Chanute Air Force Base

Preparations have been made and we are all ready to go. I also added a follow gadget in the left hand side above the ad so you can follow us now, you can also follow us on Twitter. Donations for gas money are in the right hand side now. I hope you guys are ready for some great pictures from this air force base!

-Z&O

Smith and Wesson Border Guard Knife Video Review

Here is the short review of the Smith and Wesson Border Guard knife. (SWBG for short) This knife is very well made and holds nice in the hand, especially for Zach because of his bigger hands. The blade comes very sharp right out of the box and cuts very well. The serrated edge also saws well although I have not tested it's rigorousness yet. The plastic grip is a bit disappointing but not a deal breaker for me, although other reviews say that it will eat through your pocket if used in there to much. With it being so bottom heavy your swings will not chop as easily as other knifes but then again that isn't the intended purpose. The seat-belt cutter is a razor blade sharp hidden behind in its own area, but small fingers can still make it in there so watch the kids around this knife. Overall I feel like it is good, and will be a valued part of our collection. If you wish to purchase this knife please use the link below and a portion of the sale will go to us for gas money and for purchasing other supplies.

Abandoned Shipping Building

We went off a tip from a friend to check out this place by K-Mart in Decatur. From the road it is very hard to see and easily dismissed but if you get up close and personal with the building it is quite nice looking. The graffiti on the backside of the building is quite interesting and some of it is very artful and well done. Obviously there are the token penis, cuss words, ect ect, but some of it is nice in its own way. On the inside it is trashed. Period. There is insulation and glass everywhere. We go into the building from an unlocked door on the backside and start out in a long hallway which has a few offices in front of it. Past the hallway we enter the main room, where all the shipping would have taken place. Now it is simply full of trash with a few gems hidden in the rubble. Monopoly money is scattered on one side of the room, and voided checks with account number and everything are in a pile in the middle. There was also a sonogram of somebody's baby and school pictures. Baby furniture also was piled up along the wall with the Monopoly money. There where beer bottles and other cans everywhere in the room as it looked nice and partied in. Definitely not a place that you want to go if you are looking for a mint condition find. Full album here.

Going off to Chanute Air Force Base tomorrow. Follow us on Twitter for up to date information!

-Z&O

Abandoned car in rural IL

We found this car out by the other farm houses that we have posted earlier. We can't tell what kind of car it is so if you have any idea please leave it in a comment below. On Wednesday we are going to Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul. We are really excited for this trip and will probably break up the posts into several different posts, we plan to take many, many pictures. Follow us on Twitter to get up to the minute information on our trips, stay tuned! 

                                               

These were found in a shed near the car, the trophy was standing like that when we found it. 

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We made a Twitter account and set it up for our blog! Now you can follow us and be first in line for updated posts and even get previews before anything else gets posted, just go here to follow us.

-Z&O

Best farm yet! High res photos inside

We found this farm while out with our friend Colton one night. We really liked it so we invited our photographer friend Michelle Stephens to see if she wanted to do a photo shot there. The results are incredible.

  

We are tossing around a few ideas for what big place to do next, Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Il sounds really good, but we would need to raise a bit of gas money first. On the way we could go to a few places in Champaign though so that would be nice and convenient. Any ideas comment them below, and gas donations the PayPaly button is at the top of the page. As always thanks for reading and I really hope you enjoyed these high quality pictures, have a great day! Here is the full album.

-Z&O

Preview of a great rural house!

Here are a couple of pictures to get you interested in whats coming up in the next few days (maybe as early as tomorrow morning!) Stay tuned for the full album!

This calender from 1929 has to be my favorite picture that we have taken so far.