tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44590589671621074742024-03-06T19:34:19.570-08:00Off to See the CountryTravel adventures in our wonderful United States. Have fun viewing.lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-17976614540867504852023-09-07T07:30:00.000-07:002023-09-07T07:30:00.869-07:00Kayaking again...finally!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Finally, we got back on the water. This time at Meacham Lake in upper state New York, just on the north edge of the Adirondack Mountains (you can see the push pin on the map). 90 degrees hot so we wore our sun-umbrella hats. Launched from the river that came out of the lake. And, of course, all three of us got in the warm lake. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uk4qhySPiQ0BCiXstERNY9DhjEtdEColFcCzYLILkbvgeRXApcgos9pvLexd16BFEPjRKjGxY5ZZYTRChg-2jrjYG5_XoL6HV6vsfjMsz7VLKzm_56ozlaDJtbBxRJM10UKekppk3SrMzUIrh2tU4XqTgHK4JnxrANdrlBxDbHrAFtQ_i86DXvY52-A/s1400/Meacham%20Lake.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1400" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uk4qhySPiQ0BCiXstERNY9DhjEtdEColFcCzYLILkbvgeRXApcgos9pvLexd16BFEPjRKjGxY5ZZYTRChg-2jrjYG5_XoL6HV6vsfjMsz7VLKzm_56ozlaDJtbBxRJM10UKekppk3SrMzUIrh2tU4XqTgHK4JnxrANdrlBxDbHrAFtQ_i86DXvY52-A/w640-h342/Meacham%20Lake.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUGePs4GtjHwRdT2aixt98F4aNAQJj4dPsAZp6mAQaQaez-LTSx-In5KZ9U4U3o7fOmI_MFkOPlPVvPvcyS9ULglkf59X-Zrw5uOCoPp2k7vG0xYUR9Ofn3jL8Lg8Iy4FZ8bZLo2IzGoO3RVAD15afQr6y0aYKZRVambldDiYUTNnv48qWlDF2UkIXO4/s3501/20230905_114910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="3501" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUGePs4GtjHwRdT2aixt98F4aNAQJj4dPsAZp6mAQaQaez-LTSx-In5KZ9U4U3o7fOmI_MFkOPlPVvPvcyS9ULglkf59X-Zrw5uOCoPp2k7vG0xYUR9Ofn3jL8Lg8Iy4FZ8bZLo2IzGoO3RVAD15afQr6y0aYKZRVambldDiYUTNnv48qWlDF2UkIXO4/w640-h246/20230905_114910.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Launch point looking upriver</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v0x3EPvCNrhqUIBgvRGHHI7hsGeBjRX5C7LCId21MDXTDOxPjx0m-BsuvcG3u3ht36kqjax1j0w3z2vYO1wvGqRgPkvvPncVo6SJpEpB1oWYzaGUoBN3qLsxO2kMsYS3M5dEx8BqqBXRA2cedUSkC3i8MjsC-3CLZyjOHfZG_ntpEAvKAKQ7VgJ96Do/s3881/20230905_120646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2185" data-original-width="3881" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1v0x3EPvCNrhqUIBgvRGHHI7hsGeBjRX5C7LCId21MDXTDOxPjx0m-BsuvcG3u3ht36kqjax1j0w3z2vYO1wvGqRgPkvvPncVo6SJpEpB1oWYzaGUoBN3qLsxO2kMsYS3M5dEx8BqqBXRA2cedUSkC3i8MjsC-3CLZyjOHfZG_ntpEAvKAKQ7VgJ96Do/w640-h360/20230905_120646.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice cloud cover kept the heat down.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcpf1Uv3cLzWmfJvUx8ccblRfRejVOh8Ld55PH77FgLnvDU2RYC6tLTxL4e6U1AS2HoABpQMIxPs_eCinnKdXkiAFpLBPHABSoW0ofMTgeLN-Yk9TPVPX9l_z2unxV2r70ssyniGSdM5Px3AdSRgL7mqYVyD6hb6COe56hpYkdAHnAkkkzB2MYGmss3A/s4000/20230905_122010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcpf1Uv3cLzWmfJvUx8ccblRfRejVOh8Ld55PH77FgLnvDU2RYC6tLTxL4e6U1AS2HoABpQMIxPs_eCinnKdXkiAFpLBPHABSoW0ofMTgeLN-Yk9TPVPX9l_z2unxV2r70ssyniGSdM5Px3AdSRgL7mqYVyD6hb6COe56hpYkdAHnAkkkzB2MYGmss3A/w640-h360/20230905_122010.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie likes to sit in back sometimes and take a nap.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFJlSJhLkhBsEvxktOl8dgwrv3ZyP65Rzn5U8gqxceUcjgjByyHG0KukmpMp9ht7CS3HtVNHw0GHZOnL07DlZ6PC-gu_ep7yoCNwKdoFjMFgPI81TBIHKh2CPFrn6usi71zowvANqMKXgERZCqXpFrsuvelyZll4bcjXM8UlaNch6IZ3UE2bI0Gtqn6s/s4000/20230905_125122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFJlSJhLkhBsEvxktOl8dgwrv3ZyP65Rzn5U8gqxceUcjgjByyHG0KukmpMp9ht7CS3HtVNHw0GHZOnL07DlZ6PC-gu_ep7yoCNwKdoFjMFgPI81TBIHKh2CPFrn6usi71zowvANqMKXgERZCqXpFrsuvelyZll4bcjXM8UlaNch6IZ3UE2bI0Gtqn6s/w640-h360/20230905_125122.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But, every now and then, she wants to see what's going on.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX8jn8sFvlRhFpHEvafYF7frI8pDYwWqs1nWdM_b_6GLFJkayHi_uR2ickK4s_gFInbixeFmHHEMx5QKLWvOnhZ7QDqGv-28L81BOtX0I__6X6u0oLxFKuTVCJo1bGbF5WXvQMi82ziEoZ5KaS7GGz7ldvYN2VFkuSWsl-j9YGifE0YJptQGaAYkIZdU/s4000/20230905_125819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX8jn8sFvlRhFpHEvafYF7frI8pDYwWqs1nWdM_b_6GLFJkayHi_uR2ickK4s_gFInbixeFmHHEMx5QKLWvOnhZ7QDqGv-28L81BOtX0I__6X6u0oLxFKuTVCJo1bGbF5WXvQMi82ziEoZ5KaS7GGz7ldvYN2VFkuSWsl-j9YGifE0YJptQGaAYkIZdU/w640-h360/20230905_125819.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quiet, still waters and very, very peaceful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDljFxLUtqHVH04-qjzeRWsnbY6wYcUvuAS4-OqSUVeLbkdSDuXsD6SBgiEBEvQ3oghtGkSWvjSgrnrlaU0NMqlSk_H60KggOK0g8GVh1SRTEvXVlEKnFeEGL_5ZlYypBdgMMcZEJ0rGJVUuik6j5zq83Q9-wD5KEaPyE3y6noFzOX2KEHJm5BjTaMtg/s4000/20230905_125840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDljFxLUtqHVH04-qjzeRWsnbY6wYcUvuAS4-OqSUVeLbkdSDuXsD6SBgiEBEvQ3oghtGkSWvjSgrnrlaU0NMqlSk_H60KggOK0g8GVh1SRTEvXVlEKnFeEGL_5ZlYypBdgMMcZEJ0rGJVUuik6j5zq83Q9-wD5KEaPyE3y6noFzOX2KEHJm5BjTaMtg/w640-h360/20230905_125840.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No bird sounds, no traffic sounds, no airplanes....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXeM_KZRzLv1of5wuuV263rF0veRSsd2pi_E7eVCIyf8FTjZQMMoH_A55Ba9pLgVOoK0jLzx9Iftb4XOrPH0kEbzwnOrFagOi7ScgjdSVQx1Sv9uYfQ_MukajjmGBse97tvs0OBHC9n1nPq2gyi80DsKip9rEIU60xybR9HoPTRffUm8s3E0E91F1bqk/s3968/20230905_140340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="3968" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXeM_KZRzLv1of5wuuV263rF0veRSsd2pi_E7eVCIyf8FTjZQMMoH_A55Ba9pLgVOoK0jLzx9Iftb4XOrPH0kEbzwnOrFagOi7ScgjdSVQx1Sv9uYfQ_MukajjmGBse97tvs0OBHC9n1nPq2gyi80DsKip9rEIU60xybR9HoPTRffUm8s3E0E91F1bqk/w640-h360/20230905_140340.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to take a selfie with these hats on so Kim had to stand way back. They really work too!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDj_3BJUbKgQxVoJMUKBdxPN_GbGKYwDkLB-v1zm8eRV4pV5WQskv6OAlEcN5dV1_bfraGZCWRnJKfg-ef9s5gCl3r0NFGyO44CTrSuQbT7z2cT1XVjqK798jLdELLPvyHwlSLHC_JtUIEN49ZXUVoVwVZ4ljXJMXO6z_d5c6HFi2XTGVcSB3HWAZesE/s4000/20230905_144317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDj_3BJUbKgQxVoJMUKBdxPN_GbGKYwDkLB-v1zm8eRV4pV5WQskv6OAlEcN5dV1_bfraGZCWRnJKfg-ef9s5gCl3r0NFGyO44CTrSuQbT7z2cT1XVjqK798jLdELLPvyHwlSLHC_JtUIEN49ZXUVoVwVZ4ljXJMXO6z_d5c6HFi2XTGVcSB3HWAZesE/w640-h360/20230905_144317.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All done for the day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This was a very nice paddle. We could not believe how quiet it was. Restful.<div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie<br /><br /><p></p></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2Malone, NY 12953, USA44.8486596 -74.29489830000001416.538425763821152 -109.45114830000001 73.158893436178843 -39.138648300000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-87872716942906614922023-07-09T16:19:00.004-07:002023-07-15T18:33:04.635-07:00Acadia National Park in Maine<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">This Scoodic Point is one of our favorite places to visit when we're up here in Northeast Maine. Something about the rocks, the fog, the remoteness of it is very appealing. </span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnWm-zrSS6jMlLaP3V4tNaqmSrfyquqVeZDvj9h7eYQiC4tdFSYW-WhSGXuCfRX7NHKc1BbBvD8RVsVH_7DxCFdgN7SXw1Yen_9i01QdUcjNkvv6VBUc2933wRDyNfpPoZG4IJVONItkJOnmUo5jE4lBid8iXspZGo7gY4EeN6IQ3_zFiby2TKQTUb7I/s1301/SP1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1301" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFnWm-zrSS6jMlLaP3V4tNaqmSrfyquqVeZDvj9h7eYQiC4tdFSYW-WhSGXuCfRX7NHKc1BbBvD8RVsVH_7DxCFdgN7SXw1Yen_9i01QdUcjNkvv6VBUc2933wRDyNfpPoZG4IJVONItkJOnmUo5jE4lBid8iXspZGo7gY4EeN6IQ3_zFiby2TKQTUb7I/w640-h288/SP1.JPG" width="640" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT_HzsZB0bhMLgFXLwRr8GvGgst8qdb8QsrGHXY0goPIWbqAZnSXcJ9P0cAPHMNeapAhOupOWgbFf94sUhAn9ytD2ja68ke6SwxMuH-JtcAFxVQOgNFltcEcSVnMbu-BGDxCTLdGgJHfApGxAhpkjz6mAPdcsPyB7T5qWJ3c2n9zfMVzbH-1MVrkxMGw/s871/SP%20map.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="871" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoT_HzsZB0bhMLgFXLwRr8GvGgst8qdb8QsrGHXY0goPIWbqAZnSXcJ9P0cAPHMNeapAhOupOWgbFf94sUhAn9ytD2ja68ke6SwxMuH-JtcAFxVQOgNFltcEcSVnMbu-BGDxCTLdGgJHfApGxAhpkjz6mAPdcsPyB7T5qWJ3c2n9zfMVzbH-1MVrkxMGw/w640-h498/SP%20map.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>You can see the Red push pin to the right of the map with Acadia National Park right in the middle on Mt. Desert Island.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-NyUvu1gnQPJyVgVMFuyFStnybZ_Pj1CJ5vWR_yVEF9vjSsltKgvirMxqiI5oQ2-3iPo2CuC8khJIP68JuS8Elb9i2A1Dscg98LEVaVi6i3nw9zlR6s2Ig1JkZivIAfaaoZOJUz7kntmHpzP6PcDUzzaxxrEMXic_2jk8GDvlKCFyH7hc6Vfwm4rStw/s1301/SP1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BD8BzYyKyijSmNn0aJWYnuNker_t2erkE7Qt8z8fv2_eVbSL93o_zKi36dc8hIciDZZrxl3vJcmqRZ2UF-pKcMqOGw4BDF4KCjA-JJK3rOGhdddqeI37aFAoqqVpi4Owg2R8XXr_a66NU0QHZLzY6aZ2hlCfxoSwRsailWrtgaRgT1AzQ41JNrCOXQo/s1845/SP2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="1845" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BD8BzYyKyijSmNn0aJWYnuNker_t2erkE7Qt8z8fv2_eVbSL93o_zKi36dc8hIciDZZrxl3vJcmqRZ2UF-pKcMqOGw4BDF4KCjA-JJK3rOGhdddqeI37aFAoqqVpi4Owg2R8XXr_a66NU0QHZLzY6aZ2hlCfxoSwRsailWrtgaRgT1AzQ41JNrCOXQo/w640-h192/SP2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SCNb94_bt42F3ZbjfJ9UCKs2-BPKyHYljZqsW_hcgrZYsykib5vzgp9thPDlrEnyRS89imi8-O6DvVFX3ER5YAsYB9nA8yHcMai3xR3AUpamaSFok-Ozvho0HlMNI1H0KL-o9k4wFNg1_rEgVnlGYyy8z4CBxz5wZg8vsUQhxnf---kf8ZJb7pLTa5Y/s895/SP3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="895" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SCNb94_bt42F3ZbjfJ9UCKs2-BPKyHYljZqsW_hcgrZYsykib5vzgp9thPDlrEnyRS89imi8-O6DvVFX3ER5YAsYB9nA8yHcMai3xR3AUpamaSFok-Ozvho0HlMNI1H0KL-o9k4wFNg1_rEgVnlGYyy8z4CBxz5wZg8vsUQhxnf---kf8ZJb7pLTa5Y/w640-h482/SP3.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>With the parking lot to the top, you can see how large an area this encompasses. And look at the stripes of black rock. I'll show those in another photo below.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Of course, Kim and I get all geeked out when we see Geology stuff so, naturally, this was one of our favorite sites.<br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0l-X0AuPq6hswiLn9vX3FtFd3tKZZzKDZuU1_wa5gR2D2dfy_SqV6w1JZ5glHHk2L7WqAz4NlZnCkkZjjVUBnKiKz9bje4Tt4NsGpTq1uZx_nmU3c-SU9ks2S-TVXjeMNwhDh1R-n6_DxcoXOu9Nq9u1OpLkUG2VYdBz-0U9d7gsY45VOLX9BrYKq0U/s4000/20230701_144712.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0l-X0AuPq6hswiLn9vX3FtFd3tKZZzKDZuU1_wa5gR2D2dfy_SqV6w1JZ5glHHk2L7WqAz4NlZnCkkZjjVUBnKiKz9bje4Tt4NsGpTq1uZx_nmU3c-SU9ks2S-TVXjeMNwhDh1R-n6_DxcoXOu9Nq9u1OpLkUG2VYdBz-0U9d7gsY45VOLX9BrYKq0U/w640-h360/20230701_144712.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's the explanation for those stripes of black rock.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvPAsKEYpnkQ89UMug8jXHoijQmfNyNTAQ0Hjp0R1EGNH4nSCNrolO7J5sHnYedjee5OjpvSi1MDUy4GP8EC3uz2de8nOqrSyqaE_HFAfaKb-gYpG1tmHEbsv7dVDPPwtctoRPPerVIHOipZpr_JIiGwYjEv8XiD--_0WOYvPxdIf15mbAiyxIKeof8c/s4000/20230701_144715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcvPAsKEYpnkQ89UMug8jXHoijQmfNyNTAQ0Hjp0R1EGNH4nSCNrolO7J5sHnYedjee5OjpvSi1MDUy4GP8EC3uz2de8nOqrSyqaE_HFAfaKb-gYpG1tmHEbsv7dVDPPwtctoRPPerVIHOipZpr_JIiGwYjEv8XiD--_0WOYvPxdIf15mbAiyxIKeof8c/w640-h360/20230701_144715.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNVofHpmUe6uV3t_vQW3QgylkbcKzFDTsaO8aGZb85fpizORLXYKM5HJQMDlpY3Ceq8kcKkkvYfBWXA3Yh7MtyElv3CBhk3IHxSeHQkVHHDrxhvzIRa_nHHzrcwL1hcmbHMU15D2vDpoBlcs1zVAN7jeafTa4F1ZPnwiLyoptAprHI3RHezrj4NUG72w/s4000/20230701_144722.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNVofHpmUe6uV3t_vQW3QgylkbcKzFDTsaO8aGZb85fpizORLXYKM5HJQMDlpY3Ceq8kcKkkvYfBWXA3Yh7MtyElv3CBhk3IHxSeHQkVHHDrxhvzIRa_nHHzrcwL1hcmbHMU15D2vDpoBlcs1zVAN7jeafTa4F1ZPnwiLyoptAprHI3RHezrj4NUG72w/w360-h640/20230701_144722.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This stripe is not as wide as others but very prominent.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2GLKzxo_0bmGjMrmclPkovTjuovjCBXQVtRvznVyycczLARjqXW9wsZ7LIlk0-NxeDwARqvddWm_QmWAAy6F09QXQT-S7lqb5HBe0_tTm2OaS7SuMrUmTrZtNcdxOyEWQXXxJS_4D3pRDAGFkKfsLESAKwj3VP97oxpqj84aO0tJOXaivL8FTzU0qc8/s4000/20230701_144919.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2GLKzxo_0bmGjMrmclPkovTjuovjCBXQVtRvznVyycczLARjqXW9wsZ7LIlk0-NxeDwARqvddWm_QmWAAy6F09QXQT-S7lqb5HBe0_tTm2OaS7SuMrUmTrZtNcdxOyEWQXXxJS_4D3pRDAGFkKfsLESAKwj3VP97oxpqj84aO0tJOXaivL8FTzU0qc8/w640-h360/20230701_144919.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's the diabase rock and granite next to each other</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnfjc0nUjaeckKgegP2DpOuxgykZ5GX4xGGseEDh10Arci5M_8570CHaH_dgbeCUevApvsqkIpVl0UjCBoma0DAesRF_okVg32uztVsYs5OLf4kvof9eOcpQ60MTCg4K2Cx5bKAKRkpzG8fbw0SMg9f7LHwwetGdihO2-WgXL4rAU0Ij4y0TM-a8QHPE/s5568/DSC_1368.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5568" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnfjc0nUjaeckKgegP2DpOuxgykZ5GX4xGGseEDh10Arci5M_8570CHaH_dgbeCUevApvsqkIpVl0UjCBoma0DAesRF_okVg32uztVsYs5OLf4kvof9eOcpQ60MTCg4K2Cx5bKAKRkpzG8fbw0SMg9f7LHwwetGdihO2-WgXL4rAU0Ij4y0TM-a8QHPE/w426-h640/DSC_1368.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA6rVm73Z7Kf1K5hTwDw2SRLaOl5cfWRIZ91oS2_hKfKDYPO96CjkSiruxuavTO2APRH14xaKCj19tM18ZABwW5WIFae17y5kyrottFvVqGACYk4bA2ZTkvIC4t4VsMgAOdvE-7YAnjSwDvWLaznvxX1G51rtzp_R08mJt64SsUD0aITNfHIyqAgtRKw/s5568/DSC_1369.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5568" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA6rVm73Z7Kf1K5hTwDw2SRLaOl5cfWRIZ91oS2_hKfKDYPO96CjkSiruxuavTO2APRH14xaKCj19tM18ZABwW5WIFae17y5kyrottFvVqGACYk4bA2ZTkvIC4t4VsMgAOdvE-7YAnjSwDvWLaznvxX1G51rtzp_R08mJt64SsUD0aITNfHIyqAgtRKw/w426-h640/DSC_1369.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>You can see that the diabase rock erodes much quicker than the granite thus making these attractive pools of water.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2GxcrOQm2a8Vo5ypL011cKlgheanauKSDJ7S6wvMuJfuYOLAOvERUF3V6J4Nm_f94nq-0b4_wPK2Bl20Fe8oGk4KQOuACmZPN2AVz1uQIG2somksHH70G9Zo3xZSkfeHmPqN94VV9ZvvvWrFHYGHbbpXcVNWpwHq6Q2fIk5axWcTnZXydO7lIqk_Ekc/s5568/DSC_1377.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2GxcrOQm2a8Vo5ypL011cKlgheanauKSDJ7S6wvMuJfuYOLAOvERUF3V6J4Nm_f94nq-0b4_wPK2Bl20Fe8oGk4KQOuACmZPN2AVz1uQIG2somksHH70G9Zo3xZSkfeHmPqN94VV9ZvvvWrFHYGHbbpXcVNWpwHq6Q2fIk5axWcTnZXydO7lIqk_Ekc/w640-h426/DSC_1377.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I'm standing on the largest one....it's probably 75 feet wide.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4j16J6RH3ydw7J8lyl7gFywcrNESu5dpHcVuWxIaitaDCvpmMMpUA4K8o4IQSpbYEw0bHifDAeYwRk1-cHFcRAhzih6v084VS1XAehK2vwAg90koICxpf4x2Y1cKu6-aP99YrQF6fAmJRXaDCcllx_nLWHepMx1aK78TAqmQiYIBC365-suEsFHYg34/s5568/DSC_1379.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5568" data-original-width="3712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4j16J6RH3ydw7J8lyl7gFywcrNESu5dpHcVuWxIaitaDCvpmMMpUA4K8o4IQSpbYEw0bHifDAeYwRk1-cHFcRAhzih6v084VS1XAehK2vwAg90koICxpf4x2Y1cKu6-aP99YrQF6fAmJRXaDCcllx_nLWHepMx1aK78TAqmQiYIBC365-suEsFHYg34/w426-h640/DSC_1379.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>It's remarkable how cleanly the rocks sit next to each other.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">There were also lots of waves crashing while we were there. We took our portable folding chairs and just enjoyed the action.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXf33N0BMR0U_iOK9rVOuMzKCHRz-ewQ1rykgn1hpfEwdKkdDRBNQ2Zzv7_STCe_GVky8kPQNFuXPczOK0bbBS4CQFcBVxsUuGovF-aWt-podn49ASL6LkhRvUxbZiDSS8eVm69yeH3UQSIAHRkiPacI_kJ7Su_lT5ySddTFC7FEKhbP4dxifp0buNco/s4000/20230701_142031.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXf33N0BMR0U_iOK9rVOuMzKCHRz-ewQ1rykgn1hpfEwdKkdDRBNQ2Zzv7_STCe_GVky8kPQNFuXPczOK0bbBS4CQFcBVxsUuGovF-aWt-podn49ASL6LkhRvUxbZiDSS8eVm69yeH3UQSIAHRkiPacI_kJ7Su_lT5ySddTFC7FEKhbP4dxifp0buNco/w640-h360/20230701_142031.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>These were all accompanied by large thunder as they hit the rock so we knew that a wave was about to put on a show the minute we heard the thunder.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TNXOnEKdLRTEo_ULXp11WGOHtrczHOBvVSOuh_Bvue44xBCPTjfLg4_TL-KlUBOn8rGhICzAoLY1YRFURzoNw_gHoQPabks-OPmrN_y3XWq8iMkYoSO0IVwJdEyXXkx2zJWuaPG6XdW49L60j7HhTIci31W94TyPt7IVyLuzdTDhtlrG9xHg4E9QPsw/s4000/20230701_142032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TNXOnEKdLRTEo_ULXp11WGOHtrczHOBvVSOuh_Bvue44xBCPTjfLg4_TL-KlUBOn8rGhICzAoLY1YRFURzoNw_gHoQPabks-OPmrN_y3XWq8iMkYoSO0IVwJdEyXXkx2zJWuaPG6XdW49L60j7HhTIci31W94TyPt7IVyLuzdTDhtlrG9xHg4E9QPsw/w640-h360/20230701_142032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNmyp3lcq4tv-HHMUgSP1E02ZqWqU3YARWplc_rUJ44X6kRIynhfNAek_6KhlQ08bIM5Qgk4Y5AWBeEjGNm83W2ylXXcj9RevXyLsld7CUHnicAo0hd15Kpd08PMr8P95uOZaUq5ga_fSQwD9507ZyeNrbmEbG8lsc9VQsuToX3xM6eadpfloZfVcREU/s4000/20230701_142040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNmyp3lcq4tv-HHMUgSP1E02ZqWqU3YARWplc_rUJ44X6kRIynhfNAek_6KhlQ08bIM5Qgk4Y5AWBeEjGNm83W2ylXXcj9RevXyLsld7CUHnicAo0hd15Kpd08PMr8P95uOZaUq5ga_fSQwD9507ZyeNrbmEbG8lsc9VQsuToX3xM6eadpfloZfVcREU/w640-h360/20230701_142040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1Ku1QYW66h72tzAbVWXtzZ6OavwaO9Kmjil172rulINuqqi2i98PQuXjAdBuh7_X1OU_zafX04SL8e8_QFm6hmMUAMSTHWMgSotkGP6AFywuU1NpM_33B6TwTjVpuWvE9LSJFtBjApRyoV0xQ9cmku0WFHuQFZs_t3_2QbZTZV1Bc1Rd0-uYr5_eYlY/s4000/20230701_133445.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1Ku1QYW66h72tzAbVWXtzZ6OavwaO9Kmjil172rulINuqqi2i98PQuXjAdBuh7_X1OU_zafX04SL8e8_QFm6hmMUAMSTHWMgSotkGP6AFywuU1NpM_33B6TwTjVpuWvE9LSJFtBjApRyoV0xQ9cmku0WFHuQFZs_t3_2QbZTZV1Bc1Rd0-uYr5_eYlY/w640-h360/20230701_133445.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>These purplish cones are from a Black Spruce. Kinda different looking.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqM0P5_qKvZGWkpBZCtVuZBy55m2tR_x3QE21L41cOhuC1N8HRlCxR-Z1gk8i5__1sD3R1hRUbuwOFu326OehK4HvonSl2-i4fraGmE09bbzFsDUuLWeBk2eyyyyOKuJ_4q80QrtZRscicKAhn1EyHAnCyATupT4_7kMAJjiPunlnu3z0OqZt1z4xhuA/s4000/20230701_145347.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqM0P5_qKvZGWkpBZCtVuZBy55m2tR_x3QE21L41cOhuC1N8HRlCxR-Z1gk8i5__1sD3R1hRUbuwOFu326OehK4HvonSl2-i4fraGmE09bbzFsDUuLWeBk2eyyyyOKuJ_4q80QrtZRscicKAhn1EyHAnCyATupT4_7kMAJjiPunlnu3z0OqZt1z4xhuA/w640-h360/20230701_145347.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kim's Zen garden photograph.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnP3XQ9dTHt-VYOI7NgRsRrPEH271F1VMJxD_C-uvMNgKfHAgE-83dwm6PG_r7_ayrdAQ60Yc8egT3T8krNYU6ldE0gJrG_bDlstm6RQqBQaBeauIEXiHEg2ERHi8U7SZyYr9bs2-_MfepTA8PwbJnGqjngs3kJ4FoSw2QA4aq_-nYbt1NrhkB0nYS94/s5568/DSC_4079.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpnP3XQ9dTHt-VYOI7NgRsRrPEH271F1VMJxD_C-uvMNgKfHAgE-83dwm6PG_r7_ayrdAQ60Yc8egT3T8krNYU6ldE0gJrG_bDlstm6RQqBQaBeauIEXiHEg2ERHi8U7SZyYr9bs2-_MfepTA8PwbJnGqjngs3kJ4FoSw2QA4aq_-nYbt1NrhkB0nYS94/w640-h426/DSC_4079.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Very foggy day when we were there but it makes for good photos.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">On the way home, we stopped at a cove where, in the fog, these fishing boats just were begging for us to take their photo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZilHFBANPlMfG_5tV-Vb8w_Fq32bM0u1yu3E8cPFMUHp_gRP5A1bYc3d_8YyEsnGgXcgwgBE_HSdIr-6QItj9d2ZnUICAX3lFGZQB0H4h_CE7QZGG4AwVIm7FdLgT1Hnj_8e-U3Irg_9CVF70gNPl8031uG1hmsbNld99m6ed-obhj65ve7iS4DlIHAA/s5568/DSC_4082.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZilHFBANPlMfG_5tV-Vb8w_Fq32bM0u1yu3E8cPFMUHp_gRP5A1bYc3d_8YyEsnGgXcgwgBE_HSdIr-6QItj9d2ZnUICAX3lFGZQB0H4h_CE7QZGG4AwVIm7FdLgT1Hnj_8e-U3Irg_9CVF70gNPl8031uG1hmsbNld99m6ed-obhj65ve7iS4DlIHAA/w640-h426/DSC_4082.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Notice there's no back in the stern. That's so they can pull up the lobster traps right into the boat easily.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRksWKHZFmxmLg0JIHPnU26PUPz5JJUuigDaKvTL_g8lDAaoSvSGshMHmszQ0ql4KsaRx3Iq2Sneb2mNT3RaI8aOLasaWiBTEw8B0zUX1RxCttYFN2J1vi-ff8GioraxnYtzWNxtVSb-j0GxM5jKo3MZnHlp0zePy0a25fo81Zva59GC40vg9jXTKn2S4/s5568/DSC_4083.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRksWKHZFmxmLg0JIHPnU26PUPz5JJUuigDaKvTL_g8lDAaoSvSGshMHmszQ0ql4KsaRx3Iq2Sneb2mNT3RaI8aOLasaWiBTEw8B0zUX1RxCttYFN2J1vi-ff8GioraxnYtzWNxtVSb-j0GxM5jKo3MZnHlp0zePy0a25fo81Zva59GC40vg9jXTKn2S4/w640-h426/DSC_4083.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This one has the traps already in the boat.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jzoJy0o40AuIfzRfSj2vMMVWG09xzS7zpeYtklgJNWbJuGHFnQ2SpadRsO_ahLG5Fek4OwCU-DHq8EcxDZ5hquUCeTPWGWdgZVE-6FBYhoXFTdJm2osFu1WO6Gaej_FDstoCrgnGihHuvNZXgGGfwNwzSVQS1FP8lTiAwHbqkTBX1siooXLAt_2GY5g/s5568/DSC_4084.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jzoJy0o40AuIfzRfSj2vMMVWG09xzS7zpeYtklgJNWbJuGHFnQ2SpadRsO_ahLG5Fek4OwCU-DHq8EcxDZ5hquUCeTPWGWdgZVE-6FBYhoXFTdJm2osFu1WO6Gaej_FDstoCrgnGihHuvNZXgGGfwNwzSVQS1FP8lTiAwHbqkTBX1siooXLAt_2GY5g/w640-h426/DSC_4084.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblKslKH6tEyPpRRR1iZpwobzlLcG4UlKgwLFtu_GaPAN6lYeM7Teous9qnqAkraEv5rogn_KUuXsF9cI3l02enUTOE22i-JLjaN7zTCBV64njo1NI7ztqlW1l0nB0C9TxegV6-1karUYbJPNiIoTUd_hWzvnGoikCTnHMV81rwFdghoPRWK5W9xBMew8/s5568/DSC_4086.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblKslKH6tEyPpRRR1iZpwobzlLcG4UlKgwLFtu_GaPAN6lYeM7Teous9qnqAkraEv5rogn_KUuXsF9cI3l02enUTOE22i-JLjaN7zTCBV64njo1NI7ztqlW1l0nB0C9TxegV6-1karUYbJPNiIoTUd_hWzvnGoikCTnHMV81rwFdghoPRWK5W9xBMew8/w640-h426/DSC_4086.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This boat has some old-style traps made out of wood instead of the metal ones used today. It just makes for a terrific picture.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for watching!</div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHsuOP9yoHIn6NdhDmAguX08RGpVXDE2CkSQuFsbO6tZhfm0zVTaF2c9lmIU8QGSWyM3bREBs-dzwji_lL-AyXG18VUxEFKgpwyW4BQBmM2KlsFFQ59wE6sNA2VCb2mWmkGFYb7WfH9lmBbAaaGiWFgTyKZ6POZIt4lUJ8-zQjVsjLl-JsZBakMnxqkM/s864/3%20fishermen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="864" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHsuOP9yoHIn6NdhDmAguX08RGpVXDE2CkSQuFsbO6tZhfm0zVTaF2c9lmIU8QGSWyM3bREBs-dzwji_lL-AyXG18VUxEFKgpwyW4BQBmM2KlsFFQ59wE6sNA2VCb2mWmkGFYb7WfH9lmBbAaaGiWFgTyKZ6POZIt4lUJ8-zQjVsjLl-JsZBakMnxqkM/w640-h462/3%20fishermen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-38040993364230165292023-06-17T14:45:00.001-07:002023-06-17T14:45:26.675-07:00"All things Coleman" convention<p>Here's one that is very unusual. You've heard of people that collect anything...match sticks, gum wrappers, beer cans, etc. But, I bet you never heard of people collection Coleman products...especially Coleman lanterns!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-LI2UllA0Fa_DDJ8V4fZJ_Pn0UCiKi0uNWxFjbRih3hvucEWPwehXZzQOBYhKBYbr83IdFw-Udxql67iOwtENPhKUECSdQB8lruyE1WfZMZNUpX1_3wdknFwMLQ5V5N5WUMmiBm94m5GdKtO3RNRbY2b4EQxfjxAjE3i41_NVJjDU-xN9FZnJVZ7/s4000/20230610_211119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-LI2UllA0Fa_DDJ8V4fZJ_Pn0UCiKi0uNWxFjbRih3hvucEWPwehXZzQOBYhKBYbr83IdFw-Udxql67iOwtENPhKUECSdQB8lruyE1WfZMZNUpX1_3wdknFwMLQ5V5N5WUMmiBm94m5GdKtO3RNRbY2b4EQxfjxAjE3i41_NVJjDU-xN9FZnJVZ7/w640-h360/20230610_211119.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>There are over 75 lanterns set up here...each one brought over for a Night Glow photo event on the last day of their gathering!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwmF6jRLxesGyykw6Z1NINy6ld1faMocDCa-OvPYjUImRy7GFgYapCOyqKxEZb3In9PDDbLY1-YARcp4fbzVfqJgWpSbFOtWbTdCH6uUAsVqIl_tl7eHNbG3kiB8zyElPoLFvtuEsBhIirj46QyLzDepyKieQI-iEDWxZrZWFvit6jaCupahDRH0I/s3099/20230610_210642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="3099" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwmF6jRLxesGyykw6Z1NINy6ld1faMocDCa-OvPYjUImRy7GFgYapCOyqKxEZb3In9PDDbLY1-YARcp4fbzVfqJgWpSbFOtWbTdCH6uUAsVqIl_tl7eHNbG3kiB8zyElPoLFvtuEsBhIirj46QyLzDepyKieQI-iEDWxZrZWFvit6jaCupahDRH0I/w640-h274/20230610_210642.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's a close up as they are arriving. All colors and models. Very cool!