#Rawlins

[deadmotelsusa]

The Uptown Motel of Rawlins, Wyoming was demolished in 2013 after being abandoned for 5 years.

[unteriors]

Mahoney Street, Rawlins, Wyoming.

[rabbitcruiser]

The Wyoming Territory was established on July 25, 1868. 

[20th-century-railroading]

UP locomotive, engine number 283, Omaha GP20, engine type EMD-UP Photographed: Rawlins, Wyo., November 20, 1960.

[tommy-288]

Guys I did a war crime…

Context: I showed a friend of mine a photo of Rawlins (photo is below) and she asked “Why is he standing like a meerkat?” …so I decided to draw this, worst mistake of my life…



Also…

[detournementsmineurs]

"Mary and George" mini-série créée par D. C. Moore - adaptée du roman" The King's Assassin" de Benjamin Woolley (2017), basé sur la liaison entre Jacques Ier d'Angleterre et VI d'Ecosse (1566-1625) et George Villiers, 1er duc de Buckingham (1592-1628) - avec Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, Tony Curran, Laurie Davidson, Niamh Algar, Mark O'Halloran, Kate Fleetwood, Samuel Blenkin, Nicola Walker, Adrian Rawlins, Trine Dyrholm et Mirren Mack, juin-juillet 2024.

[roughridingrednecks]

Rawlins

[micahwright]

@rawlinsbriggs​ location: Parco Savello  notes: rawlins briggs

This city was off its fucking rocker. Micah had to wonder why he still lived here but in truth this was the first place he’d really put down roots since Aurora. Sitting in a meeting with a room full of people who didn’t remember anything about Mercuralia beyond the fact that they’d lost a lot of money, it was sort of surreal. Micah had been scared out of his mind, and triggered by the fact that his father had apparently let Aurora get off scot free. Knee bouncing, he lit a cigarette as he moved to make idle conversation with the man next to him. “Dungeons and Dragons?” Micah asked as he pointed towards the dice set of the man sat next to him, “Those are nice man.” 

[renxfields]

@rawlinsbriggs​ location: Laboratory: Labyrinth notes: stick with him baby girl he’s got you

Magic disrupted, Renfield’s shapeshifting was effecting, tentacles wormed their way from his clothes as the eyes of a cephalopod bore over normally dark hues. Mottled skin, his features remained similar as he managed to at least keep that much of himself, otherwise Renfield would have been nothing more but a pair of eyes in an infinite den of tentacles, each with a mind of their own. The sharp, eldritch mind rifled through the applications of Trivia’s blood, the disturbance that had occurred in the weeks prior, and the sudden insane pressure that had brought them all here. Modern science couldn’t offer a complete explanation of reality because of fundamental limits to the knowledge it could provide, rates of time run differently given relative motion, and space and time formed together to make spacetime. In this time was a coordinate, fixed and absolute, a portion of a formula that made up reality: a sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent in a system. 

“Someone’s disrupted the flow of time.” Renfield observed out loud with a pedantic sigh, dark hues watching the rolling hallway in front of them that shifted every which way in a seemingly nonsensical pattern. His body twitched with independent thought, less inhibited by the skin he usually wore, the eldritch creature’s mind wandered more freely. Magic wouldn’t work here, at least not correctly, Renfield was fortunate that he was able to maintain as human an appearance as he was, brought this close by his understanding of what was occurring here. An equation worked its way over his limbs, multiple levels as his mind applied its understanding of eldritch teachings and reality: as it happened, a specialty of his. “If we wait here, this place is going to collapse around us.” An absence of death, removal from space and time entirely - they’d be trapped in a void for eternity. Renfield moved forward. 

