You are not a true southerner if you don't like old run down wooden houses with a rusty pickup truck in the front yard. That is true southern landscaping. This old red rusty truck is located off of highway 82, 60 miles south of Columbus, Georgia. At Christmas, it is decorated with Christmas lights and is part of a real country Christmas. I am always on the outlook for true southern traditions and customs. Rusty pickup trucks is an authentic southern tradition and you can usually find them all over the south. Cowboys like trucks too. Here is an excerpt from 'Rodeo Red' by Lucky Whipple from Cowboy Poetry at the Bar-D Ranch website.
Rodeo Red
"Ol' Rodeo RedWas a Cowboy's truck
No maintenance involved
We just run him on luck.
He's a '52 Chev
With a flathead six
There's everything broke
But there's nothin' to fix.
From Fort Worth to Cheyenne
On to Spokane we sped
He was soon dubbed the title
Of Rodeo Red.
He was quite well renowned
That old pickup truck
Here comes Rodeo Red
Powder River let's buck.
The floorboard was muddled
With mud, cans and trash
To-bacco spittle
And cigarette ash.
The hub caps are missin'
The left runnin' board's gone
And the right lamp's burnt out
When the headlights are on.
The emergency brake
Would never apply
So a rock hind a tire
Was our safety reply..."