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>When we arrived a the RV park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, we noticed a number of the trailers had large tables set up with lanterns on them. Odd. So, one afternoon, we took at walk around and found out that this is a get-together that happens up to eight times a year! These people LOVE their lanterns.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeujYFA4PdcAmSI8BjxWS8xBwxzZsCxDHNLE8-nQJZJgowUT-6CzDs9lI8wlfCFHpyjKEo2jwkyPtHY5-9U9SPuh8axPXyTrNEIylQl9WiklYSDLoIQrULjDcPHfKDKxOp1FEObMXHKdYAuS4iC9iHNXZ4VLuTuMjSgtmoQPaaxsEsMtjz3CnYLw0I/s4000/20230608_202308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeujYFA4PdcAmSI8BjxWS8xBwxzZsCxDHNLE8-nQJZJgowUT-6CzDs9lI8wlfCFHpyjKEo2jwkyPtHY5-9U9SPuh8axPXyTrNEIylQl9WiklYSDLoIQrULjDcPHfKDKxOp1FEObMXHKdYAuS4iC9iHNXZ4VLuTuMjSgtmoQPaaxsEsMtjz3CnYLw0I/w400-h225/20230608_202308.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I bet most of us have had one of these in our lifetimes...maybe still do !</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRFR7kMTX8_VPLA071fTGFnfBdTOl_aRtf9K0r4yobNVu-gOBN30IdNupkW3rOuxsC_EnTnmD257gh6nEJLl63bAL80V66MoKOOy0yQWTbuI2fOjyhrHFa8Ccsm7M9CIyPxp7H29ODuUtP2Lnyo-HSNOWi4Zw1NO4wbNDanNqEgQAown7s7E-rKmP/s4000/20230608_204058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRFR7kMTX8_VPLA071fTGFnfBdTOl_aRtf9K0r4yobNVu-gOBN30IdNupkW3rOuxsC_EnTnmD257gh6nEJLl63bAL80V66MoKOOy0yQWTbuI2fOjyhrHFa8Ccsm7M9CIyPxp7H29ODuUtP2Lnyo-HSNOWi4Zw1NO4wbNDanNqEgQAown7s7E-rKmP/w400-h225/20230608_204058.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>These bases are made of nickel, not chrome</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5r1gba9D0caMyHqzwFw2K-OzjV3aCCj5jOtjTAW9XEtp-fvRePXvnOTbusU7o1nq3yHI8v5UZ0UIHsQA1ykZ0_GUiFB88qDe__R0edNJhoK8vlMu6mstAXRyDWT-6Xv2nOHyX2ft57OcUXjSUZLGW-0-P7Y9Sv7sEjpC_Kx6iJazrENw1wFFc3r0/s4000/20230608_204100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5r1gba9D0caMyHqzwFw2K-OzjV3aCCj5jOtjTAW9XEtp-fvRePXvnOTbusU7o1nq3yHI8v5UZ0UIHsQA1ykZ0_GUiFB88qDe__R0edNJhoK8vlMu6mstAXRyDWT-6Xv2nOHyX2ft57OcUXjSUZLGW-0-P7Y9Sv7sEjpC_Kx6iJazrENw1wFFc3r0/w400-h225/20230608_204100.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>They burn white gas, not kerosene. Kerosene burns hotter and brighter but </i><i style="text-align: left;">white gas is superior to kerosene in almost every way. Kerosene is dirtier and produces more soot</i><span style="text-align: left;">.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnX4LXTqdxE2RsYgibJpGn32G3nPblVYzHgYcy79rLN5DnOdyGs1LFZtodESm3sMrmLZAcuAHw398nj6B5UMmKRu6Wjfq6yU6WYm-djhcjVc8hti_p6NrYF2PquU_-__aHs-by_1DBmVyr7UEKn7UGf7uzNIBFW7_pACO5rzEl3O_UEOaBXQf2N5l/s4000/20230608_204104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnX4LXTqdxE2RsYgibJpGn32G3nPblVYzHgYcy79rLN5DnOdyGs1LFZtodESm3sMrmLZAcuAHw398nj6B5UMmKRu6Wjfq6yU6WYm-djhcjVc8hti_p6NrYF2PquU_-__aHs-by_1DBmVyr7UEKn7UGf7uzNIBFW7_pACO5rzEl3O_UEOaBXQf2N5l/w400-h225/20230608_204104.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This one on the left even had it's own carrying case to keep it safe. One of the guys made his own carrying cases out of wood.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9gQXOHbGdMrBqbHEW3KA6cR8JdMII6oA8BWbRJFhN4pe00DxPU8qiLxOclTaS6t_tUaCdKMin5bmRB7QWF9cGdBauyZf9Taz0KVZb5ghxEcfbNUCXJpRlP3rsk2o4II1GYblQTDthSd4F9gMB2J8C0B8hF2FpNDrwDiKYMQZNLtzAVheJc3X3eQv/s4000/20230608_205131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9gQXOHbGdMrBqbHEW3KA6cR8JdMII6oA8BWbRJFhN4pe00DxPU8qiLxOclTaS6t_tUaCdKMin5bmRB7QWF9cGdBauyZf9Taz0KVZb5ghxEcfbNUCXJpRlP3rsk2o4II1GYblQTDthSd4F9gMB2J8C0B8hF2FpNDrwDiKYMQZNLtzAVheJc3X3eQv/w400-h225/20230608_205131.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>People come to show off, buy and sell and trade information<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9Ie0NVbHowJGK8iXjps7eg99QfJ1GtuoJSQws36Mk37mmVgl6iEwECjmNUBpiUogdTZ7RJYA9VGPKXPoCqWBM9VLt6UmtsgiNbOuPKjX4rZetR7H4MJe62fC62aBvg-nq6dfmOxbVKlMOcFAIWIDjZe2Cu0RoVDfaMXNVWuvvEFhsjzDOoZ6sqIt/s4000/20230608_205442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9Ie0NVbHowJGK8iXjps7eg99QfJ1GtuoJSQws36Mk37mmVgl6iEwECjmNUBpiUogdTZ7RJYA9VGPKXPoCqWBM9VLt6UmtsgiNbOuPKjX4rZetR7H4MJe62fC62aBvg-nq6dfmOxbVKlMOcFAIWIDjZe2Cu0RoVDfaMXNVWuvvEFhsjzDOoZ6sqIt/w400-h225/20230608_205442.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>...just one of the "booths".<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtizlAXXSWUhfCpjdcJhsivbN4bJKjbWfiA1xB8-wII2IUnnjFC4LN-mcfc91BneLYuAJWFS63cWUdZ3ih4gl3IsDcR4JsO9-ika02OmyxIq4Wp8FZ2obNMtEUyfGhohgiIgdH-NmH3Bwglihg-W1aG6pga3hrj9fkUi-g5c08AnEjJVOd1M2m70Dr/s4000/20230608_210216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtizlAXXSWUhfCpjdcJhsivbN4bJKjbWfiA1xB8-wII2IUnnjFC4LN-mcfc91BneLYuAJWFS63cWUdZ3ih4gl3IsDcR4JsO9-ika02OmyxIq4Wp8FZ2obNMtEUyfGhohgiIgdH-NmH3Bwglihg-W1aG6pga3hrj9fkUi-g5c08AnEjJVOd1M2m70Dr/w400-h225/20230608_210216.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The blue ones in the upper left were made by Coleman for Sears so there's no Coleman label anywhere on them. It says "Sears" instead.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">T</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQkz2x0u_1phef8BW50Rm9BNkmqgG-Gb-S03M97YIE6wpAxndGFwBPiFKill1cBn9u8iYF8ubPh7nVL7zTCfBrZw3CRGUBZ6vAWQz0FOnynlH-OjFdutNhYBsnqIMRm5flyjVhJaCAF-pHkFTUmvO_ZnUodjXEONx6F-RjBSZrcBvCOeMuGJ9iozb/s4000/20230610_205854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQkz2x0u_1phef8BW50Rm9BNkmqgG-Gb-S03M97YIE6wpAxndGFwBPiFKill1cBn9u8iYF8ubPh7nVL7zTCfBrZw3CRGUBZ6vAWQz0FOnynlH-OjFdutNhYBsnqIMRm5flyjVhJaCAF-pHkFTUmvO_ZnUodjXEONx6F-RjBSZrcBvCOeMuGJ9iozb/w400-h225/20230610_205854.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>They are so colorful and, most of the people had a number of them lit so the area was magical.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr9VxnBZlw1dZgRbf58J_7BHXgvJezkXGN_FVyTphXHWKHlmgx_2YJh2pVNWVrp0cRyRS7ZqCtmYdWJsWcat0ieFQ3zqpJIlOC6tdlt82N5TFX6ocRYQHrBLj5ZbUHpgWWRq-rjBqAeP6N2nf87mNyK-CydZflbB7Ua-9vneCALQpwlcAqfuVRC2b/s4000/20230610_210054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr9VxnBZlw1dZgRbf58J_7BHXgvJezkXGN_FVyTphXHWKHlmgx_2YJh2pVNWVrp0cRyRS7ZqCtmYdWJsWcat0ieFQ3zqpJIlOC6tdlt82N5TFX6ocRYQHrBLj5ZbUHpgWWRq-rjBqAeP6N2nf87mNyK-CydZflbB7Ua-9vneCALQpwlcAqfuVRC2b/w400-h225/20230610_210054.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is everyone with their individual lanterns heading towards the gathering.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>What is White Gas?</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFG_-dvmMdSRK6CAdsmzMMIA5N_mqkQ0Z-MK21O5hc8QF0LJwQi3SldAAZatkEEkrrnoYM0sUmjx959kP0mwfui2uhslw_mWyxdb5I8rifyNvZsvUj79kVsYC1cDBODm9YfR0xjjxfoOMiMMVoFzHCftE4pcg_XuDtqkm36DLXhRmOmh6i9e5F5FHV/s613/white%20gas%20container.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="437" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFG_-dvmMdSRK6CAdsmzMMIA5N_mqkQ0Z-MK21O5hc8QF0LJwQi3SldAAZatkEEkrrnoYM0sUmjx959kP0mwfui2uhslw_mWyxdb5I8rifyNvZsvUj79kVsYC1cDBODm9YfR0xjjxfoOMiMMVoFzHCftE4pcg_XuDtqkm36DLXhRmOmh6i9e5F5FHV/s320/white%20gas%20container.JPG" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><i>White gas is a very pure form of gasoline that does not contain any additives and has only about 50-55 octane.</i></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Some of the lanterns that we saw were made back in 1931! There were also some very elaborate and unusual ones.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMTAafuBk--g1Lp72h1uEKcP_a_C36dJp1GBGDeZ0zT6lF1NRpvi2Vhp9xWGrzA7dWw9WRKfpBhLjoXYO3aLPiZKmVHaOo58jNrQ1aac8L_Ncg6rpH-6JRb_wFV35_DYZ-4X8N5FN7-2DX4gHlqtMHAGGmQYAGiCj690YlHIBDkOKvU7wVK1gamTg/s4000/20230608_202331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMTAafuBk--g1Lp72h1uEKcP_a_C36dJp1GBGDeZ0zT6lF1NRpvi2Vhp9xWGrzA7dWw9WRKfpBhLjoXYO3aLPiZKmVHaOo58jNrQ1aac8L_Ncg6rpH-6JRb_wFV35_DYZ-4X8N5FN7-2DX4gHlqtMHAGGmQYAGiCj690YlHIBDkOKvU7wVK1gamTg/w225-h400/20230608_202331.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This one was made to hang from the ceiling.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSMGcsLm9kUGrVR2b032APMYgdwUJuBicg8D5OkbeYg8TwMcKeBinIm7_IJKcN2-E-uwGp01duX93bEbXyMqHzfTO6dBhSZlBtjecoMGKWQvP0El5Sai-pc8Ul_kBmG9xqEhou3ZLOOmI60kRmrmzSxWEzbh57WTn1-jVPb9f5bUHkbZlp_8pjOHp/s4000/20230608_202423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSMGcsLm9kUGrVR2b032APMYgdwUJuBicg8D5OkbeYg8TwMcKeBinIm7_IJKcN2-E-uwGp01duX93bEbXyMqHzfTO6dBhSZlBtjecoMGKWQvP0El5Sai-pc8Ul_kBmG9xqEhou3ZLOOmI60kRmrmzSxWEzbh57WTn1-jVPb9f5bUHkbZlp_8pjOHp/w225-h400/20230608_202423.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This one connects to a wall</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8X0XUSDJIk0SHmY-fjC7Nvgz3MhlY1tYItUBD-XVzijtN5QszPQ6ks6W4vkv2bJtASV6hOz-QPq3gSDEhb_UoO_swP8wQqC5MZqqrg_wV2IeNkamtJSOjo5WDhMifTkLqru61AttSQueHpXaOThiw3m2Uw7aKpPJKjLoLpBluDNPJtzZVIeMrqSP/s4000/20230608_203106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8X0XUSDJIk0SHmY-fjC7Nvgz3MhlY1tYItUBD-XVzijtN5QszPQ6ks6W4vkv2bJtASV6hOz-QPq3gSDEhb_UoO_swP8wQqC5MZqqrg_wV2IeNkamtJSOjo5WDhMifTkLqru61AttSQueHpXaOThiw3m2Uw7aKpPJKjLoLpBluDNPJtzZVIeMrqSP/w400-h225/20230608_203106.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This fellow had a 4"binder full of just mantles!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xDFYttGx_7OJisQ4V3psZIWeYFpB5WmZopEWKTCOQGe6XgRZxd0AzSwgon7qaZEbuLOMScmOD0HCeBRjcrhiWp-ecJLWAYNO8o1jdTXAz7URgDdsbJf4IG30DF1ARP5vPPcE-495UXj2UMuw3mjnSajpBWfvxpS0nMnWRdBZc8YU2YxzjFXjr9zv/s4000/20230608_203411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xDFYttGx_7OJisQ4V3psZIWeYFpB5WmZopEWKTCOQGe6XgRZxd0AzSwgon7qaZEbuLOMScmOD0HCeBRjcrhiWp-ecJLWAYNO8o1jdTXAz7URgDdsbJf4IG30DF1ARP5vPPcE-495UXj2UMuw3mjnSajpBWfvxpS0nMnWRdBZc8YU2YxzjFXjr9zv/w225-h400/20230608_203411.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A gorgeous decorate table lamp. Many of the Amish communities around this area have Coleman lanterns throughout their buildings because they don't use electricity.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPFBltx6DWBbeloFTBlx4LzFmegkNXqHo_oRyuOPoYWd2nCZ88YOczHYZu6LZRaKe5BNwV_Sh2nDIDn9OohiEGxTsbLlbejt_sWsruD4o8wV_HpzoqBrwW2-G61PZIXsPuQQkvHvQDFTeD0mCWV4Of2lNTL0Y8agJd6u3q9IUqxvvq5s5z1mXFWqF/s4000/20230608_203415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPFBltx6DWBbeloFTBlx4LzFmegkNXqHo_oRyuOPoYWd2nCZ88YOczHYZu6LZRaKe5BNwV_Sh2nDIDn9OohiEGxTsbLlbejt_sWsruD4o8wV_HpzoqBrwW2-G61PZIXsPuQQkvHvQDFTeD0mCWV4Of2lNTL0Y8agJd6u3q9IUqxvvq5s5z1mXFWqF/w400-h225/20230608_203415.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>These two very large ones, are some of the most beautiful we saw. Don't you agree?</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3vsNlFKASu2SmF1h-FA7M1-p0_9rixSeNyOs8L8YVOev2yKN8gszVTMXEwJ-Nk7AZHDB_oansvBQ_FqJqbf3jCaRsiKh3ao5aLUwEgbOC3N4WFsaZhqBYewaqrF-ybJ62UABmTUBBiAwotbA7sCKcLgnjloIrr0d29IpGO_fzrWuiw1hXGdjzr0D/s4000/20230608_204404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS3vsNlFKASu2SmF1h-FA7M1-p0_9rixSeNyOs8L8YVOev2yKN8gszVTMXEwJ-Nk7AZHDB_oansvBQ_FqJqbf3jCaRsiKh3ao5aLUwEgbOC3N4WFsaZhqBYewaqrF-ybJ62UABmTUBBiAwotbA7sCKcLgnjloIrr0d29IpGO_fzrWuiw1hXGdjzr0D/w225-h400/20230608_204404.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This is a very large one that was used to heat up a chicken coop.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Vx3qrebQkKUqLzsZiut8JiCOb00x5kGmb2lHE8POqWaBELVBvkaw14W3iFi8HsqzfZHTxKATfQhaVAKqUcUG7KYDacMzbmYarz_uHOaB9UU_ZFgU9OzNyGQ1GQEcqdL_PUjyh2Pk6Fv2x6WahY0qwn_33YGRjFW2NCTp9grcdgpxLgLXBmxyxv3/s4000/20230610_205900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Vx3qrebQkKUqLzsZiut8JiCOb00x5kGmb2lHE8POqWaBELVBvkaw14W3iFi8HsqzfZHTxKATfQhaVAKqUcUG7KYDacMzbmYarz_uHOaB9UU_ZFgU9OzNyGQ1GQEcqdL_PUjyh2Pk6Fv2x6WahY0qwn_33YGRjFW2NCTp9grcdgpxLgLXBmxyxv3/w225-h400/20230610_205900.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This is an upside-down one. We put our hands over the top and could really feel the heat!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibutcMx5Kg1fI3lACJFc206OsDQUTO0C3CAhQk6c3Pa6VGH3jM5Fwa_HT2bh43bf4QASepAd19LQYWvd2EvrDO8nSJQgshck8R6vTQcCx0yugShNwBIQP2h4-YQ8flHx-plj4ZHTlRVLYfTQ2c3vx9y9Z0ttZrR87C4bEziFjju7Sx9iugACAJlenz/s3835/20230608_205345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="3835" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibutcMx5Kg1fI3lACJFc206OsDQUTO0C3CAhQk6c3Pa6VGH3jM5Fwa_HT2bh43bf4QASepAd19LQYWvd2EvrDO8nSJQgshck8R6vTQcCx0yugShNwBIQP2h4-YQ8flHx-plj4ZHTlRVLYfTQ2c3vx9y9Z0ttZrR87C4bEziFjju7Sx9iugACAJlenz/w640-h174/20230608_205345.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's part of the "magical" part at night when they're all lit.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Some very, very nice people. You can ask them questions and they are more than willing to talk about their passion, how long they've been in it, when and how did they get started. A part of life that we never knew existed. We're glad they were here at the same time us.<br /><p>Hope you enjoyed this unusual blog entry. We sure did!</p><p>See you next time</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHTA3nFPZRDQ4MhPXSildfU1MofjeqMGOH08QACD0v6VljO9nqAdG_1Y1V9YSkBDlEQLhaECPPwR53aEc4iniZsFZWzTWtQgjYSSHJDj0SHDFVDHv6CkmNS8PbfbCCfBA-Dyngt45yg3b2qsUNBBcCZ5ZL0wc6ICiAPjXQy8PYpxEbDfqH-g94rmx/s739/6-17.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="730" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHTA3nFPZRDQ4MhPXSildfU1MofjeqMGOH08QACD0v6VljO9nqAdG_1Y1V9YSkBDlEQLhaECPPwR53aEc4iniZsFZWzTWtQgjYSSHJDj0SHDFVDHv6CkmNS8PbfbCCfBA-Dyngt45yg3b2qsUNBBcCZ5ZL0wc6ICiAPjXQy8PYpxEbDfqH-g94rmx/w395-h400/6-17.JPG" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our journey so far. As of this writing, we're up in Connecticut.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoOsd_2wRJbtdOGSSoZHmE6fnl2vXuxBxvgHRFgRRiFWFwaJR8cqCX00ZGMKy61AH2uPVUTzwkZZszwVIj2i3Is_s1PLEQEHKWsMT-IpVapuokThyHyBWSjZVLN3Ghh2GH-L3PK7689Qzd580Z18o-i9K0rEsMK5xHYq6HQ-tgrdo9JJi7aEClBRL/s1509/20221019_214652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1509" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoOsd_2wRJbtdOGSSoZHmE6fnl2vXuxBxvgHRFgRRiFWFwaJR8cqCX00ZGMKy61AH2uPVUTzwkZZszwVIj2i3Is_s1PLEQEHKWsMT-IpVapuokThyHyBWSjZVLN3Ghh2GH-L3PK7689Qzd580Z18o-i9K0rEsMK5xHYq6HQ-tgrdo9JJi7aEClBRL/s320/20221019_214652.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta get Katie in here someplace.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com1Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA39.8309293 -77.231095511.520695463821156 -112.3873455 68.141163136178847 -42.074845499999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-67479505014904212572023-06-09T15:47:00.000-07:002023-06-09T15:47:07.917-07:00SOUTH OF THE BORDER Tacky places<p> Okay, this one is not your typical tourist destination but, we stayed here one night and poked around so we thought we'd do a bit of a blog entry on this. Prepare yourself!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMpA41NKALIJ6zSwVAEkJV1O_xtX2TRZ9c5yCrA6q4-sDodGp3L1kSi5ZT45E_GgYn9ofsAPGQi39Es3cpuM8MdfmfSaraYMf2kjzG2Qot-N7ZiQTjPylAjFmLv36AF4Tt-7GQLmAMxCjqeQyAx8JWHr3MAocV39L1SqsbYcdh28SpRea5kjv6VXB/s1182/20230601_153756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="837" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMpA41NKALIJ6zSwVAEkJV1O_xtX2TRZ9c5yCrA6q4-sDodGp3L1kSi5ZT45E_GgYn9ofsAPGQi39Es3cpuM8MdfmfSaraYMf2kjzG2Qot-N7ZiQTjPylAjFmLv36AF4Tt-7GQLmAMxCjqeQyAx8JWHr3MAocV39L1SqsbYcdh28SpRea5kjv6VXB/w284-h400/20230601_153756.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can go to the top of this tower...but..what for? It's flat everwhere!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7gVvIa3h2OAMl68jo-ETqAqQM8ghMIwzXoou2HDeStIVEKFwD520YRifP24vLnETvLwFBA-gYt0H16nXjD4l5sLOj0OlslSTGFCDTqI1dp23BcbfvmzaIx3ystk0V5XzZRS015SfnST0hQJN2mL0-sYQhV1Sk4XQFGv59sln9uvhs2OjkCZyWeJ0/s1302/20230601_153823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="946" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7gVvIa3h2OAMl68jo-ETqAqQM8ghMIwzXoou2HDeStIVEKFwD520YRifP24vLnETvLwFBA-gYt0H16nXjD4l5sLOj0OlslSTGFCDTqI1dp23BcbfvmzaIx3ystk0V5XzZRS015SfnST0hQJN2mL0-sYQhV1Sk4XQFGv59sln9uvhs2OjkCZyWeJ0/w291-h400/20230601_153823.jpg" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many of the buildings are word down but these are so vibrant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK8ObEsE0gNyYqwTiAVIpbfxU8LfADhTvSUfZG4AzplnfCxlkFyfY62tWkFp9h4oOHhvHR7CZAcfUB1yfqewEFDgzFO1fa6W65nnyb-1Kl4_bMrHrH-v_M-CvjoVcVBFizCs9DGXAZja5xU_ZxKLok9JNswzCjYUyp40wZIMpuUe7vZ0yNIwDGDE7/s4000/20230601_164928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK8ObEsE0gNyYqwTiAVIpbfxU8LfADhTvSUfZG4AzplnfCxlkFyfY62tWkFp9h4oOHhvHR7CZAcfUB1yfqewEFDgzFO1fa6W65nnyb-1Kl4_bMrHrH-v_M-CvjoVcVBFizCs9DGXAZja5xU_ZxKLok9JNswzCjYUyp40wZIMpuUe7vZ0yNIwDGDE7/w400-h225/20230601_164928.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie is wondering, "what the heck dog is this?"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHUtLGhJUUwbtrGnhU3X3tMOuFMHWIURPLyJ4W0yi3MJVCM1MYEOtauC8eaZn73-TbsEDeNxt-GVncD1JCgwKep1uO8ULu6ezC1PdA5ALUdTuJpgceu9abD6SYuspNCHZIySTAyORcLrXMKVJPIHv-PdjQKpmQsXX6wZe_MIX7XA6d2wOZoAf0utF/s4000/20230601_165421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHUtLGhJUUwbtrGnhU3X3tMOuFMHWIURPLyJ4W0yi3MJVCM1MYEOtauC8eaZn73-TbsEDeNxt-GVncD1JCgwKep1uO8ULu6ezC1PdA5ALUdTuJpgceu9abD6SYuspNCHZIySTAyORcLrXMKVJPIHv-PdjQKpmQsXX6wZe_MIX7XA6d2wOZoAf0utF/w400-h225/20230601_165421.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flamingo and Pedro...what could be a better combination?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTopW3rBA_Y8Z1ZlOKvb6B1gx8SVKmjaej0_9iNbZOZ-Vr-gX3vw7Nc2gX4mSK0WFuyJU0ZP78TXogdqkzVkLrR_8s7XzjY7GF1AP_LYtVJgc3IuGdKFfBqdeXxaZTwe_l5DwLKmmhSIy2rAG2MAtLq_1ViZXrwv3yxfVQD4l-0rAlRUYQLq3ufHD/s4000/20230601_165534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbTopW3rBA_Y8Z1ZlOKvb6B1gx8SVKmjaej0_9iNbZOZ-Vr-gX3vw7Nc2gX4mSK0WFuyJU0ZP78TXogdqkzVkLrR_8s7XzjY7GF1AP_LYtVJgc3IuGdKFfBqdeXxaZTwe_l5DwLKmmhSIy2rAG2MAtLq_1ViZXrwv3yxfVQD4l-0rAlRUYQLq3ufHD/w225-h400/20230601_165534.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy is HUGE !</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6foTLn22OwLplK_pfjSTtOzNr7zAFV_Zoo9Ko1W2NkCAHQY5v6hQqKSkhYqjDUiEhclnUFdcemClWPHc-7cTBo9lYdY8RMG1xu_-dz0nqJPzm95U7UNk00-6E9dM5ROsTqKnjHIf5bLZF5XUkUS9IQRDs_V5iZAp_y0y4TnSukI0M-u4Qr0mCK1z/s4000/20230601_170140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6foTLn22OwLplK_pfjSTtOzNr7zAFV_Zoo9Ko1W2NkCAHQY5v6hQqKSkhYqjDUiEhclnUFdcemClWPHc-7cTBo9lYdY8RMG1xu_-dz0nqJPzm95U7UNk00-6E9dM5ROsTqKnjHIf5bLZF5XUkUS9IQRDs_V5iZAp_y0y4TnSukI0M-u4Qr0mCK1z/w400-h225/20230601_170140.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They have a walkway across the road to get to the other tacky places.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed_-B7sSN7HnBjCuLI_4qeY2WRgYXZHoYEL5N3G-rBawERkMqHs2OS0jTE5YSomeUysNLEO1dVAMUxSmy5yHSdQ3pI35bnKEgBDmvl1MkEf6YfniZutJ5m3choSjO444-75w3iwLPnZObaiSIXKfqv_deBMat8y-a7qSxWNDPAKN6hBHGW6QLpTV7/s4000/20230601_170257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed_-B7sSN7HnBjCuLI_4qeY2WRgYXZHoYEL5N3G-rBawERkMqHs2OS0jTE5YSomeUysNLEO1dVAMUxSmy5yHSdQ3pI35bnKEgBDmvl1MkEf6YfniZutJ5m3choSjO444-75w3iwLPnZObaiSIXKfqv_deBMat8y-a7qSxWNDPAKN6hBHGW6QLpTV7/w400-h225/20230601_170257.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another tacky place...this time the GIFT SHOP !!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH8MapDPKoNTMJvxfnsnkwFFeYHW9JYbwFn4Fb4Jk5csh56KK8djTNCwGWsQ2yHTbMKRBHOGfv0Z8nyrylaPd6ZkbBzb8I16Z9i5PCOGLFd9UPph8MUQ3t4VWG9Dq6Sgf2FjnCM3Ki5O6pIpYJuzZt1EALQ9jvQdVPrOnTsivYyc8SP5yB3oIa9r2/s4000/20230601_170711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH8MapDPKoNTMJvxfnsnkwFFeYHW9JYbwFn4Fb4Jk5csh56KK8djTNCwGWsQ2yHTbMKRBHOGfv0Z8nyrylaPd6ZkbBzb8I16Z9i5PCOGLFd9UPph8MUQ3t4VWG9Dq6Sgf2FjnCM3Ki5O6pIpYJuzZt1EALQ9jvQdVPrOnTsivYyc8SP5yB3oIa9r2/w400-h225/20230601_170711.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This place is so large...four rooms this big!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrCodaEk8FmyZWbL1MDklCQNY7gsSGNFC-Tqz6hTryumuKVjyoNPv7uqlPDGBm6P6QeOj8J7CBDcjA3jZZIbzanVK1oGW381Ijzg-ZIthvpsqwLrCWiXokzxAt7uKehbtOtZhFLeuKSLJlqWKZ86JmTECwO3rh8tK0bbLrDpTx4rfo4NdZlxqDXNou/s4000/20230601_170713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMQR1RzIIa_s9ElSP41yHyJt8OldXApnxu5LSGJr3t6uYarqBCnh2sjb4eHXwQ2izSQLHj5Zz0UpPMF6PDePfPY9QqSwQdm7ECYtqbbCJhiQ0C_bcAfH3-bApVPGisCsPiUQHo4AGky0IF9Ihm65-s3HKImU3cQUR8fM-R8pZhWPPeMi32lreKd4L/s4000/20230601_170840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMQR1RzIIa_s9ElSP41yHyJt8OldXApnxu5LSGJr3t6uYarqBCnh2sjb4eHXwQ2izSQLHj5Zz0UpPMF6PDePfPY9QqSwQdm7ECYtqbbCJhiQ0C_bcAfH3-bApVPGisCsPiUQHo4AGky0IF9Ihm65-s3HKImU3cQUR8fM-R8pZhWPPeMi32lreKd4L/w400-h225/20230601_170840.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...just a sampling of the "stuff"....all made in China, of course</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmclImckofG7G4hR7unOljtcOYet1H6VG8Ld9Xkfpy02hDDjBzuC9h4qKMkKsnVVh0ZGTiN2E_AZGm90TKwLNoFWYAyJ542p0LuGgJCxe-QMijhL8dHpoFHBouGFCZklLALOqzioCGOPKmCXxnfkA_kMThvx3cgJAWVQE48vHCSdW0OxqXPsJH9ue/s4000/20230601_171032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmclImckofG7G4hR7unOljtcOYet1H6VG8Ld9Xkfpy02hDDjBzuC9h4qKMkKsnVVh0ZGTiN2E_AZGm90TKwLNoFWYAyJ542p0LuGgJCxe-QMijhL8dHpoFHBouGFCZklLALOqzioCGOPKmCXxnfkA_kMThvx3cgJAWVQE48vHCSdW0OxqXPsJH9ue/w400-h225/20230601_171032.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more "stuff"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckqjW1nfB0a3U10-oTa0V7aEn3eSysLa373xgyKym8JYDR04QVJg8Mb6YkBHngobqSEEJPSGGFxh-Yt0zQk8ghfz7L-Id7PH8LzRawti6WTGlQ3fzaHP0PW6stj_maepU_H5bQ--L4ZEUup7laOlmV0fRhFONWWlmrFOJKvzrpFvaSelX3D5axeJA/s4000/20230601_171047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckqjW1nfB0a3U10-oTa0V7aEn3eSysLa373xgyKym8JYDR04QVJg8Mb6YkBHngobqSEEJPSGGFxh-Yt0zQk8ghfz7L-Id7PH8LzRawti6WTGlQ3fzaHP0PW6stj_maepU_H5bQ--L4ZEUup7laOlmV0fRhFONWWlmrFOJKvzrpFvaSelX3D5axeJA/w400-h225/20230601_171047.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and on the walls!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4nXaDrCagBJl0C8Cw5qTc5834GkypESbT74upRxbwMG4hkJO_0oJHTQEMy94KL-fFbTuk82LyOeUMpXppJktlwyn6PCenylms4PeRxWQy3-S4WOuG4XNqGvyxTp1-ConFIp_5SM2IXLzT_2gE8_9F0lJMvWTjR2H0-Rkgi15tWD98OKpRNQuNqrl/s4000/20230601_171054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4nXaDrCagBJl0C8Cw5qTc5834GkypESbT74upRxbwMG4hkJO_0oJHTQEMy94KL-fFbTuk82LyOeUMpXppJktlwyn6PCenylms4PeRxWQy3-S4WOuG4XNqGvyxTp1-ConFIp_5SM2IXLzT_2gE8_9F0lJMvWTjR2H0-Rkgi15tWD98OKpRNQuNqrl/w400-h225/20230601_171054.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">who buys these?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vds3DkBrvGzMP0A5Dng5e8PEhQztoX-Z91DO8mDAEn_rA9eU1miwes28iT-Nafu14grLDizLkwoWZ7c-GidBgJHD1rndLQilzbY1M7JxrCdZVrRJwz0U3Dd4iXDJ-G17N-raTL6SmiK34mUPmTeFWiSjaJFoACqRi1RYTq11NP868GMZQfkRd6Nh/s4000/20230601_171120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vds3DkBrvGzMP0A5Dng5e8PEhQztoX-Z91DO8mDAEn_rA9eU1miwes28iT-Nafu14grLDizLkwoWZ7c-GidBgJHD1rndLQilzbY1M7JxrCdZVrRJwz0U3Dd4iXDJ-G17N-raTL6SmiK34mUPmTeFWiSjaJFoACqRi1RYTq11NP868GMZQfkRd6Nh/w400-h225/20230601_171120.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All gators!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEVtoaOv7CR7IDqYPlbK_WJz6ns4IZtoLyQfxHtzIQumgax7ss77KeqoPbH8A36Kr47XFXQim5UswvKZjJ1tIIrneNoa34dibp9OLBVIvQUVLINMAFE0mz3Kw5gjoq3mvf8jbxWXNa_4MCIIhxmwXvr8V3viKPkTALr6iSWhlNEzVETISo9MC5T9V/s4000/20230601_171207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEVtoaOv7CR7IDqYPlbK_WJz6ns4IZtoLyQfxHtzIQumgax7ss77KeqoPbH8A36Kr47XFXQim5UswvKZjJ1tIIrneNoa34dibp9OLBVIvQUVLINMAFE0mz3Kw5gjoq3mvf8jbxWXNa_4MCIIhxmwXvr8V3viKPkTALr6iSWhlNEzVETISo9MC5T9V/w400-h225/20230601_171207.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is one of 4 rooms..this one is for clothing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZrxFYY7r5eEZIUlZBpA_gi649hf5YGm6ezr9HuMk3LFK51rVDxxfP1Gm9G338jpjipqdVjqXnwKi8h1uc-i9kwcf-C0EumhjBWaSFk2WexAx85lRyaGYMy8zuhaRnYQZQZ0Xbre-uU6qFs2Wqv-jwSEuy5_iHAIA8vjYsTeWuF0GjPnFOdY9hxpd/s4000/20230601_172143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZrxFYY7r5eEZIUlZBpA_gi649hf5YGm6ezr9HuMk3LFK51rVDxxfP1Gm9G338jpjipqdVjqXnwKi8h1uc-i9kwcf-C0EumhjBWaSFk2WexAx85lRyaGYMy8zuhaRnYQZQZ0Xbre-uU6qFs2Wqv-jwSEuy5_iHAIA8vjYsTeWuF0GjPnFOdY9hxpd/w360-h640/20230601_172143.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I found my new travelling outfit....no wait...Kim says, "NO" !!