[deadmotelsusa]

Adams Restaurant and the Flame cocktail lounge of Rawlins, Wyoming, pictured in the 1950s and 2023

[dougrobyngoold]

Rochelle Ranch Golf Course - Rawlins, WY

Who would have thought that one could find a beautiful, sprawling 18-hole golf course in Rawlins, Wyoming? We played this course 3 times during our stay in the area. It was $35 to walk 18 holes, trust me when I say you definitely get your steps in when you walk this course! The front 9 meander between the clubhouse and I-80, the back 9 are situated west and north of the clubhouse. The entrance to the course is marked by a western ranch gateway:

The course is in beautiful shape, with the exception of a multitude of prairie dog holes (which I did manage to lose a golf ball into on one round!!) and a couple of territorial terns on one of the tee boxes! The fairways were wide and well-groomed, but you definitely paid the price if you hit into the rough and native landscape (not that we did that....). The forward tees were reasonable, but the course is very long, 7925 yards from the tips. Lots of pronghorns, wide-open views, and native landscape - it was a fun course to walk and play. We did encounter vicious deer flies, wish I had bought stock in a bug spray company for our trip so far this year!

Gorgeous greens - the rolls were true and consistent (unlike our putting).

This golf course is the site of a pretty impressive record!

A great stroll through the Wyoming countryside - a few blind shots on the course, we did much better on our second and third times around the course. We gave this course a rating of 9 stars out of 10. One of the most imaginatively (is that a word?) laid out courses that we have played. Their signature hole is #13, a par 4 that dog-legs around a large pond (filled with pelicans, BTW). Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of the hole. Many locals say that you have to try, just for fun, to try to reach the green by hitting over the lake - a good 250+ yard shot from the white tees. Doug wasn't willing to lose a golf ball and it was really windy (surprise), so he didn't try it. I just smiled and took the long way around, that shot is not in my wheelhouse! Walking the course was definitely a work out, we were weary after each round. However, we would recommend that you stop and play if you are ever cruising through Rawlins!

[rabbitcruiser]

The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States, was dedicated on October 31, 1913.

[20th-century-railroading]

UP Turbine 27 by Bob Anderson Via Flickr: UP GETL Turbine 27 switching a cut at Rawlins, WY June 1969. 8500HP will get the switching done. This sounded like a B-52 from 3 blks away.

[kadirosman]

@rawlinsbriggs location: Rawdog's Place notes: yoohoo big summer blowout

"Hellllooo-" Kadir declared as he let himself into the other's apartment and pointed behind him with his thumb, "did you know your door was unlocked? You should really be more careful, just about anyone could walk in here." Kadir was feeling... He was managing, the regiment that he had put himself under was working most of the time; he felt truly fortunate to finally be able to use his own body and metabolism as a guinea pig for different experiments. The leech needed to find a way to manage his more violent impulses long-term, what better way than to attend an event crowded by supernaturals. "Is this what you're wearing?" Kadir wasn't criticizing, there was a coffee stain on his cuffed jeans but he was suddenly wondering if he was underdressed; he'd missed Lupercalia because he was trapped underground completely petrified last year.

[detournementsmineurs]

Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, Adrian Rawlins, Hubert Burton, Oliver Chris, Barney Fishwick, Patsy Ferran et la participation de Tom Burke dans "Vivre" d'Oliver Hermanus - remake d'un film japonais éponyme d'Akira Kurosawa (1952) lui-même inspiré du roman "La Mort d'Ivan Ilitch" de Léon Tolstoï (1886) - janvier 2023.

[tieflingxnarcissus]

@rawlinsbriggs Location: Their home

"Sometimes I feel like you don't even listen to me." Narcissus stood there now, watching the other for a few moments. He'd been spending more and more time with the archdruid, Octavian, and it was become more than concerning. Not that Narcissus was at all jealous or insecure – that was way beneath him. No, he just didn't like the idea of getting involved in all the drama. The gods were still pressing on the edges of his mind, and every now and then, Narcissus wondered how bad that life could be. But he'd leave Rawlins behind, and for now, they were boyfriends. As he'd told him already. "Why do you have to be involved?"