round, elliptical, triangle, hexagon, oval and rectangle. Master the line...