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwwPGuLFCHcygIwjwGzvJ3mgPHi5KLOAnkb-HbUb3KI_fOOI1pkA7Of7mlVwVBIg3T9HHqDNQKKgCnpdAruWalNg-0xTLbUOaLK5ueaAGYhcxJpHPRnvASqFwpaSmbcHRIevRsgn2SVtZQURn6w1kdzpRz6VX2F5bhn1AWsZr0MCKPS1D7kGeKOZA/s4000/20230601_172308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwwPGuLFCHcygIwjwGzvJ3mgPHi5KLOAnkb-HbUb3KI_fOOI1pkA7Of7mlVwVBIg3T9HHqDNQKKgCnpdAruWalNg-0xTLbUOaLK5ueaAGYhcxJpHPRnvASqFwpaSmbcHRIevRsgn2SVtZQURn6w1kdzpRz6VX2F5bhn1AWsZr0MCKPS1D7kGeKOZA/w225-h400/20230601_172308.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The World's Large Beer Stein...only $3500<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Well, this one was kinda fun huh?<div><br /></div><div>We'll do better stuff as we travel more.</div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-78436582611315794612022-10-21T19:12:00.002-07:002022-10-21T19:12:40.019-07:00Trip out west 2022<p> Instead of posting individual blog entries for EVERYONE of our stops...of which we've done 40 so far, it might be better to just post one photo per site with a caption. Let's see how this works for you.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzow5H9QL0OShL8Fqe8kKLLlaCm3H41-CSeswgI_sCMJvfpVD7gmTkhuddLwfdneuO40GIOpXwv0VE2PbCkx-guyA3dFzIUj877j81_ldhw4nXZH74RK1KwcbFC-w0GS_loRpalOnMGXxy0PE-cg1_syoxih7i9lwtEhO3w7DfPUDqAu9yIUWF-NOV/s6816/20220619_174405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2896" data-original-width="6816" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzow5H9QL0OShL8Fqe8kKLLlaCm3H41-CSeswgI_sCMJvfpVD7gmTkhuddLwfdneuO40GIOpXwv0VE2PbCkx-guyA3dFzIUj877j81_ldhw4nXZH74RK1KwcbFC-w0GS_loRpalOnMGXxy0PE-cg1_syoxih7i9lwtEhO3w7DfPUDqAu9yIUWF-NOV/w400-h170/20220619_174405.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west towards Green Bay from northern Wisconsin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fGjYM5L-Kl-FlFX8bHtSnaMZN8noKS9rXbvtE97Ro-qEdm429lS52NOlFQ46SUaFL5DutRYpFLgmSBCp5yBRHrXKyfHjm8cPAcI9sKmvJ-K9nTTBtf9c8T78tlYBk1OgJ7VB2v3245tVxIsYSFWxNxOeWbA4sF3MpD4gzPdDRph5x0K4NUm01qQC/s4000/20220701_154334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fGjYM5L-Kl-FlFX8bHtSnaMZN8noKS9rXbvtE97Ro-qEdm429lS52NOlFQ46SUaFL5DutRYpFLgmSBCp5yBRHrXKyfHjm8cPAcI9sKmvJ-K9nTTBtf9c8T78tlYBk1OgJ7VB2v3245tVxIsYSFWxNxOeWbA4sF3MpD4gzPdDRph5x0K4NUm01qQC/w400-h225/20220701_154334.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dam and Locks on the Mississippi River. These open and close to let water flow down river.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRg2ysiQBoCnAH6dmaPt6vjV8BDSccIf7X-EV_g2Xvfx_nlMhxOniKyS9PdXiULtq99grIUEam3aMKghiTNAKM7UEBJvBeV46mfHCZrPqEAfKtGrihj16nsZCwBbxxscV5mhKB5pUQD9elwBCs3ufWzWzU0cNmcDt8qqlfWy18jgrFpTI6DyfthG3T/s4000/20220712_094301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRg2ysiQBoCnAH6dmaPt6vjV8BDSccIf7X-EV_g2Xvfx_nlMhxOniKyS9PdXiULtq99grIUEam3aMKghiTNAKM7UEBJvBeV46mfHCZrPqEAfKtGrihj16nsZCwBbxxscV5mhKB5pUQD9elwBCs3ufWzWzU0cNmcDt8qqlfWy18jgrFpTI6DyfthG3T/w400-h225/20220712_094301.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Lewis and Clarke and Seaman (their Newfoundland Dog) outside of Sioux City, Iowa. Terrific musem.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdwu5khYP3nUynCGm2Nl5iN8cnWTc7vzwCrrb5IR_ZNJlBtEhF_JlqXKENY4IO3MDt3JBuNBOu_UGvQcKudFwvCensYQC59Ro6YH0WECTEjnEu41kHVzC_SpCFBebEFCFg289lY15TbfXWulbshqDuq3m0aYUPbtDxEqJMVPVkcXvdjPMLmEJ4R64/s4000/20220714_101345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdwu5khYP3nUynCGm2Nl5iN8cnWTc7vzwCrrb5IR_ZNJlBtEhF_JlqXKENY4IO3MDt3JBuNBOu_UGvQcKudFwvCensYQC59Ro6YH0WECTEjnEu41kHVzC_SpCFBebEFCFg289lY15TbfXWulbshqDuq3m0aYUPbtDxEqJMVPVkcXvdjPMLmEJ4R64/w400-h225/20220714_101345.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical road in...North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota...take your pick.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggemRFCAwnWIb_CMeUnlz1MAZ_jJZRz9EHh1lmutIP5HOijYv50WYqGYDogR1WBpyynjp02pixNU0acB_nL0OU_gnLU1Yw98fS9PYRo7oBHlk9lMl3l00rsS55DOe3LMxYmTxh4qeOwwEdSJhfZ4pF1JErUvY-MEUrkA8POaZyuig4RP0bhW1Ts3DV/s4000/20220716_105009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggemRFCAwnWIb_CMeUnlz1MAZ_jJZRz9EHh1lmutIP5HOijYv50WYqGYDogR1WBpyynjp02pixNU0acB_nL0OU_gnLU1Yw98fS9PYRo7oBHlk9lMl3l00rsS55DOe3LMxYmTxh4qeOwwEdSJhfZ4pF1JErUvY-MEUrkA8POaZyuig4RP0bhW1Ts3DV/w400-h225/20220716_105009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Custer's Last Stand gravesite in Montana. I put this off for years every time we passed near it but this year, I decided to visit. A tragic site but interesting historically.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu6o0eiORqyMi2vUqJLpCNo5sjEGImX-CbMHU1WfrYx-ZGbUDm07vPhUu2suaX9PBdOVejNS4vTg1k1JMqlyK8jkSgCrHgnbUuLYzcUaCABoTikLY04T2soTAY-o0z_n_rhAl1Oh-Djxv9Gs5ol2G45-fYG6dMMlQgPIgc-jKhK4C9qbQzZtjovyo/s4000/20220721_212607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzu6o0eiORqyMi2vUqJLpCNo5sjEGImX-CbMHU1WfrYx-ZGbUDm07vPhUu2suaX9PBdOVejNS4vTg1k1JMqlyK8jkSgCrHgnbUuLYzcUaCABoTikLY04T2soTAY-o0z_n_rhAl1Oh-Djxv9Gs5ol2G45-fYG6dMMlQgPIgc-jKhK4C9qbQzZtjovyo/w400-h225/20220721_212607.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonderful sunset in northwest Montana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCOF3z2fkr-4r7Fo4P0lJHsk1hMrqkR6DrKgOJUuVRTRnKID6dhVGBB5f9nFSD3YDG7BJF8bSeoEk3yJjisfd0fYIhUtghOH6GtR5Tm0RQyXusxmJLRllZG7tJuJ1x0cQf4gU0mX2mxPbztHyUlXkm3cg20NNqVvBcpNvT76kcrZIXWqo4bODCW2M/s4000/20220808_161127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCOF3z2fkr-4r7Fo4P0lJHsk1hMrqkR6DrKgOJUuVRTRnKID6dhVGBB5f9nFSD3YDG7BJF8bSeoEk3yJjisfd0fYIhUtghOH6GtR5Tm0RQyXusxmJLRllZG7tJuJ1x0cQf4gU0mX2mxPbztHyUlXkm3cg20NNqVvBcpNvT76kcrZIXWqo4bODCW2M/w400-h225/20220808_161127.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harvesting wheat in Washington. These fields cover central/eastern Washington...very dusty when they harvest!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRw3MCWTI7rGhgG8zDdoJm4KI1hAVPmmtQXgv9PZyvb6k90iWiX0lpoL_YeNg7MT7fkRuescel1-FtR5Vkar1g3HymF8q9j-AEEARomYnkyRVJ_wCpQDvdC8alVwrcdjnLM3ygtZ6h03CSRPKUQMeG9RojO1bSgiYWkJwwtM_HLwspjsuADL5CDcV/s4000/20220813_083905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRw3MCWTI7rGhgG8zDdoJm4KI1hAVPmmtQXgv9PZyvb6k90iWiX0lpoL_YeNg7MT7fkRuescel1-FtR5Vkar1g3HymF8q9j-AEEARomYnkyRVJ_wCpQDvdC8alVwrcdjnLM3ygtZ6h03CSRPKUQMeG9RojO1bSgiYWkJwwtM_HLwspjsuADL5CDcV/w400-h225/20220813_083905.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took a hike here amongst the lava rocks in central Washington. We were the only people within miles!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd_ixhMnlvPWG_G-d1YX1k7piV7pY3f9LtBOtvSxFVbdJv1D0Pf4_-vQKDs01j4U0FjuoDZfnmrGgTrIU9Ts5cTCGMMzfuA0PEIqDIELJi3KIZIJK1iZM7Nv12dBMuLvBQmCSsO2KVQLB27somSbusyaph5Sl8ZXMWy3H03-veAJQRAEe6zuglxed/s4000/20220822_161743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd_ixhMnlvPWG_G-d1YX1k7piV7pY3f9LtBOtvSxFVbdJv1D0Pf4_-vQKDs01j4U0FjuoDZfnmrGgTrIU9Ts5cTCGMMzfuA0PEIqDIELJi3KIZIJK1iZM7Nv12dBMuLvBQmCSsO2KVQLB27somSbusyaph5Sl8ZXMWy3H03-veAJQRAEe6zuglxed/w400-h225/20220822_161743.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our luxurious resort RV sites in Utah!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c3dt0RnGXnU8mbf9rB7hjQzZK8rnuMyQ7lY7WNhsXyIlZHChCqiyGWH2PLTl6aPXdWqtfY-89H8o10D0nQGhTnuPF8ZUzaf2JXjxEz5N1Did8pbTRueFxJJ67hXVxfLb-HI4dXI72kfLNGQf3qjnNoVZbwgmFyEfl3q1FS7eFpXaoxJYi496ymmX/s4000/20220823_081600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7c3dt0RnGXnU8mbf9rB7hjQzZK8rnuMyQ7lY7WNhsXyIlZHChCqiyGWH2PLTl6aPXdWqtfY-89H8o10D0nQGhTnuPF8ZUzaf2JXjxEz5N1Did8pbTRueFxJJ67hXVxfLb-HI4dXI72kfLNGQf3qjnNoVZbwgmFyEfl3q1FS7eFpXaoxJYi496ymmX/w400-h225/20220823_081600.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goblins State Park in Utah. Miles of these formations. If you look really closely, you can see Kim down there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKomcD2OEdDNEaNEk2-CrxUWdq1ECDSOX05ICNvHrP56-3SKR5B9UjEYsnRezuQ1emhxyIx7h5OTQmZqKZ0Y9Gih3ay3vdoWHvxRwq2X4OfxGo19PEI9So0DU5gsXX46ItrtRXmn1a2MiuAbf666bmQ4Gw3weOC9eGMiFUgD093JCvdCg4SKVSLe_0/s4000/20220823_084236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKomcD2OEdDNEaNEk2-CrxUWdq1ECDSOX05ICNvHrP56-3SKR5B9UjEYsnRezuQ1emhxyIx7h5OTQmZqKZ0Y9Gih3ay3vdoWHvxRwq2X4OfxGo19PEI9So0DU5gsXX46ItrtRXmn1a2MiuAbf666bmQ4Gw3weOC9eGMiFUgD093JCvdCg4SKVSLe_0/w400-h225/20220823_084236.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and here she is !</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWX7gaDaxUHGezUc4HThYvc0h444cqE5hvfQpaOZvvEskOsLjac9JtuzDq-jTZsSXhLQrzNM-FdhM4eXWrpxWpTPMlw1T4DI5fhUhmMpPUB72vkIPncFFHNeDvsWMyas_jstBT4puyGmFKDs_Dmtn7-1d2H0jSi7kPr68iC7SvkklNsY53zoOF7Ef/s4000/20220826_152353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWX7gaDaxUHGezUc4HThYvc0h444cqE5hvfQpaOZvvEskOsLjac9JtuzDq-jTZsSXhLQrzNM-FdhM4eXWrpxWpTPMlw1T4DI5fhUhmMpPUB72vkIPncFFHNeDvsWMyas_jstBT4puyGmFKDs_Dmtn7-1d2H0jSi7kPr68iC7SvkklNsY53zoOF7Ef/w400-h225/20220826_152353.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some fabulous Mexican food in Colorado.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiD_9l_tXX7WdTyhs_tEr9azPzF0gqhz5__mbSQ26fxZ9X_LvjTe3uUPZhJ-yw_xDb2fwnyV8DYtdR807ZjeB7pYyR-0x5a-6i8Y1FT2Wio3AsWvnLtQLj0BBpbcCNUgKZQIleT7V6fdEIcw9Lh2y4XcFlq48yi5Ck8mt8DPEIGvQiE7KqQ1PuT1f/s4000/20220826_152359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaiD_9l_tXX7WdTyhs_tEr9azPzF0gqhz5__mbSQ26fxZ9X_LvjTe3uUPZhJ-yw_xDb2fwnyV8DYtdR807ZjeB7pYyR-0x5a-6i8Y1FT2Wio3AsWvnLtQLj0BBpbcCNUgKZQIleT7V6fdEIcw9Lh2y4XcFlq48yi5Ck8mt8DPEIGvQiE7KqQ1PuT1f/w400-h225/20220826_152359.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mole tamales....yummmm</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOetLHVQrRllGGSGzGQ4f8XzH8b7lUjrIk1Usd6gR72KluMS3kv6SpWw86lq5LCbBbLj88IP2kiuydu7Yls6isbnXxtsdwlm062oX6gcY-aJEVONXIF8oBQb-wplkkJzZCWXSceWdOpYjwkCGx6BNVl3vOx9NhPCS0XeXLkn4ojbcuXARq4H_z_wrD/s4000/20220903_134659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOetLHVQrRllGGSGzGQ4f8XzH8b7lUjrIk1Usd6gR72KluMS3kv6SpWw86lq5LCbBbLj88IP2kiuydu7Yls6isbnXxtsdwlm062oX6gcY-aJEVONXIF8oBQb-wplkkJzZCWXSceWdOpYjwkCGx6BNVl3vOx9NhPCS0XeXLkn4ojbcuXARq4H_z_wrD/w400-h225/20220903_134659.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stonehenge in Texas? Yes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nFM9BrLzyIAGontPvrA8AyVeL6Xu5An_YQBsiCWqdulO-R_QmHIybQDrZLx_v4INgh4TYSc7yC8d3CgRpXDC072g4Z0nPIhnCHenx8CU_grtKjPTEYPeaPpomfQE4YbtE6AaKvVrohqsqcP0qtyUagTnFfXhcw1rs5CZaKRtoyS4RoA_T9qzQsyW/s4000/20220903_135747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nFM9BrLzyIAGontPvrA8AyVeL6Xu5An_YQBsiCWqdulO-R_QmHIybQDrZLx_v4INgh4TYSc7yC8d3CgRpXDC072g4Z0nPIhnCHenx8CU_grtKjPTEYPeaPpomfQE4YbtE6AaKvVrohqsqcP0qtyUagTnFfXhcw1rs5CZaKRtoyS4RoA_T9qzQsyW/w400-h225/20220903_135747.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we even drove to Great Britain ! Not.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwB9nSWbFiHlet1EDJ7fncrQCCBjYKfORlx1bwDmjrKiVcejRe36Djv4N6uwxVPrJD76OMM4y_9goE0x9Gag9Q2fvOt95fqBrSZSWy8p4VGAsrZMNZ7X5ME5RCfMuxrsMGsHYvkv1-Kwn27DelTq4KjV1RWYkCMG8_O2fK0FaP78zddfHRyVnU0_S/s4000/20220909_094713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwB9nSWbFiHlet1EDJ7fncrQCCBjYKfORlx1bwDmjrKiVcejRe36Djv4N6uwxVPrJD76OMM4y_9goE0x9Gag9Q2fvOt95fqBrSZSWy8p4VGAsrZMNZ7X5ME5RCfMuxrsMGsHYvkv1-Kwn27DelTq4KjV1RWYkCMG8_O2fK0FaP78zddfHRyVnU0_S/w400-h225/20220909_094713.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful gardens in Fort Worth, Texas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvwAke0W0dc4_hjoDIVUlLdyoOTUEVUlvWuOwo-yX_gOjmOhkbMnwlllX0QaevcAefuWskuTye_CbgOUex7tZtSprz9yqMqI2vUnUnEEyveezPHQw_B9adGtZZ1_datfMbm8EasA7fyxb60Q4R1QjI7fAW6v5de_HXRXhyFCdaM_lKl_KxfESglQL/s4000/20220909_111106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvwAke0W0dc4_hjoDIVUlLdyoOTUEVUlvWuOwo-yX_gOjmOhkbMnwlllX0QaevcAefuWskuTye_CbgOUex7tZtSprz9yqMqI2vUnUnEEyveezPHQw_B9adGtZZ1_datfMbm8EasA7fyxb60Q4R1QjI7fAW6v5de_HXRXhyFCdaM_lKl_KxfESglQL/w400-h225/20220909_111106.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, BBQ is the best in Texas. Look at all that scrumptious food!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0XFqILUNy_0ws_Ylr1GjoI59yiScM2nCiR9Tkhfc9Py9PR03_z_aiaJp4ZmhMOluxYqghv-9cFZEK06z5j0SgcqjQCDRn7KCT2ki8MlLMbajoVtHUhgrHAYBvuOLmMyd6-cktMqXX4b7cOz_M4fc6wv8d44HZ8FXbroq1Zf7BHr8hGAxLVYMLtmv/s4000/20220912_135721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO0XFqILUNy_0ws_Ylr1GjoI59yiScM2nCiR9Tkhfc9Py9PR03_z_aiaJp4ZmhMOluxYqghv-9cFZEK06z5j0SgcqjQCDRn7KCT2ki8MlLMbajoVtHUhgrHAYBvuOLmMyd6-cktMqXX4b7cOz_M4fc6wv8d44HZ8FXbroq1Zf7BHr8hGAxLVYMLtmv/w400-h225/20220912_135721.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and some Louisiana food. Gumbo, Po-Boys and meat pies</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvgvFN3wDc2_tQkPb0d2vyqyT-9yRfbdYorpbSimkClVV0afQM9cOQ_FWqGfyhF2cVot7Gt2JGwjDNC8pMGx-wZ43BevBtLBozFptekd40kkHWObgMiHH0skggPywgU1TtdEpWC0BR0Yl7jRZ3s1gHlKysNl3aa4YsPxmUmI-XqPJ07Rus0N88Mem/s4000/20220921_103750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqvgvFN3wDc2_tQkPb0d2vyqyT-9yRfbdYorpbSimkClVV0afQM9cOQ_FWqGfyhF2cVot7Gt2JGwjDNC8pMGx-wZ43BevBtLBozFptekd40kkHWObgMiHH0skggPywgU1TtdEpWC0BR0Yl7jRZ3s1gHlKysNl3aa4YsPxmUmI-XqPJ07Rus0N88Mem/w400-h225/20220921_103750.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Acadian/Cajun home in Louisiana. No gators this time.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5gZGvwhFkekWPsjI7hCCT7YOScB6zV6sOHLe1lWwnEJBEjyRjw5oTlu6M7SQbbPU9bGsYRaGrtOMr9PYmSu2XTjnHLUD0GX6JNPChyOaZlkGTGew7W03lw4HO1iOww8LgVSP2dwtS_Cb2h4OFQxAwbkoPybEPLLeZGmE98e9kTR8N31aoO2E7HEA/s4000/20220921_122458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5gZGvwhFkekWPsjI7hCCT7YOScB6zV6sOHLe1lWwnEJBEjyRjw5oTlu6M7SQbbPU9bGsYRaGrtOMr9PYmSu2XTjnHLUD0GX6JNPChyOaZlkGTGew7W03lw4HO1iOww8LgVSP2dwtS_Cb2h4OFQxAwbkoPybEPLLeZGmE98e9kTR8N31aoO2E7HEA/w400-h225/20220921_122458.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crawfish Etoufee and fried chicken. Louisiana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAloKnA5sJJbwIPZ0WuOocshvE8GF2Jir3symS81rnLLZq43iZKtuElJ-VCbxevwi8DRINlNjvQw72qkHQ66K_2LcElWL6x7_k8Ec48SX_wx08vagI9eIA17W6IJhI5h7S5CDKDEoh3GEN9fsSXICONIuERT8MqM7RxwHDm1oEDA0jSL0nuxBeo-c/s4000/20220921_122502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAloKnA5sJJbwIPZ0WuOocshvE8GF2Jir3symS81rnLLZq43iZKtuElJ-VCbxevwi8DRINlNjvQw72qkHQ66K_2LcElWL6x7_k8Ec48SX_wx08vagI9eIA17W6IJhI5h7S5CDKDEoh3GEN9fsSXICONIuERT8MqM7RxwHDm1oEDA0jSL0nuxBeo-c/w400-h225/20220921_122502.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red beans, sausage and rice. Louisiana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeO4YqXwiUXxJp_CxNQ018ZeLOqKSIR42ZFcGekSCwxTKFNqYqOYePraCztCiDNo6RAOTBtM9PmytIiO3pm1eJNl754HgBswQc9HGmhILKQ_5-GdTNBiVWGpERPlgcuc-LbKJ4u2YgmmVP_42_txtzUhV7P17rIzZgY2n1Eebd-3YYbDIvqVKTeoq/s4000/20220921_122504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeO4YqXwiUXxJp_CxNQ018ZeLOqKSIR42ZFcGekSCwxTKFNqYqOYePraCztCiDNo6RAOTBtM9PmytIiO3pm1eJNl754HgBswQc9HGmhILKQ_5-GdTNBiVWGpERPlgcuc-LbKJ4u2YgmmVP_42_txtzUhV7P17rIzZgY2n1Eebd-3YYbDIvqVKTeoq/w400-h225/20220921_122504.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the local Louisiana restaurants.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQv59n_cWIFUmBXfo7yPV2vQ6uoKtSfwTkLwjQ3FKMUi7_ceov8rJ2-dNKto58vVMBp0W8zw72VTN1SE8KBCl3ZMrMSPX05cC8jrPXahiRlwdDPdEPaFXpqymDG0dFu_nKvYEtDB5Zz4EiGetjdN3cFZs2c94tNzays1g3scWmNBXOy8-x7bhaxuS/s5568/DSC_3781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQv59n_cWIFUmBXfo7yPV2vQ6uoKtSfwTkLwjQ3FKMUi7_ceov8rJ2-dNKto58vVMBp0W8zw72VTN1SE8KBCl3ZMrMSPX05cC8jrPXahiRlwdDPdEPaFXpqymDG0dFu_nKvYEtDB5Zz4EiGetjdN3cFZs2c94tNzays1g3scWmNBXOy8-x7bhaxuS/w400-h266/DSC_3781.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had longhorn steers in the field next to our RV park in Louisiana.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr2t62YQrmp8N7r0_l55zuXXvh88oOCMMsC8r_E5tCTC7SvOJizpplbag1-RSpK_E-3njlvXiZ3mO6eJ1HvC24wmPF-kEwRTo-hgYq9ejtPw5vAgyVPo5XE1dV9MVluj_amq4X097pp2a2DQZckXw-xtyMWg7rG_a0aWIVzEeQh87Pvn7MBK-_g-h/s2824/katie%20kayaking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2824" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr2t62YQrmp8N7r0_l55zuXXvh88oOCMMsC8r_E5tCTC7SvOJizpplbag1-RSpK_E-3njlvXiZ3mO6eJ1HvC24wmPF-kEwRTo-hgYq9ejtPw5vAgyVPo5XE1dV9MVluj_amq4X097pp2a2DQZckXw-xtyMWg7rG_a0aWIVzEeQh87Pvn7MBK-_g-h/w400-h185/katie%20kayaking.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katie wanted to have her own kayak.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiWE0xqAXXTG3oUGtHTuJH7uPqSTqr4ya2P2rVdNz18ixvwPkJ88LUoFlroTOrN5xsujyAcTDUvX6aDLlpbqwWvZqwZfcLblovNowJGtsbijvJpXsKduDM4gkPyZ0oYAKvtNKPLeMj2tR0SvMFikU9Nt1fgFBjPMERXMmtSaH5W4SRZEeHAFuw-YF/s4176/KIM_7037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiWE0xqAXXTG3oUGtHTuJH7uPqSTqr4ya2P2rVdNz18ixvwPkJ88LUoFlroTOrN5xsujyAcTDUvX6aDLlpbqwWvZqwZfcLblovNowJGtsbijvJpXsKduDM4gkPyZ0oYAKvtNKPLeMj2tR0SvMFikU9Nt1fgFBjPMERXMmtSaH5W4SRZEeHAFuw-YF/w400-h266/KIM_7037.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our backyard in Montana for two weeks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUX5fAjjbNspVf6x0QjFHetU6X1yExYmXssfhAZsCUHVCae0FIvkyxXF1Zqc3Bk-_75rgk21gnSdg-Z-mdkhzksqhi5VLqZi_7NJGe9FQFnfzWvzN0z8Qq1-xJwF3jICtxgl-8OuwsYXvQiu-NCE9DUyAJapT06tYqVQTtHM5A0T8pI9pk0oAAdB2I/s2842/KIM_8747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUX5fAjjbNspVf6x0QjFHetU6X1yExYmXssfhAZsCUHVCae0FIvkyxXF1Zqc3Bk-_75rgk21gnSdg-Z-mdkhzksqhi5VLqZi_7NJGe9FQFnfzWvzN0z8Qq1-xJwF3jICtxgl-8OuwsYXvQiu-NCE9DUyAJapT06tYqVQTtHM5A0T8pI9pk0oAAdB2I/w400-h300/KIM_8747.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This map, by geologist O.C. Harper in 1924, is one of the most significant pieces of geological evaluations ever done in the United States showing the vast area of West Texas that shows oil fields. They are still pumping oil out of these today.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB3n_YIwZQUyYP9lOgenL6FDVEyLSoTgXV7Zk6i1TKjCyfsXEFHAsERD4SxUKGzsE9Km99IZMW3T8uh-WO4hB71zOjz9551hZpZk6AT0o_URCgAX4JgNRYh6iO0enBjZ3mKkHuRiOMiHNyIf8W1Eoyb6i2NjKPil9wk6Q-3Hx1GouxBdLWEdoaufk/s2340/Screenshot_20220909-101545_CBW%20Mobile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="2340" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB3n_YIwZQUyYP9lOgenL6FDVEyLSoTgXV7Zk6i1TKjCyfsXEFHAsERD4SxUKGzsE9Km99IZMW3T8uh-WO4hB71zOjz9551hZpZk6AT0o_URCgAX4JgNRYh6iO0enBjZ3mKkHuRiOMiHNyIf8W1Eoyb6i2NjKPil9wk6Q-3Hx1GouxBdLWEdoaufk/w400-h185/Screenshot_20220909-101545_CBW%20Mobile.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes we would put Katie in a doggy day care place. You can see here way at the top in the corner where she'll stay for hours. She's kind of shy that way.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFE7S1VbNb-Soy1l0-PG_zRNbD_zoA7Yx63nA9SxasE5mkPonxOnlPdajfeTCtkt5ttROqxSNLdJ_OyjG1xUgihqVtQGfL1SXxtBl-aeridv7RTdZ2Wp1yLREq3ENpOe9JKf_hM6YRl7Q--0blkf-pPUch8URGbKBcbFAA4GB6FCVAoQfY8-E_LIb/s4176/TEL_2513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFE7S1VbNb-Soy1l0-PG_zRNbD_zoA7Yx63nA9SxasE5mkPonxOnlPdajfeTCtkt5ttROqxSNLdJ_OyjG1xUgihqVtQGfL1SXxtBl-aeridv7RTdZ2Wp1yLREq3ENpOe9JKf_hM6YRl7Q--0blkf-pPUch8URGbKBcbFAA4GB6FCVAoQfY8-E_LIb/w400-h266/TEL_2513.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These wild horses like to block the road in Montana when they see cars coming. "Look, here comes a car...quick...back in the road!"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3oKFurSjA4KuqAWVh--EVX7Ls_hTiqy9YWjGM5hLy1oIxbomGCkujfIwe8k4idmgXzxYWEno8V-mfCuNijI5gr2RgTvCjoh2lpKGQ_FDcKw9c-6mfdopLnV-8tc2wT18aasX02lBimKcz10kUui0UxKVm9Ikq-FVJiOfFvoOnCWSc2ukGx8pFPtM/s2465/TEL_2922%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2465" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3oKFurSjA4KuqAWVh--EVX7Ls_hTiqy9YWjGM5hLy1oIxbomGCkujfIwe8k4idmgXzxYWEno8V-mfCuNijI5gr2RgTvCjoh2lpKGQ_FDcKw9c-6mfdopLnV-8tc2wT18aasX02lBimKcz10kUui0UxKVm9Ikq-FVJiOfFvoOnCWSc2ukGx8pFPtM/w175-h400/TEL_2922%20(2).JPG" width="175" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Momma and baby that showed up almost daily in our campground in Montana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTMJwH5TtukjFtv75hPz4h19WFCtIHOf1eXnfsBcR0CpxpA48haX4pwS7a-VaS3Pfcb4lJ4QSincSCjymnMW7d3YCbdVAmqDHl-zRm4QYXAW87uVIeYPJw4acmOigkq8-EcqxBvVymabJ8p89_hs5_ns1zA9T1MYl81Aa7SB8Cx_2emnQODhiDr9F/s4176/TEL_3116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTMJwH5TtukjFtv75hPz4h19WFCtIHOf1eXnfsBcR0CpxpA48haX4pwS7a-VaS3Pfcb4lJ4QSincSCjymnMW7d3YCbdVAmqDHl-zRm4QYXAW87uVIeYPJw4acmOigkq8-EcqxBvVymabJ8p89_hs5_ns1zA9T1MYl81Aa7SB8Cx_2emnQODhiDr9F/w400-h266/TEL_3116.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had a stream that I could not resist sitting in and looking at the colorful rocks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hope you liked all these photos. Of course, there are hundreds but these are just a small sampling of our trip these past 4 months. Great trip.</p><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCy4joXnEHYkX82Aabyl7q1FoLaTXWT_K0zfsOokU3o4Rctv1fdMz84YJh4ZShKKyiq_-tF1SUnRF37Q33HXEpee23c3jcXOrhr8kxpFannN1zWrQaDB-tf7fM05qHfSmQ9OpbPVoLxjo8XdJalVp8c1t2O5UgUFU_zxPaBrx2QlNKWKP_GoV8HwM/s3968/20220820_163603%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="3968" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCy4joXnEHYkX82Aabyl7q1FoLaTXWT_K0zfsOokU3o4Rctv1fdMz84YJh4ZShKKyiq_-tF1SUnRF37Q33HXEpee23c3jcXOrhr8kxpFannN1zWrQaDB-tf7fM05qHfSmQ9OpbPVoLxjo8XdJalVp8c1t2O5UgUFU_zxPaBrx2QlNKWKP_GoV8HwM/s320/20220820_163603%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2Savannah, GA, USA32.0808989 -81.0912033.7706650638211556 -116.247453 60.391132736178847 -45.934952999999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-87466521528355657152022-09-17T08:55:00.006-07:002022-09-17T08:55:44.310-07:00SouthWest Wisconsin<p>This RV park is one of our very, very favorites so we have to spend a few photos showing how wonderful it is in this part of SW Wisconsin. The RV Park is called Rustic Barn, but we like to call it the "Firefly RV Park" because of the many, many fireflies that come out at dusk to glisten the grass by our coach. <i> (Oh, you can click the photos and they'll enlarge for you.)</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmhZq8DkgV0IhWx_4QQkaA5CzoE-V8eys8zXNmTAQI428cJV9ZFFjCUi--yCo4mGTiaJX5KmTeR8N91O0jhAweEo46fcRRRkGgbCRsEF09UmUHtk78515PtMoaeW1Q6YgqO2ipzUM1DEmQw7oK43W2qY7adUkMZzvqFJEJGojO0qt8OAemaHjGH04/s4000/20220708_145009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmhZq8DkgV0IhWx_4QQkaA5CzoE-V8eys8zXNmTAQI428cJV9ZFFjCUi--yCo4mGTiaJX5KmTeR8N91O0jhAweEo46fcRRRkGgbCRsEF09UmUHtk78515PtMoaeW1Q6YgqO2ipzUM1DEmQw7oK43W2qY7adUkMZzvqFJEJGojO0qt8OAemaHjGH04/w400-h225/20220708_145009.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've been here four times and each time, there's a different owner! But it still retains the same charm.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNw_jdpDzH4auV7heR0G1yGpRP12-Krz0l_Ns9NKdjHrtNsZqFOqGFy00gau899abZvEt92VUKcbIGSi21iOtXHTLr_p5oNq89ts2XIBzqZ1btVFuJqUrIgyvueF5xpI9f1UJHZKWMiyyfqjOnxU7TfvWR4mM0EAi8AYzeQpO5lM2V09kYIJZIhE8u/s4000/20220703_203902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNw_jdpDzH4auV7heR0G1yGpRP12-Krz0l_Ns9NKdjHrtNsZqFOqGFy00gau899abZvEt92VUKcbIGSi21iOtXHTLr_p5oNq89ts2XIBzqZ1btVFuJqUrIgyvueF5xpI9f1UJHZKWMiyyfqjOnxU7TfvWR4mM0EAi8AYzeQpO5lM2V09kYIJZIhE8u/w640-h360/20220703_203902.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view every evening sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnJiU08JeTJ2_GeEU4ylmwrFmnGTppGmknAWjvBrc0EZdi7WOIgrh2rLLTOoTaa8m-fTneXs4mc9HwlWmc6pZGcxK1ztT-WTTMsI8zSkbxA8SlQ7C3Uy5v0e1eA4M1JEKXiEevFsYFOD8I1NWy-cAy6-KQRNY8nAD8wuYGdUTIGfi6w4Mm2lPPJAv/s4000/20220705_194232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnJiU08JeTJ2_GeEU4ylmwrFmnGTppGmknAWjvBrc0EZdi7WOIgrh2rLLTOoTaa8m-fTneXs4mc9HwlWmc6pZGcxK1ztT-WTTMsI8zSkbxA8SlQ7C3Uy5v0e1eA4M1JEKXiEevFsYFOD8I1NWy-cAy6-KQRNY8nAD8wuYGdUTIGfi6w4Mm2lPPJAv/w640-h360/20220705_194232.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw some very interesting clouds coming over...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1th8AqCQ3YuCFw7fNBI2HtIJuOIyK7vC8tNfjPtIVAz0QTgYhzukqPXPI46bomiH-2ai5KRpjLUSajR4itOPGJywRzZg0KvS3x2Fy4x0_Phf_vl6N-W5kwvOuISOQMpIwVagC5Azce53zR2gVd6tFspeCoX3qlhx2VC9zLmpU5GU9uqQTuYeYorJo/s4000/20220705_194613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1th8AqCQ3YuCFw7fNBI2HtIJuOIyK7vC8tNfjPtIVAz0QTgYhzukqPXPI46bomiH-2ai5KRpjLUSajR4itOPGJywRzZg0KvS3x2Fy4x0_Phf_vl6N-W5kwvOuISOQMpIwVagC5Azce53zR2gVd6tFspeCoX3qlhx2VC9zLmpU5GU9uqQTuYeYorJo/w640-h360/20220705_194613.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...fortunately, they did not hammer us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILcHYemnG2mNmeukDwPfSh1YAt6Fi6i87zPWIpeIXFB35Oc0lIVqcvIXjlzkGGbDUYoyxACwXu-r7F9QMDVi7fBC8wxvJ7mnw1BzPhVluWT6LOkPcSaqPVV7Cqg0hGz7jTX6bNqu_vG78FxG0nfEKW0GSGXYpIyb5qlrZWpL9uZI4ZsdY3zR_ipKO/s4000/20220706_100611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILcHYemnG2mNmeukDwPfSh1YAt6Fi6i87zPWIpeIXFB35Oc0lIVqcvIXjlzkGGbDUYoyxACwXu-r7F9QMDVi7fBC8wxvJ7mnw1BzPhVluWT6LOkPcSaqPVV7Cqg0hGz7jTX6bNqu_vG78FxG0nfEKW0GSGXYpIyb5qlrZWpL9uZI4ZsdY3zR_ipKO/w640-h360/20220706_100611.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These cows would come out every morning to eat and take a morning siesta.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOG_6w7JkuQG4tKn165Sn5tK_oXNzlB5Lf_-z8BnIkdCEtR6ut-0D6PJQBnMxdBFHb6yZgAgeywZuJWXzTeOBWtlWo0pMDUeuRR5OqKtlJht7GR0SE_PWTKM64N0Pv1xrdVvkHOIhEC5ulgWO1Oa77b8HAqIH3q5kAUuuahuhnNtZ7AL-cOK1Er9b/s4000/20220708_125455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOG_6w7JkuQG4tKn165Sn5tK_oXNzlB5Lf_-z8BnIkdCEtR6ut-0D6PJQBnMxdBFHb6yZgAgeywZuJWXzTeOBWtlWo0pMDUeuRR5OqKtlJht7GR0SE_PWTKM64N0Pv1xrdVvkHOIhEC5ulgWO1Oa77b8HAqIH3q5kAUuuahuhnNtZ7AL-cOK1Er9b/w400-h225/20220708_125455.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited Freddy's Popcorn Company in Dubuque, Iowa and bought some to eat.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWBei3unOQpM2yJSmuFKHu0D5SZTpKO_My0_tv_5WsZ2UxM29EwpUdBjdSn4kjiowiWkk4OfvNLjNhvorznpxtk6YplQm2o6cA7v734lqSof_spMHxPpPVsGKJtaU39HWwmrk-PeWObic-KXBThwpfKFrp8Ezkh7_NC44E8g_6I6UJMWuRrwOypHg/s4000/20220708_125458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWBei3unOQpM2yJSmuFKHu0D5SZTpKO_My0_tv_5WsZ2UxM29EwpUdBjdSn4kjiowiWkk4OfvNLjNhvorznpxtk6YplQm2o6cA7v734lqSof_spMHxPpPVsGKJtaU39HWwmrk-PeWObic-KXBThwpfKFrp8Ezkh7_NC44E8g_6I6UJMWuRrwOypHg/w400-h225/20220708_125458.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had shelves of this decadent popcorn!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6HzSpFML5puXCwL0LFMnsgGRgSHeJPa3rQ5bh2jTptsVCiDPT5pKggzE9SMXYklztA-us5ionewihhDxpnVGcf2VQ9UiAeDGeU4c0VS3cCGvUx1vSLEkhoYDr8LRrr2-Pl8CDoQ-SutKtg_KI1F9pl9XlaUjy6FmRwusRhEHXuW4uRAjX6K6nxYI/s4000/20220708_125501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6HzSpFML5puXCwL0LFMnsgGRgSHeJPa3rQ5bh2jTptsVCiDPT5pKggzE9SMXYklztA-us5ionewihhDxpnVGcf2VQ9UiAeDGeU4c0VS3cCGvUx1vSLEkhoYDr8LRrr2-Pl8CDoQ-SutKtg_KI1F9pl9XlaUjy6FmRwusRhEHXuW4uRAjX6K6nxYI/w400-h225/20220708_125501.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also bought some to pop myself and it was tasty.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMg_I-se-3_9V6ftLFUjdhTijePnKxk5CbIhQSQHoP3F68eBrFF6mg-Vk6Cxnh8QEnKbEjNTMInmqhIJchCKO3Ypf1_LoLCwmgIMEzzGrMiYUE3Rm6mbRPSD3ap7hJJdTxA-ZgO0DNNVwKyo1MHyqPBJeWNcn-v9n6wd_IdkIvXEIF2XcyaJcvHQq/s4000/20220708_202858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkMg_I-se-3_9V6ftLFUjdhTijePnKxk5CbIhQSQHoP3F68eBrFF6mg-Vk6Cxnh8QEnKbEjNTMInmqhIJchCKO3Ypf1_LoLCwmgIMEzzGrMiYUE3Rm6mbRPSD3ap7hJJdTxA-ZgO0DNNVwKyo1MHyqPBJeWNcn-v9n6wd_IdkIvXEIF2XcyaJcvHQq/w640-h360/20220708_202858.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a fire most nights before the fireflies came out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBVfR5xJBiwKWqkDRx6_YR4lkVA40UZe4y4LZZcpLwuLDDnzvBA9mG8CvKLMX1nLc6bPO01GN5C-HXqe5W1C7xrEuiitmX9zZWW484NrHi-d6gUSaukpYTyb-Kwqj3sC6LixAEX6-08quhWow7kh22HIhLuqmAemN9vXv8fQyGmHMfeT89uo_H0oq/s4000/20220704_215636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBVfR5xJBiwKWqkDRx6_YR4lkVA40UZe4y4LZZcpLwuLDDnzvBA9mG8CvKLMX1nLc6bPO01GN5C-HXqe5W1C7xrEuiitmX9zZWW484NrHi-d6gUSaukpYTyb-Kwqj3sC6LixAEX6-08quhWow7kh22HIhLuqmAemN9vXv8fQyGmHMfeT89uo_H0oq/w400-h225/20220704_215636.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had time to do one of our numerous puzzles too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWczKKNhS9QsrpOFHw379nvp1WAMYMIr_scdhvrNeX4I56JQpeIwKZlQ-OUnzqM6r4-fVr0oU1ko66kCpdhAH8Zvie8VAV3deXie7LkL9Y-1CSBE41BJY72Agwwbag5B48xFOUsA16hymjJBrOZUBWVLQfzSKYCyusLPno1Z4vDBpZ8Jv5fYp7eeoX/s4000/20220701_173810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWczKKNhS9QsrpOFHw379nvp1WAMYMIr_scdhvrNeX4I56JQpeIwKZlQ-OUnzqM6r4-fVr0oU1ko66kCpdhAH8Zvie8VAV3deXie7LkL9Y-1CSBE41BJY72Agwwbag5B48xFOUsA16hymjJBrOZUBWVLQfzSKYCyusLPno1Z4vDBpZ8Jv5fYp7eeoX/w400-h225/20220701_173810.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and made a nice chicken roast in our convection oven.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ji_66jLHU_0-zjiKjpV3hgClve-VcapI7oTIUuiOW7I1_Vfy9alMhpWMvU4uC7fbySs7xiXOxLxGkv7WTaYxxV4-jup9QM6RjXvrRtq1fhSH6LRWIWbSHdZdq1S6Lqao5Yx7Qvv9P2sy-DQgVZb190mrsBoPFMOf29Saa0MTkqMCwqN8csKcDQ2v/s3648/20220708_203946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ji_66jLHU_0-zjiKjpV3hgClve-VcapI7oTIUuiOW7I1_Vfy9alMhpWMvU4uC7fbySs7xiXOxLxGkv7WTaYxxV4-jup9QM6RjXvrRtq1fhSH6LRWIWbSHdZdq1S6Lqao5Yx7Qvv9P2sy-DQgVZb190mrsBoPFMOf29Saa0MTkqMCwqN8csKcDQ2v/w400-h300/20220708_203946.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the fire and the scenic view</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQXrZvv0Umg4eoO5t6WI2xpy-vOXXndXvghIf4yMi9z7ZFKnVr9XfJIKPuzMl6-NMw2xOieCTYcluJeUi7whoB-lV4XzQu281IEH5ZkhX9aTje1PurC1JYYKFxjDRhA-Z2kjqStRUny6dv-99OGSIvlgyoeE6N98slSXtRTKyjSWWzXgYaHQwPbuX/s4176/TEL_2062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQXrZvv0Umg4eoO5t6WI2xpy-vOXXndXvghIf4yMi9z7ZFKnVr9XfJIKPuzMl6-NMw2xOieCTYcluJeUi7whoB-lV4XzQu281IEH5ZkhX9aTje1PurC1JYYKFxjDRhA-Z2kjqStRUny6dv-99OGSIvlgyoeE6N98slSXtRTKyjSWWzXgYaHQwPbuX/w640-h426/TEL_2062.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell we liked the view?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3JEKHA5BkuUtwz-GtPP2q0NjNtqyCs2g0LAY-zxEwfgXUzNZ0YndHcWk7S03Vz3mOKJcM_82v52MZDNh3xt-_gkFoVcrqoiDvDfX5M4Flgu_bOdb33QlSKGNUKnizrw5v0Epe4uX3Beole18OQcHdpZW_2PrTcrTq9SQX5cDJO1CJW--bc9nLriC/s4176/TEL_2067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3JEKHA5BkuUtwz-GtPP2q0NjNtqyCs2g0LAY-zxEwfgXUzNZ0YndHcWk7S03Vz3mOKJcM_82v52MZDNh3xt-_gkFoVcrqoiDvDfX5M4Flgu_bOdb33QlSKGNUKnizrw5v0Epe4uX3Beole18OQcHdpZW_2PrTcrTq9SQX5cDJO1CJW--bc9nLriC/w400-h266/TEL_2067.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artsy-Fartsy photo with the cows in the background</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd1Z9Q_95aVGTq7WrckVtsznrkFvB3ZghDse9gt1OYpkhEFEo97ijnGDanDHV0sZEOhQ-NJBaifHl04u_6hwZFkl84Fnt_7mkpDq15KBDALTN3YpwggEur6dDWS8WnZLUmy3aZwnjoL729A6oKUU77HBaQkI1gabAzQX2kvPWOS0Gqiz54UepaS9Q/s4176/TEL_2084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd1Z9Q_95aVGTq7WrckVtsznrkFvB3ZghDse9gt1OYpkhEFEo97ijnGDanDHV0sZEOhQ-NJBaifHl04u_6hwZFkl84Fnt_7mkpDq15KBDALTN3YpwggEur6dDWS8WnZLUmy3aZwnjoL729A6oKUU77HBaQkI1gabAzQX2kvPWOS0Gqiz54UepaS9Q/w400-h266/TEL_2084.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We even saw this hummingbird poking around the pine tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk4Bjj1rzIA7bdzdVvvYjQWA_7Yv9LJwo1hhz4zM-jBhSKfIrouVP5_MeZrQeoWu5K1e6wYhCegWoC-Ps3_bd6KsAjJBEOYOu9UMX33o06xPsfEA-5_pRMmgGDvbQigbV9UAHHbQQuwdT9lKpZDhrVamAEbRccbWXXRF_shSiHEDHl9CculTyNSaG/s700/fireflies%20in%20forest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="700" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk4Bjj1rzIA7bdzdVvvYjQWA_7Yv9LJwo1hhz4zM-jBhSKfIrouVP5_MeZrQeoWu5K1e6wYhCegWoC-Ps3_bd6KsAjJBEOYOu9UMX33o06xPsfEA-5_pRMmgGDvbQigbV9UAHHbQQuwdT9lKpZDhrVamAEbRccbWXXRF_shSiHEDHl9CculTyNSaG/w400-h265/fireflies%20in%20forest.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fireflies were absolutely magical</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-DNotEpznA-BBuJcOW7riLvsJ5IX8IlLxV0QlR08wZxEZ7vjx-dQ5HnetQR3zmtFjHzovjzr8f1UAkQfbxaYnG78rDuVxL5fUp0wZ7W-3Q4mib2_EvQdz21xrmFvmiRlhpAM2DKvMrdPlmd5byShpXMVBxOYxpbGs-ehWhsn1Qq7HaoKYKbRG8Wc/s700/firefly%20in%20hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-DNotEpznA-BBuJcOW7riLvsJ5IX8IlLxV0QlR08wZxEZ7vjx-dQ5HnetQR3zmtFjHzovjzr8f1UAkQfbxaYnG78rDuVxL5fUp0wZ7W-3Q4mib2_EvQdz21xrmFvmiRlhpAM2DKvMrdPlmd5byShpXMVBxOYxpbGs-ehWhsn1Qq7HaoKYKbRG8Wc/w400-h266/firefly%20in%20hand.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a close up look</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Usually we poke around the surrounding area to see sights and such but this time we just hung out at the campground and ran some errands. We were there two weeks and never saw anything....except for a run to an exceptional donut shop in Dubuque. We could've easily stayed another couple of weeks. Nice nice place.</div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you enjoy this one as much as we did.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-59432082560650366292022-07-21T17:37:00.000-07:002022-07-21T17:37:09.605-07:003D Painted Silo mural in Iowa<p>We saw this 3D painted silo mural on roadsideamerica.com and, as it was on our way across Iowa, decided to stop and see. First off, it is well worth a visit...amazing...as you'll see from the photos below. But, we drove 200 miles, got off the highway and headed through town and, two blocks from the silos, the street was all torn up ! We had to detour on some pretty nasty paved streets to get to it. Plus, the parking lot was way too small for our coach and truck so we had to unhook the truck, turn the coach around, and then hook it up again. Geeeez.</p><p>But...check it out.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-cioujWfqxoMxM3pep2usK8HLmkJyVpFlMtIyUHgQZ3xXmVyk-bX7fn9gpnZ071EhMn7CINEndqrQuhUtNsNcI5ArNCkLEt67ZY6BI3sQY7MsvRl9vL29tFp9OtU_NTNPRRHbUns8R-fGrrp6yJ-a_-49Nu5qUKaisCMOqv-82Kn2VASGu1U0WSq/s4176/KIM_6757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-cioujWfqxoMxM3pep2usK8HLmkJyVpFlMtIyUHgQZ3xXmVyk-bX7fn9gpnZ071EhMn7CINEndqrQuhUtNsNcI5ArNCkLEt67ZY6BI3sQY7MsvRl9vL29tFp9OtU_NTNPRRHbUns8R-fGrrp6yJ-a_-49Nu5qUKaisCMOqv-82Kn2VASGu1U0WSq/w640-h426/KIM_6757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Now...just so you can see the scale and perspective....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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If you're interested, here's the link....plus...there's a great drone fly-around towards the end.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.guidovanhelten.com/projects/fortdodge-ia">https://www.guidovanhelten.com/projects/fortdodge-ia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course to me, its very interesting to see him at work.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnTXLzOG0WPcgP9AQJ7mkqMOr4D_m6ukzO_iM59jv7wULpNg3KBtUYbYS61sQ1B2ebRufn74G3aIi40tRUq_I8J8DIHNZEpgPoQr-t5UrV7irsam8A4XflMFzj67OVXIhFyjCUriLvT57pDyHyMKSvndAb3X3rp30NUrrc0CEUJr2_NFHRh3aYOcm/s849/Capture2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnTXLzOG0WPcgP9AQJ7mkqMOr4D_m6ukzO_iM59jv7wULpNg3KBtUYbYS61sQ1B2ebRufn74G3aIi40tRUq_I8J8DIHNZEpgPoQr-t5UrV7irsam8A4XflMFzj67OVXIhFyjCUriLvT57pDyHyMKSvndAb3X3rp30NUrrc0CEUJr2_NFHRh3aYOcm/w538-h640/Capture2.JPG" width="538" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Really worth a stop, even with the detour. </p><p><br /></p><p>We go to this site all the time to find some of these sites along our path...</p><p><a href="http://Roadsideamerica.com">Roadsideamerica.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><p><br /></p></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com1Fort Dodge, IA 50501, USA42.4974694 -94.16801579999999216.794404980676163 -129.32426579999998 68.200533819323837 -59.0117658tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-37089637891349413712022-07-16T16:30:00.001-07:002022-07-16T16:30:31.687-07:00Montana-Big Sky Country<p><span style="font-size: large;">A short one this time....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You can see for miles in every direction up here in Montana. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">LOVE the west.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimt3lFZIqg929_3DLFJimUcI4fE68o-LBso4aEVhO-uOI0JrwbF7yvhkRGHNlVlTXnT2sM456A0I94LWUsdoMplYN3OwqSALFZzyOS6eCqS-Edf78PEdWHqmw93i_XtGZJeyFD-i04aQKmTUbKZORzgptEXK-0rnAMo8fHfFo4LXCuBfkqTGfjeIt/s4000/20220714_101345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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A beautiful site. We were in no hurry.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCU48Q--IzTHCgeasZmKhE1CCBiTBX3cmYnuzG2txAXz8Xvg5_DRMzgQYov1LQbS7c5nAENb8jP90glIQrXfWjsTaBwJ9196NzvHD4xZfuVz2rlokr6yl9E6rqwiGC6rN6HzWleS1KB1PFipkY5NTKeyOTV_MKxG5c3s1nczkqGjz1kQ-iUy-ANx8/s3648/20220708_203946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCU48Q--IzTHCgeasZmKhE1CCBiTBX3cmYnuzG2txAXz8Xvg5_DRMzgQYov1LQbS7c5nAENb8jP90glIQrXfWjsTaBwJ9196NzvHD4xZfuVz2rlokr6yl9E6rqwiGC6rN6HzWleS1KB1PFipkY5NTKeyOTV_MKxG5c3s1nczkqGjz1kQ-iUy-ANx8/s320/20220708_203946.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Little Bighorn River, United States44.961614499507327 -107.600850316866916.651380663328482 -142.75710031686691 73.271848335686173 -72.4446003168669tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-87607311938922183302022-07-07T18:53:00.000-07:002022-07-07T18:53:21.094-07:00Beautiful Illinois State Capitol<p>We like touring state capitols...I'll have to count how many we've visited but it's many. This one is in Springfield, Illinois way down in the center of the state which is proper because that's where the state's most population used to be centered. Many, many people were travelling out west and they would come through this city on their way to some future life. Nowadays, it would probably be in Chicago. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_xhfPoM0Un9-c2H3J4S9xWnBvXhHsd2CbxAPxqf-vyPGrdPC9cVPjzNxOZWqFJJ1IANAd__Eb4f7PKrc1rrGH7TXuGVCaHeY5LVlxqOLzIHXpMups0OgaL5k5EFKAD6i8IKdQRjtdKsKcL4pe37tVLFHuXUneBe_UyuGH-fxY3MeKMDhj5D5m4Vx/s4000/20220611_092324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_xhfPoM0Un9-c2H3J4S9xWnBvXhHsd2CbxAPxqf-vyPGrdPC9cVPjzNxOZWqFJJ1IANAd__Eb4f7PKrc1rrGH7TXuGVCaHeY5LVlxqOLzIHXpMups0OgaL5k5EFKAD6i8IKdQRjtdKsKcL4pe37tVLFHuXUneBe_UyuGH-fxY3MeKMDhj5D5m4Vx/w400-h300/20220611_092324.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Even though this shot is through the parking lot and some construction cranes are in the way, it still shows the size of the capitol. This is the tallest dome capitol in the U.S. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The state capitols are always gorgeous with so many details put into them with world-famous architects and designers. Perhaps they want to outdo each other...or show their state at the best....or just wanted to lavish a bunch of money on a project that the state would be proud of. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2kJAiDM8dHMWyOuuVFTw_yyym_P5v3RRLSdxpGZgrndV7AaDfzxEo5AJJh7vP3So8XuL4GklgRMAJnePGcs86MVdY9Di2YjRfmB3gx8vNe4Ybu4Ia4ygrh5lPkRZxTqVJoohKLyvwbZfPKG5ymdVAVVywLmUZK45iCiwf2VnqdVmYUVfyYBoIq3e/s4000/20220611_092729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2kJAiDM8dHMWyOuuVFTw_yyym_P5v3RRLSdxpGZgrndV7AaDfzxEo5AJJh7vP3So8XuL4GklgRMAJnePGcs86MVdY9Di2YjRfmB3gx8vNe4Ybu4Ia4ygrh5lPkRZxTqVJoohKLyvwbZfPKG5ymdVAVVywLmUZK45iCiwf2VnqdVmYUVfyYBoIq3e/w300-h400/20220611_092729.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Of course, this is where Abraham Lincoln served as a congressman and then ran for President of the United States.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Let's just look at some of the wonderful interior photos before I give my unsolicited thoughts.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpSH2LZsEpoGfaAJZlFRcQnFIxSjC9civ7V5AXD2dR2bZz_TKC8ikVbnzxwokAF4J6AJTBRCW6WJnJJ7TB-xgwFb18vnNQ9W-Z_BN85MISS8pIuRGfvoj_wGGcSLzmSEv23N7DlYAvjFl5twSh7LSsUHX-RlMhOcaDuWX-N2XDFpAHaorr-wQIx6i/s4000/20220611_094518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpSH2LZsEpoGfaAJZlFRcQnFIxSjC9civ7V5AXD2dR2bZz_TKC8ikVbnzxwokAF4J6AJTBRCW6WJnJJ7TB-xgwFb18vnNQ9W-Z_BN85MISS8pIuRGfvoj_wGGcSLzmSEv23N7DlYAvjFl5twSh7LSsUHX-RlMhOcaDuWX-N2XDFpAHaorr-wQIx6i/w400-h300/20220611_094518.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Entrance to the center from the north. Painting along the sides represent the history of Illinois.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCl2Wc72N2yLZOSg8wC-7Xa5D9hgy0-55TaD9DMmsSD_I_jAe6nlGmI-RFSJYOq4vBZQdA64dHwoZj9NY7IVCviFOfoDjWUkRZwbmmMUuWm7PKslNj6_pFsMOkTzqny2J_prQ0JxBQyI8YmymCHVm2uBUqVzc9iNYkU_EEC_lIdwEYT45AiMh1zKOY/s4000/20220611_095056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCl2Wc72N2yLZOSg8wC-7Xa5D9hgy0-55TaD9DMmsSD_I_jAe6nlGmI-RFSJYOq4vBZQdA64dHwoZj9NY7IVCviFOfoDjWUkRZwbmmMUuWm7PKslNj6_pFsMOkTzqny2J_prQ0JxBQyI8YmymCHVm2uBUqVzc9iNYkU_EEC_lIdwEYT45AiMh1zKOY/w400-h300/20220611_095056.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A view from the ground floor looking up to the three stories and then way up to the top of the dome.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmWeqJyvoVCWu1Omi12s-6VMeFEEbGwdgXctM60M_XxQhN4b9QF0GP5c1QULLLBxBQoWdSajaFzH-E221hERQNXUPyoMaDo_4f6HOxSKA2a1bALsq0FkZQCuxT-sox4biP6z4Z_n4_4atGoMb9CJ6FBQqCPpfjkHzbxbhKtKXziWLFBWSg6EvSqjO/s4000/20220611_095312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmWeqJyvoVCWu1Omi12s-6VMeFEEbGwdgXctM60M_XxQhN4b9QF0GP5c1QULLLBxBQoWdSajaFzH-E221hERQNXUPyoMaDo_4f6HOxSKA2a1bALsq0FkZQCuxT-sox4biP6z4Z_n4_4atGoMb9CJ6FBQqCPpfjkHzbxbhKtKXziWLFBWSg6EvSqjO/w400-h300/20220611_095312.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Looking straight up at the interior of the dome. Look at the detail!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEcFYXbRjgYU3qtgolKNlOjOsC3mx3iT8aarpBpD3512G04QXqBDZnZPvuKh3lIreV0MexC8n9Tylofj8_pntWJT5OnNvhVh2KqM2-OnPPobekU1kkOYi14q1tn6JkGlopx18BH6yZD803u-1PyyX2dUUosNS1PjmXTi5lgirbVMp7OOv9jd2YeN8/s4000/20220611_100637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEcFYXbRjgYU3qtgolKNlOjOsC3mx3iT8aarpBpD3512G04QXqBDZnZPvuKh3lIreV0MexC8n9Tylofj8_pntWJT5OnNvhVh2KqM2-OnPPobekU1kkOYi14q1tn6JkGlopx18BH6yZD803u-1PyyX2dUUosNS1PjmXTi5lgirbVMp7OOv9jd2YeN8/w400-h300/20220611_100637.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The state representatives chambers where they deliberate how to spend you money !!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZC4JkrpY9fY_DG9wHpT3K8favfa1u9cs237dO-pzp5MZznCD9J2lbZ4O4SGNqaDhOQ9BAFeUMnciO0sUMudXN5ilbIcBlWHJ_GlDmbrThsU76QLOdNnJJIgmfxRQa10RlaVB-wpggayJdbPdoK67UMWxu2Y3gf0EhUVS_jxmMrLCH4ejFrXcKu01/s4000/20220611_100800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZC4JkrpY9fY_DG9wHpT3K8favfa1u9cs237dO-pzp5MZznCD9J2lbZ4O4SGNqaDhOQ9BAFeUMnciO0sUMudXN5ilbIcBlWHJ_GlDmbrThsU76QLOdNnJJIgmfxRQa10RlaVB-wpggayJdbPdoK67UMWxu2Y3gf0EhUVS_jxmMrLCH4ejFrXcKu01/w300-h400/20220611_100800.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of several chandeliers that come down from the ceiling for cleaning. How'd you like that job? They used to lower them by hand but, upon renovation, they are now hydraulically lowered. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMyLfl1MCmU21tlmxFLX_cRP9qXKc7fGrnflRj6eAWlHwDIyllZh3wCB5d7Ef7qXiYuk7KmWcFVWviI8U51UZ0Liu9vZL1l695CCKc0huYj3YdI_bKWYAO-kL3raZnZCSJTALhACRYkSZK1TOKu_1yR0kxoafLYafYdc43sjT42qufYafZy1d1T-K/s4000/20220611_102837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMyLfl1MCmU21tlmxFLX_cRP9qXKc7fGrnflRj6eAWlHwDIyllZh3wCB5d7Ef7qXiYuk7KmWcFVWviI8U51UZ0Liu9vZL1l695CCKc0huYj3YdI_bKWYAO-kL3raZnZCSJTALhACRYkSZK1TOKu_1yR0kxoafLYafYdc43sjT42qufYafZy1d1T-K/w400-h300/20220611_102837.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>State senate chambers...more money spent!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0FuclF71sS3hmYwfEb8z7f-CiCOoFQo6h0y9jlLc6wfRDEaxiTGd9KlojZxmh84uZ5ZCYjFieGtkE2p96ySfBFDezFSfoycj_1cEoIz3ahZmVuQcxkl-agZv_wlOQ8VFqWyiyLGvqVDPlExBvjpvaLkL_d0SGpyemXbParNelKkxOhQahXIgJUHx/s4000/20220611_102840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0FuclF71sS3hmYwfEb8z7f-CiCOoFQo6h0y9jlLc6wfRDEaxiTGd9KlojZxmh84uZ5ZCYjFieGtkE2p96ySfBFDezFSfoycj_1cEoIz3ahZmVuQcxkl-agZv_wlOQ8VFqWyiyLGvqVDPlExBvjpvaLkL_d0SGpyemXbParNelKkxOhQahXIgJUHx/w400-h300/20220611_102840.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The original building had a stained glass ceiling in this square spot but it leaked! So....they made a new ceiling and, as of today, they have no money to build the stained glass back to its original shape.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKPk2dReoefankC-4pLPnAQMhBaZIhPGusOP1pEvhaO3thAqIN9Pi_N9VNtpR-X2GO6uPohH6uJq7kNECvaDMW4A9U23dqxr-3p03IuxuAT5mbwmXLtaP_p0cAA5IhVJwH16kzo1_8ndXXnhf6Nr00o_lMvTwJ6Ww4et9gHoEj2sQ1l9TCCtlj70d/s4000/20220611_103545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKPk2dReoefankC-4pLPnAQMhBaZIhPGusOP1pEvhaO3thAqIN9Pi_N9VNtpR-X2GO6uPohH6uJq7kNECvaDMW4A9U23dqxr-3p03IuxuAT5mbwmXLtaP_p0cAA5IhVJwH16kzo1_8ndXXnhf6Nr00o_lMvTwJ6Ww4et9gHoEj2sQ1l9TCCtlj70d/w300-h400/20220611_103545.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Our guide told that this painting is so inaccurate in many ways he could give enough text to cover it all. Suffice it to say, this event happened but the characters are all wrong. But, the design committee decided to leave it the way it is. But, it's still beautiful and sits in a great space.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div>Okay, here's one of the best rooms....the Supreme Court room of Illinois..</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObthm5Ys2IBZjOXCia0YC7Leaym_syOzA3VJyaA7YZoJVgw4IKiHUKbIbD8zcCjSWlD9lqaUMfSUIQba-N4P8UcU8cG6PDXyMOZ_e0VHcNcV9W5U8SboSRpUWQAsSb6QyIjNGTA6l4rG6Xy8vOTyyK_iEBMnbYGFrgLB8OeYNojTu-9gUwn1ODokX/s4000/20220611_105719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObthm5Ys2IBZjOXCia0YC7Leaym_syOzA3VJyaA7YZoJVgw4IKiHUKbIbD8zcCjSWlD9lqaUMfSUIQba-N4P8UcU8cG6PDXyMOZ_e0VHcNcV9W5U8SboSRpUWQAsSb6QyIjNGTA6l4rG6Xy8vOTyyK_iEBMnbYGFrgLB8OeYNojTu-9gUwn1ODokX/w400-h300/20220611_105719.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X5RgqjgT5CIvQ5HBvlMV7_AYFhKbTt00vVHqsdiGtPJ2QfPB-vyKwY2CrOYNnz93rE6DIxhbCdlPopUlAJsMa7BzpkVB2i10OckMlApRewv3uAd7EVNUtTloGK-sMNGbGD4JrNjM-CU/s4000/20220611_105723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X5RgqjgT5CIvQ5HBvlMV7_AYFhKbTt00vVHqsdiGtPJ2QfPB-vyKwY2CrOYNnz93rE6DIxhbCdlPopUlAJsMa7BzpkVB2i10OckMlApRewv3uAd7EVNUtTloGK-sMNGbGD4JrNjM-CU/w400-h300/20220611_105723.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The ceiling is amazing!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtDmpBiQfWSTYJgi3Mk2BSOs_68i8vzjQZGn1jVv-hGwGWy0OR5pb5DqnaR_oisc-_m6_S2ZtIUxOAju39ClQ2yREM70nWecKRbZAKmxT7pPSDWbKBEXq_3KsxEK5B0hEsb8xrMBG611SPHzNFnP2cZska9vMirPbzdA0S8mlq3Y40Ha8eECk8z0e/s4000/20220611_105854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtDmpBiQfWSTYJgi3Mk2BSOs_68i8vzjQZGn1jVv-hGwGWy0OR5pb5DqnaR_oisc-_m6_S2ZtIUxOAju39ClQ2yREM70nWecKRbZAKmxT7pPSDWbKBEXq_3KsxEK5B0hEsb8xrMBG611SPHzNFnP2cZska9vMirPbzdA0S8mlq3Y40Ha8eECk8z0e/w400-h300/20220611_105854.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Notice the lady justice has her foot on a number of gold coins? That's to signify that Justice cannot be bought. There's a lot of symbolism in this ceiling painting.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfa70b70-u2_gcmISZxGSaThtfpqFMwSTAfTZs7W5nkPpwz9RSD0Yuibr92AlbuKbX3SMppCGl-IFNYYoFLUcaOUtVOvSbcsQZRWlUiYcr19Chi7vyU8ETfa6RoRcl_KsUWAQytPqzQbZBuCCjx6aGOuqdny6VTCQJBdx4V4bHtI25QcqrSPjfynE/s4000/20220611_115140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfa70b70-u2_gcmISZxGSaThtfpqFMwSTAfTZs7W5nkPpwz9RSD0Yuibr92AlbuKbX3SMppCGl-IFNYYoFLUcaOUtVOvSbcsQZRWlUiYcr19Chi7vyU8ETfa6RoRcl_KsUWAQytPqzQbZBuCCjx6aGOuqdny6VTCQJBdx4V4bHtI25QcqrSPjfynE/w480-h640/20220611_115140.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One last shot from behind. Oh, the dome top is covered with tin. We asked about that.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now....<div><br /></div><div>Even though they're gorgeous and immaculately decorated....why is so much money spent on this building instead of helping people with real problems? This is our question every time we visit a state capitol. Sooooo much money spent for a building!! But, if the people vote for it, and that's what they want, well, that's the right way. After all, it's their money.</div><div><br /></div><div>We still get to enjoy it...decades and decades later. Thank you Illinois !</div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-IXcSlewIWPrVwWWLiuBhgru9w0uox5AxMf_M4ZRKY-oBgrP2tC0FRVcfZ-LfZv-3L2gmGIuWyV-yaheSlaGg90HfR-DM3WkDXvORVotd1KcLDaev6r9gdSJ8nOs3zaFPrZlpJYUtAU-N3iFLT-A694IefvSr3H-ve6QiS4SYGznQvYhzAQrEdXE/s1296/in%20the%20snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1296" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-IXcSlewIWPrVwWWLiuBhgru9w0uox5AxMf_M4ZRKY-oBgrP2tC0FRVcfZ-LfZv-3L2gmGIuWyV-yaheSlaGg90HfR-DM3WkDXvORVotd1KcLDaev6r9gdSJ8nOs3zaFPrZlpJYUtAU-N3iFLT-A694IefvSr3H-ve6QiS4SYGznQvYhzAQrEdXE/s320/in%20the%20snow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We need to take a more recent selfie don't you think?</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Springfield, IL, USA39.781721300000008 -89.650148111.471487463821163 -124.8063981 68.091955136178854 -54.493898099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-51826336532089478332022-06-19T09:35:00.002-07:002022-06-19T09:35:41.200-07:00Don Garlits Dragster Museum<p> Well, this one might not be for everyone but, when you are exploring, it's fun to see sights that are out of your interest zone. This one could definitely qualify for some of you.</p><p>This is the Don Garlits Dragster Museum outside of Ocala, Florida, where he is from.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MVgqPUBYP6VlYdPxMiFPioxWRlduGvmiPrFYFm5SjRqCQ1yjf4yFvcv-7DJRrVFdwXFdmmgA-49o0hC2L7uQ5wYooC-nPO3uFfURN6OSeSpPh82XhIVc2yIKa3f7Blt_Z01GBHO4RsltktnxXDerKBPt4lCemPKo9mcTNT0qep_-ZVB9SNH610LG/s4000/20220531_115334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9MVgqPUBYP6VlYdPxMiFPioxWRlduGvmiPrFYFm5SjRqCQ1yjf4yFvcv-7DJRrVFdwXFdmmgA-49o0hC2L7uQ5wYooC-nPO3uFfURN6OSeSpPh82XhIVc2yIKa3f7Blt_Z01GBHO4RsltktnxXDerKBPt4lCemPKo9mcTNT0qep_-ZVB9SNH610LG/w400-h300/20220531_115334.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Soooo many dragsters, funny cars, photos, trophies...and on and on...<div><br /></div><div>There is even a place for just engines !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNZzOONaZm_bpsuZWYcz6KPxtdwhzSXR1yGEaP0VKkRscKzAoY1J6nG8MqLE2zSbO5tGhgwpkWB3pDJ_KuRh3_c7pwIw6T4K4wKrfHdnpa26V4d6FYnIfU2pdh8hUOpuUyc7VGI2GiS1mTncxkcIygqj8AYlAoQxbjFBJV_S_-omPtqKX4KixTVo5/s4000/20220531_131621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNZzOONaZm_bpsuZWYcz6KPxtdwhzSXR1yGEaP0VKkRscKzAoY1J6nG8MqLE2zSbO5tGhgwpkWB3pDJ_KuRh3_c7pwIw6T4K4wKrfHdnpa26V4d6FYnIfU2pdh8hUOpuUyc7VGI2GiS1mTncxkcIygqj8AYlAoQxbjFBJV_S_-omPtqKX4KixTVo5/w400-h300/20220531_131621.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He's had 38 of them !. Here's a link to all of them....</p><p><a href="https://garlits.com/swamp-rat-gallery/">https://garlits.com/swamp-rat-gallery/</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQZlsETxGu2W_577R4_bBJcexWSjYwC6AlxSD78NjDZ5SSgLpoFKby2q2aCZV00Rige4P4D-8eJQUalUQN8-nV9K6mArEqTfQ-xY4pGCVi-VLwt_uD7zfPa9bplS5qjJ2wSX38TLT9ZE-_xhSLu55-WaYN3i-geGvY2wf2ZrG7UoipB5jfBYv-0umw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1878" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQZlsETxGu2W_577R4_bBJcexWSjYwC6AlxSD78NjDZ5SSgLpoFKby2q2aCZV00Rige4P4D-8eJQUalUQN8-nV9K6mArEqTfQ-xY4pGCVi-VLwt_uD7zfPa9bplS5qjJ2wSX38TLT9ZE-_xhSLu55-WaYN3i-geGvY2wf2ZrG7UoipB5jfBYv-0umw=w640-h222" width="640" /></a></div>If you notice, all the engines were in front of the driver but, Don had a terrible accident where the front of the dragster broke, injured him and ended him in the hospital for months. <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk9kWQ7RZAzjL-LXKP9RIpgms_CL6VnyAbvFrbesMlwGXat4LN1HadRda5bnosytCJB5Nm4AtjdPkWdA5NT869PiBBBQltxDRC1NVYTwfaVVATLFSXdKde88_ZpPIrx8SZmKm0XsMAGMKvkyttqYFxJK8i9BOWwwUHGuCMZf5G0-xVDZImz5Z2_vQ/s4000/20220531_124338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVk9kWQ7RZAzjL-LXKP9RIpgms_CL6VnyAbvFrbesMlwGXat4LN1HadRda5bnosytCJB5Nm4AtjdPkWdA5NT869PiBBBQltxDRC1NVYTwfaVVATLFSXdKde88_ZpPIrx8SZmKm0XsMAGMKvkyttqYFxJK8i9BOWwwUHGuCMZf5G0-xVDZImz5Z2_vQ/w400-h300/20220531_124338.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice the engine part continuing down the strip while the back, engine part, is looking straight down at the road! That's Don in there.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here's the video of the dragster coming apart:</div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/J1a8ZQxq8EE?t=60">https://youtu.be/J1a8ZQxq8EE?t=60</a></div><div><br />While in the hospital, Don came up with an idea to put the engine BEHIND the driver. This was revolutionary. Here's the result:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fbu5c9O2L4AwGhIaZMSF52EoJdk4PxHRCB-ERokiDR_BBcLGylb0dzeTLbd_5PdfZhkLhlDTUeAOSiokUVewYucQMb7Z_bZ2i0QrIvS4JKrr99qJwRXg_I8x_xEZ-XYtFf24OcIa_S4dRe3K46kapxBej3GhuxOY4eCXMNFwCJ3aBzwmpylxNkTu/s603/14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="603" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8fbu5c9O2L4AwGhIaZMSF52EoJdk4PxHRCB-ERokiDR_BBcLGylb0dzeTLbd_5PdfZhkLhlDTUeAOSiokUVewYucQMb7Z_bZ2i0QrIvS4JKrr99qJwRXg_I8x_xEZ-XYtFf24OcIa_S4dRe3K46kapxBej3GhuxOY4eCXMNFwCJ3aBzwmpylxNkTu/w400-h249/14.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Everyone soon copied.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The tires on these dragsters are enormous ....check this out...</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVH6Q2j6XBXG_u59jThOO86ppsHmRJfJppxjfOsWz2OOhINhdvfSP6fzY7XUC9m1iEzxi_bjoEoNAOVBz3YNHmmFoU8U2CiHZRY6jAhkhR5WbohRRHAqjQqVRhJYQdOVXSoJTIJiuKhPzhXda317V31kISk4ebvJe8UbUcNWnSrUD-NmYN7GCpzJi/s4000/20220531_132634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVH6Q2j6XBXG_u59jThOO86ppsHmRJfJppxjfOsWz2OOhINhdvfSP6fzY7XUC9m1iEzxi_bjoEoNAOVBz3YNHmmFoU8U2CiHZRY6jAhkhR5WbohRRHAqjQqVRhJYQdOVXSoJTIJiuKhPzhXda317V31kISk4ebvJe8UbUcNWnSrUD-NmYN7GCpzJi/w400-h300/20220531_132634.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but who's the geez in the front???</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><p>This was a very nice stop. We spent only one night in Ocala but it was worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>...on to our next top !...</p><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Ocala, FL, USA29.1871986 -82.1400922999999920.87696476382115307 -117.29634229999999 57.49743243617884 -46.983842299999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-6484511258678107172022-04-21T01:45:00.002-07:002022-04-21T01:45:30.543-07:00A Dollhouse Museum you won't believe !<p>My wife LOVES dollhouses so, in our travels, I'm always looking for places that showcase them. I never knew that we would find one the best one in Kentucky in a little town of 16,717 people...Danville, KY. We rearranged our trip itinerary to go visit this place and, man, it was soooo worth it!. Kim spent over 3 hours inside looking at over 200 Dollhouses !!</p><p>First off, Kim took about 492 photos inside so don't expect to see them all ! But, we'll show you enough to overwhelm you with the immenseness of this place.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47fIrOeUy2_8e-39jJsGq9xyzJx_A9_V96AqxbL0Ja-n-P8fx6EuXOKp7N9BteWdN4TaCKX_Wi_7DfSoIf_qcjewEjO9e-jdSKbcZpDQwj3Zvim15qblP7TE3-D0qjiQQTj6I3ixR_B8PKUlKamHD5LuHayLQwxdCeVNgOhOlWBOQTGjZQUMuodvs/s3869/20210821_141825%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="3869" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47fIrOeUy2_8e-39jJsGq9xyzJx_A9_V96AqxbL0Ja-n-P8fx6EuXOKp7N9BteWdN4TaCKX_Wi_7DfSoIf_qcjewEjO9e-jdSKbcZpDQwj3Zvim15qblP7TE3-D0qjiQQTj6I3ixR_B8PKUlKamHD5LuHayLQwxdCeVNgOhOlWBOQTGjZQUMuodvs/w640-h238/20210821_141825%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This is the place. Looks are deceiving. Wait until we take you inside!</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p> Here's some text from their website:</p><p><i>The Great American Dollhouse Museum showcases over 200 dollhouses, miniature buildings, and room boxes, furnished in remarkable detail and populated with tiny people at work and play.</i></p><p><i>The Museum’s unique focus is the depiction of American social history in miniature. The Exhibition Hall presents as<b> three major areas:</b> </i></p><p><i><b>The first,</b> a timeline of United States History from Native American through Colonial, Old West, early Southwest and modern eras, gives the visitor a vivid sense of what it would be like to live in different regions of our country at various times in the past.<b> </b></i></p><p><i><b>The second major</b> display area, a complete miniature town circa 1910, includes mansion, business, retail and factory districts as well as a Shaker village. Here, the visitor is lured into detailed fictional stories of the lives and characters of the town.</i></p><p><i><b>The last section</b> of the Museum contains a heavily forested fantasy land with faeries, elves, witches, trolls and a walk-in dragon cave. It’s just for fun and always well-loved by visitors of all ages.</i></p><p><i><a href="https://youtu.be/DFKm-LcLrQ4">https://youtu.be/DFKm-LcLrQ4</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Let's look at just one example:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgibox9_QwMU7mpRdC2Czheeo-gKY7sKT_SgQ2WeFG13spLOF0qoPgVAucOzviLXnjxxoIaaFEGawdnwHY90jBian_0dhVgo0_Rx-lwSo5PwEoQ3vVlCXL_0ZTkWo4nmLHhugTtFLrVJdjnyB3j-5vfhYp5jqUPCYOh86Y5sgD9TFvAf20HFqtgRFR/s4032/20210821_122256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgibox9_QwMU7mpRdC2Czheeo-gKY7sKT_SgQ2WeFG13spLOF0qoPgVAucOzviLXnjxxoIaaFEGawdnwHY90jBian_0dhVgo0_Rx-lwSo5PwEoQ3vVlCXL_0ZTkWo4nmLHhugTtFLrVJdjnyB3j-5vfhYp5jqUPCYOh86Y5sgD9TFvAf20HFqtgRFR/w640-h360/20210821_122256.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's what the overall dollhouse looks like. Now, we'll take a closer look....</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfDAXpgr1smXBko4_NuGzbW9OiH1RuXnDeYiggrUJGpAoRhlaR98s6zAmCfRhfmcOYi3cNGsM4sU0xfT45cDuWBhQel8aV8I5UJdPZolxATsq1v8pB67qLNKqUaXeLmi5sBfBak3Klbd5SSZFLt73hM7_HByuz2k5scYSqz4pFrC_2dZY1cO0IATa/s3798/20210821_122332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="3798" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfDAXpgr1smXBko4_NuGzbW9OiH1RuXnDeYiggrUJGpAoRhlaR98s6zAmCfRhfmcOYi3cNGsM4sU0xfT45cDuWBhQel8aV8I5UJdPZolxATsq1v8pB67qLNKqUaXeLmi5sBfBak3Klbd5SSZFLt73hM7_HByuz2k5scYSqz4pFrC_2dZY1cO0IATa/w640-h360/20210821_122332.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidit4pAvStu7ssOkYg0ipQ6fF4G3UZntyUYD0vNUt_13N72DGfFXkncZRJy5tgbUUf00OqEgRPK0q5B-V4oszZ5B9d_yNF9yXBYQcFCNhbPrUe1Wm1mVAzKrn_ZzJ67iv6IfrRCtE-_1UkUd0jW6_Jz0o0F30qzQn3pzglBFSU-09TkVUf5fqITvua/s4032/20210821_122356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Well, we hung out as I slogged through the 1,440 pages and 587,287 words in the book War and Peace! </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB2bz_uA2F6SkucclniCbXRHuOsgpv2u2cxxI3AWQ5y9mVGI6VNkoPzsTnUDMeJgfdzrGbtoNLdJquP5icvIb4B9_Spw4K08NjgLYyGtRbWWW4snt4roXIQuHz9iQtYqVmuSw2jpmdxWgfWVVgMU1U800oBC3DzrXKSuNpEI0jD24PAuYUC5FtFX4/s4032/20210821_133617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuB2bz_uA2F6SkucclniCbXRHuOsgpv2u2cxxI3AWQ5y9mVGI6VNkoPzsTnUDMeJgfdzrGbtoNLdJquP5icvIb4B9_Spw4K08NjgLYyGtRbWWW4snt4roXIQuHz9iQtYqVmuSw2jpmdxWgfWVVgMU1U800oBC3DzrXKSuNpEI0jD24PAuYUC5FtFX4/w640-h360/20210821_133617.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Look...even Katie is interested in Dollhouses !</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJXa0bK9P4bnV3qBoMJWM_ODEX5Ej-GgxCKTvyiJMXFAYe57nt8caw5DlTHHBBOdf_7MizJjO9Zz0gcpKI-QjfQkrUIL3ROdIlAfLEARxy2giQ0mUI9gVjR16OTzH63bIFrUADFSaV_3aVvuXZA00M4nw4AHPzkqsFzjkkItdapA0rRJcwGDCchQF/s4032/20210821_133618(0).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJXa0bK9P4bnV3qBoMJWM_ODEX5Ej-GgxCKTvyiJMXFAYe57nt8caw5DlTHHBBOdf_7MizJjO9Zz0gcpKI-QjfQkrUIL3ROdIlAfLEARxy2giQ0mUI9gVjR16OTzH63bIFrUADFSaV_3aVvuXZA00M4nw4AHPzkqsFzjkkItdapA0rRJcwGDCchQF/w640-h360/20210821_133618(0).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Seriously, we took walks, read and tried to stay in the shade. The time passed quickly.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />That's it for this entry...kind of different. Hope you enjoyed it.<div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Oh, we'll be posting more in the upcoming months so keep an eye out for the email notifications.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Danville, KY, USA37.6456329 -84.7721701999999919.335399063821157 -119.92842019999999 65.955866736178848 -49.615920199999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-51397079588124865582021-08-15T12:24:00.000-07:002021-08-15T13:50:34.977-07:00Washington to Wisconsin 2021<p>Well, we're waaaay behind in our blog entries as we've already visited 12 places and are on our 13th one right now. So, instead of many individual entries, we're going to combine them into one only. Enjoy the photos!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSk1S_hJRrE/YRahz_E_U-I/AAAAAAAA978/ZBgZ2_pVAtEnT9WVJu0AKhkXV7tLEwqZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s857/blog%2Bso%2Bfar.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="857" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SSk1S_hJRrE/YRahz_E_U-I/AAAAAAAA978/ZBgZ2_pVAtEnT9WVJu0AKhkXV7tLEwqZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h250/blog%2Bso%2Bfar.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Our trip so far....starting with Washington out west, all the way to Wisconsin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><b>WASHINGTON</b>: The Dry Lake Falls were created by massive floods around 10,000 years ago. These cliffs are 400 feet tall and over 3.5 miles wide! The flood waters that came over the cliffs here were over 400 higher than you see here! This cliff area started 20 miles downstream and, as the water carved out the rock, it gradually moved upstream to where it is located today.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPpxEYcW_DM/YRgilZ34AbI/AAAAAAAA98U/oP3ASflBjWsdQbojhLFlzDs6U8_uLF5iQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPpxEYcW_DM/YRgilZ34AbI/AAAAAAAA98U/oP3ASflBjWsdQbojhLFlzDs6U8_uLF5iQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dry Lake Falls. Notice the yellow circle? There are three cars there...for scale.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>LIBBY, MONTANA:</b> We have stayed here 3 times before but, even though the town's population is only 2847, the RV park is set amongst the forest making for a camping-like experience. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BhFMiEVBDyI/YRgmbrKph5I/AAAAAAAA98c/5DpUX9TWsgsFnYkzv6gZ6Knl0D-AMYnbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_4148.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BhFMiEVBDyI/YRgmbrKph5I/AAAAAAAA98c/5DpUX9TWsgsFnYkzv6gZ6Knl0D-AMYnbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_4148.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Kootenai Falls</b>. This is our favorite place to visit in Libby. We usually spend a few hours enjoying the rushing water while having some lunch.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b>Glacier National Park, east side.</b> We came here to do one thing only....go kayaking in the glacier lakes....so we did!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFGiO3ygZ0eklkWunMocsbSeyq03FnCxJadox6BauKFaSgmnnCWVnPMhpPvr5l67HZXMTCTl6nFnOON1msujFpMWQaEIAIx4mC6OQ8TyluLPjQEJ34FW64co62q_Jlyv0jwUf5gDQ367-/s2048/20210625_130911.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFGiO3ygZ0eklkWunMocsbSeyq03FnCxJadox6BauKFaSgmnnCWVnPMhpPvr5l67HZXMTCTl6nFnOON1msujFpMWQaEIAIx4mC6OQ8TyluLPjQEJ34FW64co62q_Jlyv0jwUf5gDQ367-/w640-h360/20210625_130911.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This lake was surrounded on all sides with mountains this size. Fantastic!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OG6I18paUBI/YRgpGlgsi6I/AAAAAAAA98s/NDqgajg0MZMz_P99rNzktXbV830v-wzXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210625_115709.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OG6I18paUBI/YRgpGlgsi6I/AAAAAAAA98s/NDqgajg0MZMz_P99rNzktXbV830v-wzXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/20210625_115709.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Katie seems unimpressed by the spectacular scenery.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b>HAVRE, MONTANA:</b> First off, Havre is pronounced like "Have Her". We stayed one night only but the horses in the field in front of our RV like to come over to get some attention. Other than that, we just hung around the park and relaxed.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7XS9sq4Jwc/YRgrYNR_FBI/AAAAAAAA980/l3IeH-eIrcgYS5rSyMFz2z2U5wtoFTM0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/horses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s7XS9sq4Jwc/YRgrYNR_FBI/AAAAAAAA980/l3IeH-eIrcgYS5rSyMFz2z2U5wtoFTM0ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/horses.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK, NORTH UNIT:</b> The large spherical boulders found here are called concretions. They are usually round but can be any shape. Concretions are formed within rocks by deposits of mineral around a core.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9GPvB42P4k/YRleInv6DpI/AAAAAAAA988/W0Z493Xdfo89VKY3jiw44ob3qWd0qUSPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2748/DSC_4741%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="2119" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9GPvB42P4k/YRleInv6DpI/AAAAAAAA988/W0Z493Xdfo89VKY3jiw44ob3qWd0qUSPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w309-h400/DSC_4741%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P9nKs25UXWc/YRlerwe1e1I/AAAAAAAA99E/qZUFURjBiy4wCe2ffX24tEanFH1QWCmmACLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_4760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P9nKs25UXWc/YRlerwe1e1I/AAAAAAAA99E/qZUFURjBiy4wCe2ffX24tEanFH1QWCmmACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_4760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vRsdnbZxQcY/YRlfa31uZRI/AAAAAAAA99Q/ai4lCMZGhzMMmtOk1lFOOUPkuUaA5abBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2672/DSC_1020%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="2672" height="308" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vRsdnbZxQcY/YRlfa31uZRI/AAAAAAAA99Q/ai4lCMZGhzMMmtOk1lFOOUPkuUaA5abBACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h308/DSC_1020%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta little close, don't you think?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>CUSTER STATE PARK: </b>We saw a Fourth of July parade in Custer City, did a little kayaking, hiking and just poking around.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlLp3iLBMsM/YRlhlW4lp2I/AAAAAAAA99c/gk0g4aV3YLo390e8w0Avfhvq0sBNGBLzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/KIM_5057%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlLp3iLBMsM/YRlhlW4lp2I/AAAAAAAA99c/gk0g4aV3YLo390e8w0Avfhvq0sBNGBLzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/KIM_5057%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look how calm the lake is. Very peaceful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqbsYxXE580/YRliU1Q5dCI/AAAAAAAA99k/w29-Ois2Y0Yn78Ghjf3xTiltxh2hz9MDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210704_100055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mqbsYxXE580/YRliU1Q5dCI/AAAAAAAA99k/w29-Ois2Y0Yn78Ghjf3xTiltxh2hz9MDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20210704_100055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parade started off with all the children. Love small town parades!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>UNION PACIFIC GOLDEN SPIKE TOWER:</b> This is the largest railyard in the country! Over 100 tracks going east and west ! Someday, I'll do a blog entry just about the workings of this place. Amazing! YOu can go here to view a live view of the yard in operation:</div><div>https://goldenspiketower.com/bailey-yard/live-cam/</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dOF58bsbB-A/YRlkIHgmklI/AAAAAAAA99s/IwBvR4oClJgLPEYYIm4oZVnyZyG9MYhMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5397%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dOF58bsbB-A/YRlkIHgmklI/AAAAAAAA99s/IwBvR4oClJgLPEYYIm4oZVnyZyG9MYhMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_5397%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is only the east bound traffic. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Just some of the facts:</b> Every 24 hours, Bailey Yard handles 10,000 railroad cars. Of those, 3,000 are sorted daily in the yard’s eastward and Golden Spike Tower overlooking Bailey Yard’s westward yards, nicknamed “hump” yards. Using a mound cresting 34 feet for eastbound trains and 20.1 feet for those heading west, these two hump yards allow four cars a minute to roll gently into any of 114 “bowl” tracks where they become part of trains headed for dozens of destinations. Together, these two yards have 18 receiving and 16 departure tracks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Train operations and repair shops at Bailey Yard are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The fueling and service center processes more than 9,000 locomotives each month, using technology like overhead cranes and elevated work bays to maintain fluid operations.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qc966UIlqM/YRlmG-Z3DdI/AAAAAAAA990/RNf-oLDGUr8FZzNMq2Bhi9kERUftqut9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qc966UIlqM/YRlmG-Z3DdI/AAAAAAAA990/RNf-oLDGUr8FZzNMq2Bhi9kERUftqut9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_5430.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the Golden Spike Tower where you can go to the 8th floor to view the entire railyard.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOUUff_4_6A/YRlmTUozjsI/AAAAAAAA994/X5UuCT-w1xA2lco2RAN7-vrUnChrEiJFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1417/baily%2Byard%2Baerial.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="1417" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rOUUff_4_6A/YRlmTUozjsI/AAAAAAAA994/X5UuCT-w1xA2lco2RAN7-vrUnChrEiJFwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h230/baily%2Byard%2Baerial.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last image of an aerial view of all the rail tracks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Okay, that's it for now...hope you enjoyed all of this. It goes without saying that, each of these stops, could be a story in and of itself. But, rather than bore you to pieces with thousands of photos and text, we thought it would be best to summarize. Let us know your thoughts and we'll see you next time as we head down to see our boy in Atlanta with stops at Nashville, Shiloh, Savanah, Charleston and the largest dollhouse museum in the country!</div><div><br /></div><div>kim/steve/katie</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaBKyJ_KrelFwP7hq9TCkaMnv_frDcimgPy2JdPMTfAuUE5MVRuVPZVuWT6OvNZyicpjXOIZYIVg7OtS4G9EEq16iIYfmB_nqO4p5ZCyqcf_GcY8FEySKQJlbu1Qda5YcrWlwJ8DMzj0N/s1280/all+of+us.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1280" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaBKyJ_KrelFwP7hq9TCkaMnv_frDcimgPy2JdPMTfAuUE5MVRuVPZVuWT6OvNZyicpjXOIZYIVg7OtS4G9EEq16iIYfmB_nqO4p5ZCyqcf_GcY8FEySKQJlbu1Qda5YcrWlwJ8DMzj0N/w640-h192/all+of+us.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll have to ask about Steve's "hat".</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-34868863998193745352021-07-08T13:01:00.001-07:002021-07-08T13:02:36.922-07:00Bodie Ghost Town, Califorina and the Jeffery Pine Forest<p>We've already started our summer trip but never posted anything else for our May Nevada trip soooo..</p><p><br /></p><p>MONO LAKE, CALIFORNIA</p><p>This was an unexpected stop...did not realize how much there was to see and do...but we tried to fit them all in. Bodie, The Mill Town, a couple of kayak lakes, Tioga Pass, Mono Lake Tuffas, the largest Jeffery Pine forest in the world, an obsidian volcano and a mountain side of pumice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kim has always wanted to see the best preserved (and largest) ghost town in America, Bodie. So, we parked the coach at the Mono Lake Visitor's Center, unhooked our pickup and took a ride waaaay back into the hills to see Bodie. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dNkXTnY-E68/YOCbKwk4nXI/AAAAAAAA8Og/h3QsKpfoUOYXBCz96OioY_Cy7m2mbOaEACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210514_124230.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dNkXTnY-E68/YOCbKwk4nXI/AAAAAAAA8Og/h3QsKpfoUOYXBCz96OioY_Cy7m2mbOaEACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20210514_124230.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large stamp mill operation in the distance, of which there were several. They "stamped" the ore 24 hours a day. Can you imagine the noise?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl4kXBVh0_w/YOCZ_RXPfNI/AAAAAAAA8OU/m5qU7T_zYZ02ymqADJzpKlT3dJtZ5i4ZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210514_125431.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bl4kXBVh0_w/YOCZ_RXPfNI/AAAAAAAA8OU/m5qU7T_zYZ02ymqADJzpKlT3dJtZ5i4ZACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20210514_125431.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The majority of the buildings are gone, over 85%.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GwyqnR6XqcQ/YOCZQP_5FdI/AAAAAAAA8OM/iu-KDbxuTuIwLr5qOUWMh_sdbWV7WmelQCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_2291.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GwyqnR6XqcQ/YOCZQP_5FdI/AAAAAAAA8OM/iu-KDbxuTuIwLr5qOUWMh_sdbWV7WmelQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_2291.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many of the building still have items left in them. It's as it they were abducted by aliens !!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A51_Q3pOh2s/YOCdSH2UVFI/AAAAAAAA8Os/xX8LOA5JtnErih9M6ssW5V_HHM-_g6B-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_2333.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A51_Q3pOh2s/YOCdSH2UVFI/AAAAAAAA8Os/xX8LOA5JtnErih9M6ssW5V_HHM-_g6B-gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_2333.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see that the town is allowed to "disappear" on its own without interference.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGkHhArsce8/YOCdWd8TROI/AAAAAAAA8Ow/A3xd9UAxfJAty6lxPuL48sZspgqNjLvQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_2348.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGkHhArsce8/YOCdWd8TROI/AAAAAAAA8Ow/A3xd9UAxfJAty6lxPuL48sZspgqNjLvQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_2348.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost ready to fall but someone has propped it up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Then, we decided to take a day trip with the car, just to explore and found the Mill that made the wood for all the construction at Bodie!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjIKmAYAxvg/YORiSBlMB_I/AAAAAAAA8WU/7pRxPxwxRLIPSjrNTGerZtABH5E5XNO8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_3154.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjIKmAYAxvg/YORiSBlMB_I/AAAAAAAA8WU/7pRxPxwxRLIPSjrNTGerZtABH5E5XNO8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_3154.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the mill looked like. They would slide the trees down to the valley then up to get cut and the train would take them to Bodie.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8c3Q1ySHoBE/YORiTcEDvNI/AAAAAAAA8WY/kRLvWogrz7gzMCPkeXek5mOm8uWArd1cgCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_3177.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8c3Q1ySHoBE/YORiTcEDvNI/AAAAAAAA8WY/kRLvWogrz7gzMCPkeXek5mOm8uWArd1cgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_3177.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what the valley looks like today...all that's left is some old wood.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-99UHHKb8tK4/YORmjwiHBfI/AAAAAAAA8Wk/yFqjcEm2OUkixDROwLvKm9SIO9W1AG-lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_3163.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-99UHHKb8tK4/YORmjwiHBfI/AAAAAAAA8Wk/yFqjcEm2OUkixDROwLvKm9SIO9W1AG-lwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_3163.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oh1pi02YAU/YORmkMtNI0I/AAAAAAAA8Wo/ipUPjAjTTnQOgHcpc8OAYPzVr0batKHKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s4176/DSC_3171.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="4176" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Oh1pi02YAU/YORmkMtNI0I/AAAAAAAA8Wo/ipUPjAjTTnQOgHcpc8OAYPzVr0batKHKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/DSC_3171.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>We also found out that the largest Jeffery Pine forest in the world is located right here so we drove into it a ways, had some lunch and just enjoyed the gentle breeze flowing through the pine needles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-moseS9UVCmU/YOR1sJ0hDhI/AAAAAAAA8W0/RfsdnuThjoMhuUTJIQM1reA2vWbEghx7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s3395/DSC_3170%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="3395" height="109" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-moseS9UVCmU/YOR1sJ0hDhI/AAAAAAAA8W0/RfsdnuThjoMhuUTJIQM1reA2vWbEghx7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h109/DSC_3170%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Of course, we both enjoyed it in our own ways!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tbXZCMZNZU/YOR2kOuIPpI/AAAAAAAA8XA/grsd2-K7aVESZjSVZrnnjX8ytiAiCzangCLcBGAsYHQ/s2019/DSC_3189%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="1525" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5tbXZCMZNZU/YOR2kOuIPpI/AAAAAAAA8XA/grsd2-K7aVESZjSVZrnnjX8ytiAiCzangCLcBGAsYHQ/w303-h400/DSC_3189%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not a tree-hugger but I couldn't resist this one.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCJ3tQd40q0/YOR2f7gnqPI/AAAAAAAA8W8/jjFuqe_7LHIQwGXUCrXB8msRQ4wb1R-ygCLcBGAsYHQ/s2644/DSC_3204%2B%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2369" data-original-width="2644" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tCJ3tQd40q0/YOR2f7gnqPI/AAAAAAAA8W8/jjFuqe_7LHIQwGXUCrXB8msRQ4wb1R-ygCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h359/DSC_3204%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim is totally at peace with the forest.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3yzOxEwk0W8/YOdXDX4I8XI/AAAAAAAA8nA/kdbzdAy8fG4HRIuhSeH97aqZ9bX1VJfiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s3854/DSC_3346%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="3854" height="130" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3yzOxEwk0W8/YOdXDX4I8XI/AAAAAAAA8nA/kdbzdAy8fG4HRIuhSeH97aqZ9bX1VJfiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h130/DSC_3346%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's just one of the views looking west towards the Sierra Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed tis one...we'll do more in a few days.</p><p><br /></p><p>steve/kim/katie</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDw23yNns0Q/YOdXljXfxiI/AAAAAAAA8nI/oUDAW0r2q3w_vM_YHql8pwS-1Ta7OlAoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1814/20210509_135121%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1814" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yDw23yNns0Q/YOdXljXfxiI/AAAAAAAA8nI/oUDAW0r2q3w_vM_YHql8pwS-1Ta7OlAoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210509_135121%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4s9QXZWOm0/YOdZQuvP-6I/AAAAAAAA8nQ/wJqvQd2bNiYtSSEGi7j1jVd8joBPOAYNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2784/katie%2Bin%2Bbodie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2784" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D4s9QXZWOm0/YOdZQuvP-6I/AAAAAAAA8nQ/wJqvQd2bNiYtSSEGi7j1jVd8joBPOAYNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/katie%2Bin%2Bbodie.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...looking forward to visiting the Bodie...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Bodie, CA, USA38.212779300000008 -119.012519.9025454638211627 -154.16876000000002 66.523013136178861 -83.85626tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-58124945919917745882021-05-16T20:15:00.000-07:002021-05-16T20:15:28.181-07:00On the Bonneville Salt Flats<div class="separator">One of the places we've always wanted to visit...well, actually I've always to visit....is the Bonneville Salt Flats on the Great Salt Lake outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. We'll get to our visit in a bit, but first....</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">This is where the world land speed records are set for vehicles. The current speed record is 763.035 mph (1227.986 km/h (the record-breaking speed averaged over the 2 runs of the measured mile). This one was run at Black Rock Desert in Nevada which is west of Winnemucca, Nevada.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXMfw6F7dHc/YKFL8E7eVFI/AAAAAAAA7MU/rN8aLiqUbUM37nc4fCYu8C3YAw9LZFclwCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/thrust-ssc.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXMfw6F7dHc/YKFL8E7eVFI/AAAAAAAA7MU/rN8aLiqUbUM37nc4fCYu8C3YAw9LZFclwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/thrust-ssc.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thrust SSC<br /><a href="https://landspeedrecord.org/thrust-ssc-andy-green/">https://landspeedrecord.org/thrust-ssc-andy-green/ </a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Just so you can see what are the fastest ones out there, here's a few of the upcoming challengers...these are cool looking!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aLYeIBZTbKk/YKFLNupaSrI/AAAAAAAA7Lw/u6OsHQAjGhcFbOzhcoe9mTctAjYjZnVMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/aussie-invader-rosco-mcglashan.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aLYeIBZTbKk/YKFLNupaSrI/AAAAAAAA7Lw/u6OsHQAjGhcFbOzhcoe9mTctAjYjZnVMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/aussie-invader-rosco-mcglashan.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aussie Invader 5R<br /><a href="https://landspeedrecord.org/aussie-invader-5r-rosco-mcglashan/">https://landspeedrecord.org/aussie-invader-5r-rosco-mcglashan/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XusjjUigddI/YKFLNpwskwI/AAAAAAAA7L0/wOU0WRRMJjkkmEvIUYoIZCVcxR60LUdBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s680/bloodhound-lsr-car.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="680" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XusjjUigddI/YKFLNpwskwI/AAAAAAAA7L0/wOU0WRRMJjkkmEvIUYoIZCVcxR60LUdBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/bloodhound-lsr-car.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bloodhound SLR<br /><a href="https://landspeedrecord.org/bloodhound-lsr-andy-green/">https://landspeedrecord.org/bloodhound-lsr-andy-green/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>...and some past record holders....</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U32scuoU7HE/YKFOCproDPI/AAAAAAAA7Mk/x3IC1hirB7oqd178NPAYjruuhEWEtr71ACLcBGAsYHQ/s460/thrust-2-richard-noble-thumb.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="460" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U32scuoU7HE/YKFOCproDPI/AAAAAAAA7Mk/x3IC1hirB7oqd178NPAYjruuhEWEtr71ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h229/thrust-2-richard-noble-thumb.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thrust 2 - 633.468 mph (1019.468 km/h)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VE3MMYRs28/YKFLxsoAoUI/AAAAAAAA7MI/sxvLvBpXwTEI6iQ9vUCLuoJnt7hl1-XGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/blue-flame.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="800" height="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7VE3MMYRs28/YKFLxsoAoUI/AAAAAAAA7MI/sxvLvBpXwTEI6iQ9vUCLuoJnt7hl1-XGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h190/blue-flame.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blue Flame - 622.407 mph (1,001.667 km/h)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TtsZRPMXsgk/YKFLwsWOZ1I/AAAAAAAA7MA/50c5Hjll2mU9J2z8Ov3tm7g3Tm40m_uGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s460/green-monster-art-arfons-thumb.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="460" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TtsZRPMXsgk/YKFLwsWOZ1I/AAAAAAAA7MA/50c5Hjll2mU9J2z8Ov3tm7g3Tm40m_uGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h229/green-monster-art-arfons-thumb.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Green Monster - 576.553 mph (927.847 km/h). Green?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_NQjD4Kdjqk/YKFLyPWqDHI/AAAAAAAA7MQ/xkQpMaGa-Xo3iCJKK3G_jRB6jLa9wYDQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s460/wingfoot-express-tom-green-thumb.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="460" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_NQjD4Kdjqk/YKFLyPWqDHI/AAAAAAAA7MQ/xkQpMaGa-Xo3iCJKK3G_jRB6jLa9wYDQwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h229/wingfoot-express-tom-green-thumb.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wingfoot Express - 413.199 mph (664.963 km/h)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>So, we drove out on a paved road to the end, where I was really disappointed as I thought we would be able to go way out on the flats. But then, off in the distance, we saw, what we thought were small ATV-type vehicles coming towards us. As they got closer, we realized that they were CARS! We spotted them first about 10 miles out!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PF9DhsNwAh0/YKFRHkgXbfI/AAAAAAAA7NU/Y0RjMkOlFa4Q7MPt5fevKxQRWb_DYaeggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2784/far%2Bout%2B3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2784" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PF9DhsNwAh0/YKFRHkgXbfI/AAAAAAAA7NU/Y0RjMkOlFa4Q7MPt5fevKxQRWb_DYaeggCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/far%2Bout%2B3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See the "dots" out to the left of the island?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5OnKBcXgF4/YKFRvIdOF1I/AAAAAAAA7Ng/R-CGdSyAY0c5Xv_DS14HeyIdzLaeRcwRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2784/far%2Bout%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2784" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5OnKBcXgF4/YKFRvIdOF1I/AAAAAAAA7Ng/R-CGdSyAY0c5Xv_DS14HeyIdzLaeRcwRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/far%2Bout%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Closer now</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzPMiEZGdRQ/YKFR5AXcxzI/AAAAAAAA7Nk/msz0VXIPgAcybhOdOKl1gRsTvjVNzi37ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2784/far%2Bout1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2784" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzPMiEZGdRQ/YKFR5AXcxzI/AAAAAAAA7Nk/msz0VXIPgAcybhOdOKl1gRsTvjVNzi37ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/far%2Bout1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even closer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGIlHc8oTng/YKFT4UwAG2I/AAAAAAAA7N4/lBs6XX9IDYk1uBbx_wOuk6EQ4UsRA9R8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2784/far%2Bout%2B4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="2784" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGIlHc8oTng/YKFT4UwAG2I/AAAAAAAA7N4/lBs6XX9IDYk1uBbx_wOuk6EQ4UsRA9R8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/far%2Bout%2B4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And almost here...</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br /><div>Once that lead car got onto the pavement, I went over and asked if it was okay to drive out there...was it soggy or wet or do I need 4-wheel drive? They said, "No", it's fine. We went out about 20 miles".<div><br /></div><div>Well, that settled it for us. Off we went!</div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Kz8jl_lFyw/YKFWTFuH5tI/AAAAAAAA7OA/1GvvTqOFyNIAMG0JrEhoKXOQgNZPGnUOACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210507_154946.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Kz8jl_lFyw/YKFWTFuH5tI/AAAAAAAA7OA/1GvvTqOFyNIAMG0JrEhoKXOQgNZPGnUOACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20210507_154946.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is about 5 miles from the paved road.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsrP_jmEUS0/YKFW9ALGOeI/AAAAAAAA7OM/Qcta_qOchXEKJfmS2IQ7mSLuM5_qMT4RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_1425.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gsrP_jmEUS0/YKFW9ALGOeI/AAAAAAAA7OM/Qcta_qOchXEKJfmS2IQ7mSLuM5_qMT4RgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_1425.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Waaaay out there now.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vUfsiVo08I/YKFXai5hE-I/AAAAAAAA7OY/nEusF-bGWNE24tgUFpVitfcZVqumVrsXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_0249.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9vUfsiVo08I/YKFXai5hE-I/AAAAAAAA7OY/nEusF-bGWNE24tgUFpVitfcZVqumVrsXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_0249.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mom and son out biking....3 miles from the road!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-saaJQ4XH9xA/YKFXY3vBdwI/AAAAAAAA7OU/OWPKqq7k6HEYaH4TG-DIZteCZL9g0pU-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_1405.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-saaJQ4XH9xA/YKFXY3vBdwI/AAAAAAAA7OU/OWPKqq7k6HEYaH4TG-DIZteCZL9g0pU-wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_1405.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You cannot tell, but that is a family of six getting out of their car.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kJkaqTeSp4/YKFYFRJEn9I/AAAAAAAA7Ok/bFkXWIXpXyIRglnl8uV28RYootpGaJ7ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210507_155819%2B%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2048" height="538" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7kJkaqTeSp4/YKFYFRJEn9I/AAAAAAAA7Ok/bFkXWIXpXyIRglnl8uV28RYootpGaJ7ugCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h538/20210507_155819%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kim and Katie....obviously !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>One last set of photos to show some perspective on how large this salt flat lake is...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7cjpum0Neo4/YKHbRvYINHI/AAAAAAAA7PQ/4zQ24aUhhIINlm4pVyj072COa7I97157gCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/aerial1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="624" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7cjpum0Neo4/YKHbRvYINHI/AAAAAAAA7PQ/4zQ24aUhhIINlm4pVyj072COa7I97157gCLcBGAsYHQ/w346-h400/aerial1.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overall aerial to show the star where we started.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PzCp3QGqrxk/YKHbRpx1WKI/AAAAAAAA7PI/1BCkKNaDsskAEuwGmhXIxxwFnPFhr0L3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s720/aerial2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PzCp3QGqrxk/YKHbRpx1WKI/AAAAAAAA7PI/1BCkKNaDsskAEuwGmhXIxxwFnPFhr0L3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/aerial2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we drove off the highway to the "launch point".</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DlXLw6sjbjs/YKHbRq0Eu2I/AAAAAAAA7PM/6JrnXY_CAZkycjMgPuUMIRmvjjxuo1u2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/aerial3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DlXLw6sjbjs/YKHbRq0Eu2I/AAAAAAAA7PM/6JrnXY_CAZkycjMgPuUMIRmvjjxuo1u2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/aerial3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where we saw the "dots" on the horizon looking to the upper right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-haDWP6YOpWQ/YKHbS1Ik4TI/AAAAAAAA7PU/ftRFivJoa9wolZrDF43su9KdMhg4IdpxACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/aerial4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-haDWP6YOpWQ/YKHbS1Ik4TI/AAAAAAAA7PU/ftRFivJoa9wolZrDF43su9KdMhg4IdpxACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/aerial4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and where we drove out onto the flats and where we ended up. HUGE !<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Oh, one more thing...check out what the truck looked like after we got back to the car wash...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xlDtPBw-WyA/YKHeGN7r7VI/AAAAAAAA7Ps/UQvJGl_IN6cug_2Ok9IJAYOV6djNYcvVACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/salt%2Bon%2Btruck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xlDtPBw-WyA/YKHeGN7r7VI/AAAAAAAA7Ps/UQvJGl_IN6cug_2Ok9IJAYOV6djNYcvVACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/salt%2Bon%2Btruck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br />This was a pretty neat adventure and one that we'll remember for a long time. Thanks for viewing!<div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SetNnVXoN1E/YKHeUictFmI/AAAAAAAA7Pw/-ll7r4dT4B4mbvmMFZ3RtLNpI5dqZ5-PQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1092/selfie%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bflats.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1092" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SetNnVXoN1E/YKHeUictFmI/AAAAAAAA7Pw/-ll7r4dT4B4mbvmMFZ3RtLNpI5dqZ5-PQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/selfie%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bflats.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim with here sleeping dog, Katie, and some desert rat she picked up !</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com1Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah 84083, USA40.7787454 -113.835204311.929996274152202 -148.9914543 69.6274945258478 -78.6789543tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-723684654687027342021-05-03T18:21:00.001-07:002021-05-03T18:24:59.011-07:00Twin Falls, Idaho<p>Twin Falls will be the largest city we visit this month with over 51,000 people. We thought this would be a nice first stop to get our coach organized as it's only about 165 miles from our home....and boy....did we organize! Well, Kim has done most of it while I slept in....zzzzzzzzzzzz.</p><p>The big attraction in Twin Falls is the <b>Shoshone Falls</b>. Here's a few photos of when the Snake River is really flowing over the falls and some with very little.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yP7sPMEr_Ls/YJCYVpseSmI/AAAAAAAA7F4/r51a3taca2Q_2lOnZ8T8dyz8HX15-fJeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/shoshone-falls-in-spring.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="600" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yP7sPMEr_Ls/YJCYVpseSmI/AAAAAAAA7F4/r51a3taca2Q_2lOnZ8T8dyz8HX15-fJeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h428/shoshone-falls-in-spring.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Springtime runoff</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4GhJGuNPevM/YJCYesHo28I/AAAAAAAA7F8/enB-lJKTbqIT6uvZvrFZ79PCkIyNK-HOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1224/fixedw_large_4x.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1224" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4GhJGuNPevM/YJCYesHo28I/AAAAAAAA7F8/enB-lJKTbqIT6uvZvrFZ79PCkIyNK-HOwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/fixedw_large_4x.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went here in the Fall to see the falls. I forgot that there's very little river flow during the autumn. Duh!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AjCKxANckt8/YJCYzim80fI/AAAAAAAA7GE/-EXX_CJ37pcA9H7yElTwkjr48lNG1DrnACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20170323_114733.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AjCKxANckt8/YJCYzim80fI/AAAAAAAA7GE/-EXX_CJ37pcA9H7yElTwkjr48lNG1DrnACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20170323_114733.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went one time when there was so much mist we could hardly see the falls....but...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-goFr1j1w4I8/YJCY-cvx3KI/AAAAAAAA7GI/u18xlzsjFUsqdA_qjoOBFKiLvNWfnPkqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20170323_111048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-goFr1j1w4I8/YJCY-cvx3KI/AAAAAAAA7GI/u18xlzsjFUsqdA_qjoOBFKiLvNWfnPkqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20170323_111048.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but it made for some terrific rainbows.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-4Z2JoaR7s/YJCZOlPgvQI/AAAAAAAA7GU/XrpwhHGe-HMkJkAfW3iBdrtayB_SYaUqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_0024.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-4Z2JoaR7s/YJCZOlPgvQI/AAAAAAAA7GU/XrpwhHGe-HMkJkAfW3iBdrtayB_SYaUqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_0024.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wind was blowing around 25mph. You can see how it is pushing the falls to the side.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17ZR3BFEpiVFDjNTvpbOulrSOp7sudLb-uJ4a11h69rBvGEUbt9LhaEfsllpGJrlAeFRMnRegGHeBwLF247suw9C2YkGlcHxjmqgxKesn-xSX0-z0Hhz-ToCTv8-oMuCYam1hSly0Jmxb/s2048/IMG_8260.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17ZR3BFEpiVFDjNTvpbOulrSOp7sudLb-uJ4a11h69rBvGEUbt9LhaEfsllpGJrlAeFRMnRegGHeBwLF247suw9C2YkGlcHxjmqgxKesn-xSX0-z0Hhz-ToCTv8-oMuCYam1hSly0Jmxb/w640-h360/IMG_8260.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the overlook where you can view from above.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Shoshone Falls is 212 high which is 36" higher than Niagara Falls and flows over a rim 900 feet wide. Niagara Falls is 185 feet and is 1,060 feet wide. <div><br /><div><div>The flow of the Shoshone Falls is dependent on many variables. One of which is the amount of snowfall our region receives each winter. On years with heavy snowfalls, Shoshone Falls can reach flows upwards of 20,000 CFS (cubic feet per second). In a typical year, the spring flows at Shoshone Falls will peak between 10,000 and 12,000 CFS. To compare....Niagara Falls has Avg. Volume: 85,000 CFS.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Snake River serves as the lifeblood of our region. Harnessing the water from the Snake River for irrigation is a crucial part of our local economy. Twenty miles upstream, the water is diverted to irrigate over 500,000 acres of farmland. It is estimated that the crops produced in these fields are worth $62,000,000 annually.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Chobani factory</span></b></div><div><div>Chobani (formerly Agro Farma) opened its new state-of-the-art yogurt manufacturing plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, US, in December 2012. Spread over an area of one million ft², which is equivalent to 20 football fields, it is the largest yoghurt production facility in the world. An investment of $450m was made in the facility.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOki9zRhNGHDI5waKncEu2vsybCb9xNtwC1mAIUxO62uaawlSG67b86R5G1A3JrvXoPtuRbbDRIBQ8C3IBogvd6X-VLAoVsygmzvWzUrSaBAEgVDkyNhd6bIGk-rrNG0tgKRobxgS2LGo/s900/dfx0617-ChobaniPlant-img-open.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="900" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOki9zRhNGHDI5waKncEu2vsybCb9xNtwC1mAIUxO62uaawlSG67b86R5G1A3JrvXoPtuRbbDRIBQ8C3IBogvd6X-VLAoVsygmzvWzUrSaBAEgVDkyNhd6bIGk-rrNG0tgKRobxgS2LGo/w640-h392/dfx0617-ChobaniPlant-img-open.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We called to see if could get a tour but they don't have any. Rats.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmqPFaG-kLI/YJCb0PNXznI/AAAAAAAA7Gk/HLu5Pyzk5gAmmYVCfSO-yhO62LSwfZslACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/chobani.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmqPFaG-kLI/YJCb0PNXznI/AAAAAAAA7Gk/HLu5Pyzk5gAmmYVCfSO-yhO62LSwfZslACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/chobani.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did not expect to see this in Twin Falls....it was right down the street from our RV park.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div>Chobani’s yoghurt is the best-selling yoghurt brand in the US. The new Twin Falls facility will help Chobani to increase its presence in the western part of the US and enable it to bring its products faster into the market. It will also enable the company to launch new product innovations.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The plant will use four to five million pounds of milk every day to produce 2.4 million cases of Greek yogurt per week.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u-zQGHnH5RM/YJCcLKX_3CI/AAAAAAAA7G0/K-bBlbOKfTEKrK_XlGmM2RH9ocWR6uHnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s648/Chobani-first-cup-2-original.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="648" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u-zQGHnH5RM/YJCcLKX_3CI/AAAAAAAA7G0/K-bBlbOKfTEKrK_XlGmM2RH9ocWR6uHnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/Chobani-first-cup-2-original.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eq8zxkMOK8k/YJCcLAIJBQI/AAAAAAAA7Gw/rhaD8m6OfggOZMSngsk1pGQJD1lwSisxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s845/IDAHO_RURAL_ECON_1-940x940.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="845" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eq8zxkMOK8k/YJCcLAIJBQI/AAAAAAAA7Gw/rhaD8m6OfggOZMSngsk1pGQJD1lwSisxwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/IDAHO_RURAL_ECON_1-940x940.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We buy their yoghurt because we like to support the local products.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>Once upon a time there was a shepherd</b></div><div>In 2005, Hamdi took a loan from the Small Business Administration, bought an old yogurt plant, and brought a small group of passionate individuals together to make the real, wholesome yogurt that he remembered from his childhood. He called the company Chobani, “shepherd” in Turkish, to endow it with the hard-working and compassionate spirit of the mountain farmer.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Perfecting our craft</b></div><div>For the next two years, Hamdi devoted himself to the craft, carefully building his team to ensure quality from the ground up. In 2007, his dream to make delicious, nutritious, natural, and accessible yogurt finally came to fruition, when the very first cup of Chobani® Greek Yogurt hit the shelf.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.chobani.com/about/">https://www.chobani.com/about/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pretty neat story.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Bonneville Flood</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Thousands of years ago, the Great Salt Lake in Utah was once called Lake Bonneville and, you can see from the map below, how it almost covered all of western Utah.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niC2Za6Eld8/YJCdx9HZNFI/AAAAAAAA7HA/fegG2yIahiUZFQQgXfn8op9OX4VrKYoCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s809/lake_levels.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="508" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niC2Za6Eld8/YJCdx9HZNFI/AAAAAAAA7HA/fegG2yIahiUZFQQgXfn8op9OX4VrKYoCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w251-h400/lake_levels.gif" width="251" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0X3Cl0A1lD4/YJCdx3MfDLI/AAAAAAAA7HE/0hr0vo8ckI4uncfwmI9UNdABCEatoz_WwCLcBGAsYHQ/s474/th2_lake_bonneville_130830.01_copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="474" height="363" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0X3Cl0A1lD4/YJCdx3MfDLI/AAAAAAAA7HE/0hr0vo8ckI4uncfwmI9UNdABCEatoz_WwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h363/th2_lake_bonneville_130830.01_copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Sometime between about 13 and 15 thousand years ago the northernmost arm of massive Lake Bonneville stood against a dam of relatively soft sedimentary rock and alluvium that blocked Red Rock Pass. As Lake Bonneville deepened rapidly at the end of the last ice age the water rose some 400 feet against this unconsolidated rock. At some point, as the planet began its lurch out of the ice age vast Lake Bonneville spilled over this dam. As the waters poured through the mountain pass they quickly ate their way through the 400 feet of softer material until they excavated down to a harder layer of granitic rock and there the lake stabilized for a time.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>To compare the flow of the Lake Bonneville Flood....the local Teton Dam Flood had spent itself within 8 or 10 hours, the length of time it took for the reservoir to drain. Additionally, the peak discharge of <b>one million cubic feet per second</b> was only sustained for the first few hours after the dam collapsed and only in the immediate vicinity of the rupture. The distance encompassing serious damage downstream from the dam was perhaps 40 miles, for the flood wave had mostly spent itself by the time it reached Idaho Falls. </div><div><br /></div><div>By contrast, the Great Bonneville flood sustained peak discharges of about <b>40 million cubic feet per second </b>for as long as a year, and the distance over which this peak discharge was maintained was more than 1000 miles.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sacredgeometryinternational.com/great-bonneville-flood-part-1/">https://sacredgeometryinternational.com/great-bonneville-flood-part-1/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://sacredgeometryinternational.com/great-bonneville-flood-part-2/">https://sacredgeometryinternational.com/great-bonneville-flood-part-2/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's what the flood did to the Snake River canyon.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYdm5QWuK9Q/YJCe5iuHYzI/AAAAAAAA7HQ/iDeCzq5sJTouA5WwEe-wpBPcJOgOtIFOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/DSC04015%2BBonneville%2Bboulders%2BSnake%2BRiver.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYdm5QWuK9Q/YJCe5iuHYzI/AAAAAAAA7HQ/iDeCzq5sJTouA5WwEe-wpBPcJOgOtIFOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/DSC04015%2BBonneville%2Bboulders%2BSnake%2BRiver.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfDUKJF7s9Y/YJCfAOyzOTI/AAAAAAAA7HU/bqwaIE_56jsxGAqse4GdqZutqA0M2LhYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1111/Figure-9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1111" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TfDUKJF7s9Y/YJCfAOyzOTI/AAAAAAAA7HU/bqwaIE_56jsxGAqse4GdqZutqA0M2LhYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Figure-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the Snake River. Everything to the right and left was scoured by the Lake Bonneville Flood! Over 400 feet high and 70mph!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a7LAOabF4ZA/YJCfcmeB1OI/AAAAAAAA7Hg/0oe6aTyCugAnmoQnEGNOizYQj6hdXeAaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_1281.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a7LAOabF4ZA/YJCfcmeB1OI/AAAAAAAA7Hg/0oe6aTyCugAnmoQnEGNOizYQj6hdXeAaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_1281.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the canyon walls to the right and left where the flood topped out. Amazing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />We did not know we would see so much in Twin Falls. But, it seems that no matter where we go, there's always more to see than what we believed. Life is grand!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for following. We'll see you from our next stop.</div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O_-1Y3ihjzw/YJCgPK6bCWI/AAAAAAAA7Ho/DoHSHUvGSbks6wR3F4WXkJ-9SI2y24RhwCLcBGAsYHQ/20190910_202954.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O_-1Y3ihjzw/YJCgPK6bCWI/AAAAAAAA7Ho/DoHSHUvGSbks6wR3F4WXkJ-9SI2y24RhwCLcBGAsYHQ/20190910_202954.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If we are not watching, Katie likes to chew on the jigsaw pieces. We find them later all mashed up on the floor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-41818073289168566122021-04-29T08:22:00.003-07:002021-04-29T08:22:39.708-07:00Let's give Nevada a try<p style="text-align: left;">What city do people think of when you mention Nevada? VEGAS....right? Well, no Las Vegas or the other big city, Reno, on this trip. We're going to be desert rats in small towns. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Here's the population breakdown of the towns we're going to visit: 175 people, 68 people, 182 people, 1176 people, 1807 people, 217 people..</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">You're asking, "What is there?" </span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SYnFbw5_5NA/YIrM7c47gVI/AAAAAAAA7Es/Oc8RLit3ZG0xgD0GiCPA8_YKvtO3IrIQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/nevada%2Bphotos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SYnFbw5_5NA/YIrM7c47gVI/AAAAAAAA7Es/Oc8RLit3ZG0xgD0GiCPA8_YKvtO3IrIQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w479-h359/nevada%2Bphotos.jpg" width="479" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Bonneville Salt Flats • A spot where you can view the curvature of the earth • Bristlecone Pine Trees that are between 4,000 and 5,000 years old • Wild Burro Refuge • Death Valley • East entrance to Yosemite • Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains • Mono Lake • Bodie Ghost Town • Basque food restaurants • Alabama Hills Rock Formations • tiny BBQ restaurants • Star Wars Canyon....and much more!</span></div></i></b><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">So....watch for upcoming entries as we poke around the great state of Nevada !</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XNeZxu1UtcM/YIrIZ0fNAtI/AAAAAAAA7EQ/xAYUZ-mv324OsFXGLX28LY8AxAiskCW-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s791/20180415_124222%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="791" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XNeZxu1UtcM/YIrIZ0fNAtI/AAAAAAAA7EQ/xAYUZ-mv324OsFXGLX28LY8AxAiskCW-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20180415_124222%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">steve/kim/katie</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-13704791743490268862021-03-08T19:12:00.002-08:002021-03-13T06:55:39.318-08:00Getting eager to take off again!<p> It's early March and the winter is finally starting to relax it's hold on us. Weather is in the 50's, almost getting into the 60's ! </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing nice about the winter....we get great views from our deck during the morning...and afternoon....</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckxuFXC3fEQ/YEblAORhfxI/AAAAAAAA64I/EUufK396E1A0PHtg8diQVRWaNvOGc7ZmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201117_073339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckxuFXC3fEQ/YEblAORhfxI/AAAAAAAA64I/EUufK396E1A0PHtg8diQVRWaNvOGc7ZmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20201117_073339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOtlgS06gqQ/YEbllFSGzRI/AAAAAAAA64Y/2DU9zdFZ2EEr9ZG5bRovvPoe1sKFCGeVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201118_132733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOtlgS06gqQ/YEbllFSGzRI/AAAAAAAA64Y/2DU9zdFZ2EEr9ZG5bRovvPoe1sKFCGeVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20201118_132733.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CI74QBsGSYo/YEblk-v3SkI/AAAAAAAA64U/V78cq3lN9VkLsWwlmQtjsCgWvWxtkABwACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20201118_155813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CI74QBsGSYo/YEblk-v3SkI/AAAAAAAA64U/V78cq3lN9VkLsWwlmQtjsCgWvWxtkABwACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20201118_155813.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">...and, yes, we got some snow....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMYoLBUSbK4/YEbm5VfK0YI/AAAAAAAA64o/qJ3G1myj4hI25D9gjC-c9EBqJV4jrnRpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_0633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMYoLBUSbK4/YEbm5VfK0YI/AAAAAAAA64o/qJ3G1myj4hI25D9gjC-c9EBqJV4jrnRpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_0633.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pnyk2ORDCKs/YEbm45byphI/AAAAAAAA64k/CYOZylmiBd06d-J-ozR88V2keGxZMLXyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s5568/DSC_0635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pnyk2ORDCKs/YEbm45byphI/AAAAAAAA64k/CYOZylmiBd06d-J-ozR88V2keGxZMLXyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/DSC_0635.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p>We're getting cabin fever and are itching to get back out on the road but we have doctor's appointments in late April, so May looks like when we will start. I think we'll do some northern Nevada as a shake-down cruise before our serious summer travels. Here's our route so far...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJOUkVMT3U8/YEbiYlRMvGI/AAAAAAAA63s/ZlvPskHeyWYS1IcmspSkk3mfqNoWX2biwCLcBGAsYHQ/s864/May2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="720" height="565" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJOUkVMT3U8/YEbiYlRMvGI/AAAAAAAA63s/ZlvPskHeyWYS1IcmspSkk3mfqNoWX2biwCLcBGAsYHQ/w472-h565/May2021.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll see Shoshone Falls, the curvature of the earth at Wendover, the Great Basin National Park from Ely, Death Valley for 4 days, watch the jets fly through Star Wars Canyon (see link below),see the best ghost town in the states...Bodie, California... kayak on Mono Lake, see some friends in the different cities, then home. One month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Watch these jets at Star Wars Canyon just west of Death Valley!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/SiAW6u4Yt1w">https://youtu.be/SiAW6u4Yt1w</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'll be posting so, if you're interested, take a peek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So glad when this masking is all over....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--trwcDdUkjo/YEbkaDt7DGI/AAAAAAAA638/jPE6vB1fpLQ99PvlJzTdNizMregD0higQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1290/20200403_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--trwcDdUkjo/YEbkaDt7DGI/AAAAAAAA638/jPE6vB1fpLQ99PvlJzTdNizMregD0higQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200403_.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">steve/kim/katie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c9YgQinn8gU/YEbkJcj4X5I/AAAAAAAA630/fd-XEBYESb4DPqnlzHhvZB1uBVlcdo5FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s807/in%2Bthe%2Bsnow%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c9YgQinn8gU/YEbkJcj4X5I/AAAAAAAA630/fd-XEBYESb4DPqnlzHhvZB1uBVlcdo5FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/in%2Bthe%2Bsnow%2B%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-57352891310683776572020-10-25T20:34:00.000-07:002020-10-25T20:34:23.065-07:00HOME for the winter<p> A great summer trip is behind us now and back home to spend the winter. Here's a map of our five-month travels...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mbcj34ScjiY/X5Y1FjMI8FI/AAAAAAAA5Ss/gt_S-t2LEncli9twAukH_dt6MCMGONSEACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/TRAVEL%2BMAP%2B2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="800" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mbcj34ScjiY/X5Y1FjMI8FI/AAAAAAAA5Ss/gt_S-t2LEncli9twAukH_dt6MCMGONSEACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h250/TRAVEL%2BMAP%2B2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Five months. 37 Stops ! ....and many experiences, locations, and sites along the way.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b>Just a few of the Highlights:</b><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Glacial Lake Missoula</li><li>Kayaking in Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park</li><li>Theodore Roosevelt National Park car trip in North Dakota</li><li>Staying at a yacht harbor in Duluth, Minnesota</li><li>Cheese, cheese, cheese in Wisconsin!</li><li>Iowa state capitol in Des Moines</li><li>Custer State Park in South Dakota</li><li>Elk in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming</li><li>Kayaking under the Grand Teton Mountains, Wyoming</li></ul><div><br /></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R2sHTVI8j_A/X5Y3xpXn5UI/AAAAAAAA5TE/OW_Eze9zwlYTKQSUbWUIMip-c8EH6RW9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200928_115917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R2sHTVI8j_A/X5Y3xpXn5UI/AAAAAAAA5TE/OW_Eze9zwlYTKQSUbWUIMip-c8EH6RW9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20200928_115917.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Grand Tetons, Wyoming<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cK2iGEeAhMs/X5ZAPbXM34I/AAAAAAAA5UI/dhE12w8ue1QTo91_V8BWf7HOmy9B9AykQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200611_084253%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2048" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cK2iGEeAhMs/X5ZAPbXM34I/AAAAAAAA5UI/dhE12w8ue1QTo91_V8BWf7HOmy9B9AykQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/20200611_084253%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Lake McDonald, Glacier NP, Montana<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6q7HlXCcUZM/X5Y_0rcoTDI/AAAAAAAA5UA/WiY7fySiKioDIDUPVfNXAeScYL-7BGnZACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200929_122551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6q7HlXCcUZM/X5Y_0rcoTDI/AAAAAAAA5UA/WiY7fySiKioDIDUPVfNXAeScYL-7BGnZACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20200929_122551.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Tetons from the kayak...spectacular!<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rsoIgtN6Jis/X5Y9fusq5hI/AAAAAAAA5Tg/3LkA8WpaN-oTJmUetBrwqsAZhiw3Gj4zACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200923_124430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rsoIgtN6Jis/X5Y9fusq5hI/AAAAAAAA5Tg/3LkA8WpaN-oTJmUetBrwqsAZhiw3Gj4zACLcBGAsYHQ/w360-h640/20200923_124430.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Lower Falls on the Yellowstone River<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSuo0QdCTLo/X5Y4MwpTWwI/AAAAAAAA5TU/AE5NeV7iQn0CRHKf6UCQ7Is0ZRyPTxgjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200731_183230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KSuo0QdCTLo/X5Y4MwpTWwI/AAAAAAAA5TU/AE5NeV7iQn0CRHKf6UCQ7Is0ZRyPTxgjACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20200731_183230.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">CHEESE in Wisconsin!!!<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6D988Rj-M0I/X5Y98fgxawI/AAAAAAAA5To/lMiZWkeKmx4YyJGlgm1jSUxDa-MLxJgSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6D988Rj-M0I/X5Y98fgxawI/AAAAAAAA5To/lMiZWkeKmx4YyJGlgm1jSUxDa-MLxJgSQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_6804.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Male Elk in the Madison River, Yellowstone NP<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UvZrf33ad4/X5Y-nhchqcI/AAAAAAAA5T0/zAuTuDEaS2I9svlxZ4-GTD5IiraSe3m8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8UvZrf33ad4/X5Y-nhchqcI/AAAAAAAA5T0/zAuTuDEaS2I9svlxZ4-GTD5IiraSe3m8gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_6983.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Elk. Male, Female and young ones hunkered down in the grass upper right<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KaRfpyC5MSg/X5ZBVV3jFrI/AAAAAAAA5UU/sjE0qlRC-TYfyyJ7_kQMhMIzu8luJcbxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200905_192605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KaRfpyC5MSg/X5ZBVV3jFrI/AAAAAAAA5UU/sjE0qlRC-TYfyyJ7_kQMhMIzu8luJcbxQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20200905_192605.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Sunset in Iowa<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We hope you enjoyed our journeys as much as we did. I apologize for not posting more entries along the way....we sure saw some wonderful things....maybe next trip. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FDoqxkm_yM/X5Y3lY67PqI/AAAAAAAA5TA/1pJxdZo_JOoVAKCCvmdEJUM_13GPRqV3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200928_132555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FDoqxkm_yM/X5Y3lY67PqI/AAAAAAAA5TA/1pJxdZo_JOoVAKCCvmdEJUM_13GPRqV3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h410/20200928_132555.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>We celebrated our 30th Anniversary on this trip!<br /></b></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PYy0D_HovK0/X5ZCB3oWEmI/AAAAAAAA5Uc/p1eLmB2fAcQR3iyrkZhxCkjqqfkenLrEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PYy0D_HovK0/X5ZCB3oWEmI/AAAAAAAA5Uc/p1eLmB2fAcQR3iyrkZhxCkjqqfkenLrEQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_5714.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Katie keeping watch.<br /></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><br /><br />lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com6Libby, MT 59923, USA48.388286099999988 -115.555998824.340521334116673 -150.7122488 72.4360508658833 -80.3997488tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-1622263923923959882020-09-22T19:24:00.000-07:002020-09-22T19:24:26.546-07:00You give me fever! Peggy Lee Museum<p> Here's one for all of you that remember Peggy Lee. </p><p><i>How many of you do remember her?</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7X1-vZP5Ds/X2qnNziorZI/AAAAAAAA48E/gjNEgOQkJDgnnz2h1ybGn5gPCYCxWWrZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1695/IMG_5213%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="1065" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7X1-vZP5Ds/X2qnNziorZI/AAAAAAAA48E/gjNEgOQkJDgnnz2h1ybGn5gPCYCxWWrZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w251-h400/IMG_5213%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Peggy Lee Museum in Wimbledon, North Dakota !<div><br /><div>Wimbledon is a city in Pierce Township, Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. </div><div>The population was <b><i>216 </i></b>at the 2010 census !!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iIhKKEdhfjI/X2qoDPDAXRI/AAAAAAAA48M/T0jZC69SknIcX5moQswMJlPo9fKaYguQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1180/wimbledon.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1180" height="382" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iIhKKEdhfjI/X2qoDPDAXRI/AAAAAAAA48M/T0jZC69SknIcX5moQswMJlPo9fKaYguQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h382/wimbledon.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><i>In case you are not sure where Wimbledon, North Dakota is....</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br />All photos are taken by my wife, Kim<br /><div><div><br /></div></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cc4r-GKPHxA/X2qof6qNfmI/AAAAAAAA48g/lr_5OzylokI1wGy8KUL8CTmyESN9QIp4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cc4r-GKPHxA/X2qof6qNfmI/AAAAAAAA48g/lr_5OzylokI1wGy8KUL8CTmyESN9QIp4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/IMG_5266.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Singer/actor Peggy Lee grew up as </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Norma Deloris Egstrom,</i></b><span style="text-align: left;"> living in the railroad depot where her father worked. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WtYtFWXjgGE/X2qofN-a-MI/AAAAAAAA48c/a4757uSG-Twkk6ZH4P8JxS46FyAJIwLcwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WtYtFWXjgGE/X2qofN-a-MI/AAAAAAAA48c/a4757uSG-Twkk6ZH4P8JxS46FyAJIwLcwCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5265.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-_UG_sPymY/X2qofBZZ6vI/AAAAAAAA48Y/MbGOBZpJtsEkxDWuwXENfHXuL8LFIQ6ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2-_UG_sPymY/X2qofBZZ6vI/AAAAAAAA48Y/MbGOBZpJtsEkxDWuwXENfHXuL8LFIQ6ggCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/IMG_5254.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The upstairs quarters have been restored with Peggy Lee memorabilia.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-srJPhio3gpo/X2qofP6FDOI/AAAAAAAA48U/aAubcQT_RgYs1oRizSw_IuHJ3MjoifGBACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-srJPhio3gpo/X2qofP6FDOI/AAAAAAAA48U/aAubcQT_RgYs1oRizSw_IuHJ3MjoifGBACLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5242.JPG" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norma's bedroom<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gcS4dQwvRNM/X2qpg6Wr8yI/AAAAAAAA488/Sy-KVNC9ttYf6YPsqVY9PRYuG9km9pXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200708_144241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gcS4dQwvRNM/X2qpg6Wr8yI/AAAAAAAA488/Sy-KVNC9ttYf6YPsqVY9PRYuG9km9pXoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200708_144241.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>An entire room upstairs is packed with Peggy Lee history and memorabilia.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BDkQRxkpStc/X2qpgAIwKuI/AAAAAAAA484/29SGmWwYo8ow2nATLRRZOzpGntWg-8Y6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200708_144252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BDkQRxkpStc/X2qpgAIwKuI/AAAAAAAA484/29SGmWwYo8ow2nATLRRZOzpGntWg-8Y6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h225/20200708_144252.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USXk_b_bgJg/X2qpgyChpzI/AAAAAAAA49A/fc_NmvUbnCYrVGmzhx-61Z7GRnCmxYjzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200708_144258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USXk_b_bgJg/X2qpgyChpzI/AAAAAAAA49A/fc_NmvUbnCYrVGmzhx-61Z7GRnCmxYjzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/20200708_144258.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>One of Peggy's famous outfits she wore while performing<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here are a few of the photos in the museum.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AwV4qnE6iK8/X2qunQoxsSI/AAAAAAAA49o/a6TYmZqe_SwbUZrh2y2waByrRnplEvs8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AwV4qnE6iK8/X2qunQoxsSI/AAAAAAAA49o/a6TYmZqe_SwbUZrh2y2waByrRnplEvs8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5170.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> During six decades of professional singing, Lee recorded well over <b><i>one thousand masters</i></b> and performed frequently in concert, on radio and on television. She also wrote nearly 300 songs, of which dozens were recorded by other artists and a fair number became hits for her. Among her many other honors are 12 Grammy nominations (plus a Lifetime Achievement Award) and an induction in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.</div><div><br /></div>...and just a few of her album covers...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ifCpIRJucmI/X2qvQhCWV1I/AAAAAAAA4-Q/BICXoXZj14YnnIvY3pJKgXPHcVRXpaffACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ifCpIRJucmI/X2qvQhCWV1I/AAAAAAAA4-Q/BICXoXZj14YnnIvY3pJKgXPHcVRXpaffACLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5176.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy54Opw3LYUfgkhhEElMRCt5_JKs_Nj9eny8dcaUtD5oueLai0ETjlFa2f_kehrz5eCBQO0lpSu98qJuHXa96pBhzf4rnbjx4-O_7PTWedjWyi0uD4omraHOoUGJwdZGkJZU6i-wOhhHW-/s2048/IMG_5177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy54Opw3LYUfgkhhEElMRCt5_JKs_Nj9eny8dcaUtD5oueLai0ETjlFa2f_kehrz5eCBQO0lpSu98qJuHXa96pBhzf4rnbjx4-O_7PTWedjWyi0uD4omraHOoUGJwdZGkJZU6i-wOhhHW-/w225-h400/IMG_5177.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SR0rff7RPJ4/X2qvQGR2kLI/AAAAAAAA4-I/U0r0kq5zM_AJZX-noBASg2bNOk2tLNPkACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SR0rff7RPJ4/X2qvQGR2kLI/AAAAAAAA4-I/U0r0kq5zM_AJZX-noBASg2bNOk2tLNPkACLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5178.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wp2QoMNpPuo/X2qvRt_hMVI/AAAAAAAA4-U/tFNPpOLxCI0dZkK-vb5NGxNMImytMuxygCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wp2QoMNpPuo/X2qvRt_hMVI/AAAAAAAA4-U/tFNPpOLxCI0dZkK-vb5NGxNMImytMuxygCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5179.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xzMZU-vkdA/X2qvSoC05UI/AAAAAAAA4-Y/ox32sDpt_qkxbzUPYJIFni2zkRIMPHTjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xzMZU-vkdA/X2qvSoC05UI/AAAAAAAA4-Y/ox32sDpt_qkxbzUPYJIFni2zkRIMPHTjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5180.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFm38eN2tsA/X2qvSgiLDLI/AAAAAAAA4-c/44iUddUfT3MPssbwcMYCtQiAA9bekitzACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFm38eN2tsA/X2qvSgiLDLI/AAAAAAAA4-c/44iUddUfT3MPssbwcMYCtQiAA9bekitzACLcBGAsYHQ/w225-h400/IMG_5183.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in her biography, here's some excerpts.... I know it's a lot of text but she is an icon in the music business!<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><div>Norma began her professional career as an adolescent living in Wimbledon, ND, and traveling on weekends to nearby Valley City, where she made her debut on the radio. In 1937 she was invited to audition for WDAY in Fargo, the biggest radio station in North Dakota at the time. She was hired on the spot, but right before she went on the air, the programming director told her that ‘Norma Egstrom’ had to go and christened her with what would become her new professional name: Peggy Lee.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nationwide popularity and chart-hitting success first came to her in 1941 after being hired as the singer with the Benny Goodman Orchestra. While working with Goodman, she met Dave Barbour, the band’s guitarist and the man who would become her first husband and father to her daughter, Nicki. When Dave was fired from the band for “fraternizing with the girl singer,” Lee gave notice and – looking forward to becoming a full-time wife and mother – announced that she was retiring. Peggy and Dave were married in 1943, and though the marriage only lasted eight years, she considered him to be the love of her life and greatest musical collaborator.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lee’s “retirement” didn’t last long either, and she found herself once again behind the microphone. She established her solo career by joining the then-emerging Capitol Records and ranks as the female act with the longest stay at that renowned label, her musical alma mater: 24 years. She also spent five very productive years at Decca Records in the 1950s, and recorded albums with several other major and independent labels starting in the mid-1970s. Throughout, Lee continued to work extensively on television, radio and in concert up until the mid 1990s.</div><div><br /></div><div>Her vast and varied catalog of songs flourished from such longevity in the music business: she recorded more than 1,100 masters and over 50 original albums. Her total number of radio broadcast performances is over 800, and her television appearances surpass the 200-mark.</div><div><br /></div><div>Best known for such songs as “Fever,” “Why Don’t You Do Right,” “I’m A Woman” and “Is That All There Is?,” she amassed over 100 chart entries beginning with “I Got It Bad” (1941) and culminating, to date, with the posthumous hit “Similau” (2017). Among the myriad music honors bestowed upon Lee are 13 Grammy® Award nominations, a Grammy® win in 1969, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the foremothers of the singer-songwriter school, Lee ranks among the most successful female singer-songwriters in the annals of American popular music. She wrote over 200 songs – most often lyrics, but sometimes music as well, with a variety of collaborators, including Harold Arlen, Cy Coleman, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Marian McPartland and Victor Young. Some of the artists who have covered Peggy Lee compositions are Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Diana Krall, Queen Latifah, Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Nina Simone, Regina Spektor and Sarah Vaughan.</div><div><br /></div><div>Walt Disney took notice of Peggy’s songwriting ability, and in 1953 he hired her to write all of the original lyrics for his classic animated film, Lady and the Tramp. Walt liked Lee’s song demos so much, he asked her to voice four of the characters, and even named one after her.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lady and the Tramp was not her only work in film. She appeared in several motion pictures, most notably at Warner Bros. in The Jazz Singer (1952), costarring Danny Thomas, and Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and the Audience Award for Most Promising Female Personality of 1955. </div><div><br /></div><div>A perennial advocate of artists’ rights, Peggy Lee was quietly standing for this cause as early as the 1940s. In solidarity with the American Federation Musicians’ 1948 record ban, she was among the vocalists under contract who refused to do any recording activity for the entire year. </div></div><div><a href="https://www.peggylee.com/">https://www.peggylee.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>and</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.themidlandcontinentaldepot.com/">http://www.themidlandcontinentaldepot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/38399">https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/38399</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hope you enjoyed this trip through memory lane!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh...cannot forget our Katie photo...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YqTtUks-Js/X2qxnYNfv9I/AAAAAAAA4-0/X0sU_8JcWjctFGvc-OAFdgG5jcLiUOe4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_5851%2B%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YqTtUks-Js/X2qxnYNfv9I/AAAAAAAA4-0/X0sU_8JcWjctFGvc-OAFdgG5jcLiUOe4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h253/IMG_5851%2B%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-84098890808669571212020-09-17T20:43:00.006-07:002020-09-17T20:47:25.961-07:00Mount Rushmore 2020<p>For our third time visiting Mt. Rushmore, I'll just paste in the one from our last visit. It's still spectacular, inspiring and breathtaking. I would encourage you to click on the photos to see them larger. It's well worth it.</p><p><a href="https://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2019/09/mount-rushmore-2019-visit.html">https://stricksretirement.blogspot.com/2019/09/mount-rushmore-2019-visit.html</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkt_pyrMJSE/X2Qsn0MSXuI/AAAAAAAA45Y/WBJk1taXiysM7pCFxdilWRSfZdfl8fIKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2142.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkt_pyrMJSE/X2Qsn0MSXuI/AAAAAAAA45Y/WBJk1taXiysM7pCFxdilWRSfZdfl8fIKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/IMG_2142.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">steve/kim/katie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2020</div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 13000 SD-244, Keystone, SD 57751, USA43.879102499999988 -103.459066715.568868663821142 -138.6153167 72.189336336178826 -68.3028167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-67224026852254838002020-08-08T14:12:00.001-07:002020-08-08T14:12:23.700-07:00NORTH DAKOTA !<p> Here's our journey so far. As you can see, we're way behind in the blog entries as we're up in the NE part of Wisconsin - Door Country. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-16ZmsyQreVI/Xy77C863IqI/AAAAAAAA4fw/y4jICXOZYJ4bpfL-Wg712fvLH43Js5IwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/MAY%2BAUGUST%2B2020.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-16ZmsyQreVI/Xy77C863IqI/AAAAAAAA4fw/y4jICXOZYJ4bpfL-Wg712fvLH43Js5IwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/MAY%2BAUGUST%2B2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Going into North Dakota, we saw Theodore Roosevelt National Park, had a terrific hours-long lightning storm, Dakota Zoo in Bismark, went to the Peggy Lee Museum, took some walks, went kayaking and saw great vistas.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AoMLTvEftZE/Xy78aLkHT9I/AAAAAAAA4gA/9jeDTkQrEnUfE_lKaOGOuUUVKsT0uNm4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200627_135232.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AoMLTvEftZE/Xy78aLkHT9I/AAAAAAAA4gA/9jeDTkQrEnUfE_lKaOGOuUUVKsT0uNm4wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/20200627_135232.jpg" title="TR National Park" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Years ago, we went to Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce and Arches in Utah/Arizona. The colors and majesty were spectacular. So, when we came here for the first time, we were underwhelmed. But, this time, we decided to forget all that past and just enjoy it. Sure glad we did because it is gorgeous!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVpsZCWEAjkKNiTx95vykbCD4RNAwx0KUBdkzW21qle0hKUpQgOn2jD9KBJig2IhWQj2g_F07qWS3N-XVsvMty-INgXWYmoNRBtaRqy0icCdZ5x4PZMUvS-fBdNFPI0rcCt2b-Fg3rGJO/s2048/IMG_4938.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVpsZCWEAjkKNiTx95vykbCD4RNAwx0KUBdkzW21qle0hKUpQgOn2jD9KBJig2IhWQj2g_F07qWS3N-XVsvMty-INgXWYmoNRBtaRqy0icCdZ5x4PZMUvS-fBdNFPI0rcCt2b-Fg3rGJO/s640/IMG_4938.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>If you're into geology, this place is fabulous!!<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-INvcZcfHqxE/Xy7-acIGvSI/AAAAAAAA4gY/GfzoZpS1LGURD7Ya4-YkHSZIe0vi5UfAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4943.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-INvcZcfHqxE/Xy7-acIGvSI/AAAAAAAA4gY/GfzoZpS1LGURD7Ya4-YkHSZIe0vi5UfAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4943.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Close up of the layers of soil deposited over millions of years...some thin, some thick.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h9FsBd-lqnQ/Xy79_GeftxI/AAAAAAAA4gM/zOa2CAc1iFMk2VJGcGq51M8JN3HXoC9IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4954.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h9FsBd-lqnQ/Xy79_GeftxI/AAAAAAAA4gM/zOa2CAc1iFMk2VJGcGq51M8JN3HXoC9IwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4954.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AkGApJHiQvs/Xy7-f49-3QI/AAAAAAAA4gc/wm-x-Wow8002ercH4GNm2L2sA2JikCxdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4984.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AkGApJHiQvs/Xy7-f49-3QI/AAAAAAAA4gc/wm-x-Wow8002ercH4GNm2L2sA2JikCxdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4984.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We call ourselves Dr. Kim and Dr. Steve....eminent doctors of geology<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVWOPWtjBQ0/Xy8KTO2530I/AAAAAAAA4hw/TRSQ2hkPRHo-E7zL8IWgCGiqUaDbtx9JACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200629_191146.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CVWOPWtjBQ0/Xy8KTO2530I/AAAAAAAA4hw/TRSQ2hkPRHo-E7zL8IWgCGiqUaDbtx9JACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200629_191146.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some scary looking clouds arriving but how bad can it be?<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RhXVH4LLVzQX14sFRSJ2a61kuDTOqQcC7o4JE-FodtCiVXElKnHDx1PCWwm9D7G9G-rlw4tKw7ZUKOnJbnxopVMPqkod8vz5CrHuPvzNO8zsJ3UUP0w_n0r7SxCcQPwQnGZBZDKtc7_O/s2048/Screenshot_20200629-193318_WeatherBug.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RhXVH4LLVzQX14sFRSJ2a61kuDTOqQcC7o4JE-FodtCiVXElKnHDx1PCWwm9D7G9G-rlw4tKw7ZUKOnJbnxopVMPqkod8vz5CrHuPvzNO8zsJ3UUP0w_n0r7SxCcQPwQnGZBZDKtc7_O/s640/Screenshot_20200629-193318_WeatherBug.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>We are right in the center here<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udpDuvJdb_4/Xy8KlBHdjhI/AAAAAAAA4iI/3ps2Jnjx9FkgRTzoktNX1Q0SqiWxjzzfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Screenshot_20200629-193331_WeatherBug.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="996" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-udpDuvJdb_4/Xy8KlBHdjhI/AAAAAAAA4iI/3ps2Jnjx9FkgRTzoktNX1Q0SqiWxjzzfwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200629-193331_WeatherBug.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A closer look. Each of those yellow things are lightning strikes. Notice the 0.1 miles was the closest strike. This went on for 3 hours! Fortunately, it was mostly cloud-to-cloud lightning and it moved north of us so we could watch it from a distance.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXZp1pOWXZs/Xy8L94aznQI/AAAAAAAA4ic/tL60it8ak4w9UEqjkg8j_igBvJTwIhrVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200703_100544.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jXZp1pOWXZs/Xy8L94aznQI/AAAAAAAA4ic/tL60it8ak4w9UEqjkg8j_igBvJTwIhrVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200703_100544.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">We took in the small Dakota Zoo in Bismarck. Cute place. You could go through it in a little over an hour. 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They can run at more than 53 miles an hour, leaving pursuing coyotes and bobcats in the dust. Pronghorns are also great distance runners that can travel for miles at half that speed. We see these all over the west.</i></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnnmQLZ7PHY/Xy8O3LG2rKI/AAAAAAAA4js/tpj3r3FPHuczbknAxfejRW-GeLZV2R9sACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GnnmQLZ7PHY/Xy8O3LG2rKI/AAAAAAAA4js/tpj3r3FPHuczbknAxfejRW-GeLZV2R9sACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4987.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Here's four Pronghorns in the wild with one young one.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fEzard1e1xg/Xy8PE4Qo0HI/AAAAAAAA4j0/zs9sm7sjF_cZnQXIUhvJ3NxWeuQRpvkEACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200703_114405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fEzard1e1xg/Xy8PE4Qo0HI/AAAAAAAA4j0/zs9sm7sjF_cZnQXIUhvJ3NxWeuQRpvkEACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200703_114405.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A couple of Marsupials...very cute<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8zPC_qIMS0/Xy8OrWPKvcI/AAAAAAAA4jk/AuH4toQpsJYqisTGtnk2zp4QyIWtuWMXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i8zPC_qIMS0/Xy8OrWPKvcI/AAAAAAAA4jk/AuH4toQpsJYqisTGtnk2zp4QyIWtuWMXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4947.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some male bonding going on here in the TR NP.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pDHr9y_Ecdw/Xy8Oqdr9yWI/AAAAAAAA4jg/01rtNGXfKCUkl1HTznmW9bmHFZwwDACQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pDHr9y_Ecdw/Xy8Oqdr9yWI/AAAAAAAA4jg/01rtNGXfKCUkl1HTznmW9bmHFZwwDACQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4966.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Free range is all over North Dakota<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNcM8Bt0o-w/Xy8OrmdJjaI/AAAAAAAA4jo/7gWpFfCSQFA_rQy1qOqHi5_k-l1O3eMmACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNcM8Bt0o-w/Xy8OrmdJjaI/AAAAAAAA4jo/7gWpFfCSQFA_rQy1qOqHi5_k-l1O3eMmACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_4973.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>What? I'm not going fast enough for you?</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfNxPmJBVgs/Xy8QRtt2WsI/AAAAAAAA4kE/C_4DcEvyNDACUzwZu3vV0Lx_U-Og4A9qACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200705_095259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfNxPmJBVgs/Xy8QRtt2WsI/AAAAAAAA4kE/C_4DcEvyNDACUzwZu3vV0Lx_U-Og4A9qACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200705_095259.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kayaking outside of Bismarck, ND. Clouds are just so neat to look at. I belong to the Cloud Appreciation Society. Check it out sometime. <br /></i><a href="https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/" target="_blank">https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Oczw-AucyrlQ6u6hITNUdoRgBUhI6Li0D4OZPrHcddS3IvVe_Uc4vLpEZRX5a-Bxl7m_5eP5_rzYY-G6rDDtEif8NekHcEqg_Pq0w9xKmwP707OZ5tbLYPs4fQKYVR74Jrah4rpSsfy9/s2048/20200705_104335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Oczw-AucyrlQ6u6hITNUdoRgBUhI6Li0D4OZPrHcddS3IvVe_Uc4vLpEZRX5a-Bxl7m_5eP5_rzYY-G6rDDtEif8NekHcEqg_Pq0w9xKmwP707OZ5tbLYPs4fQKYVR74Jrah4rpSsfy9/s640/20200705_104335.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Love the colors of the pollen on the water<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRtz42kNOeM/Xy8QVHBo9jI/AAAAAAAA4kI/P9QGakpR7GExnF38lnZxHJ65OPpIlTtpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200705_113155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRtz42kNOeM/Xy8QVHBo9jI/AAAAAAAA4kI/P9QGakpR7GExnF38lnZxHJ65OPpIlTtpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/20200705_113155.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>It seems that we never think the kayak day will be memorable...just another getting-out-on-the-water trip. But....then...a couple of Canada Geese families and a bunch of singles too come into view.<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We'll do Peggy Lee Museum and more on the next entry.<div><br /></div><div>Hope you like all of North Dakota. Great state.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s8kh0kDtzlM/Xy8TRq30yfI/AAAAAAAA4kY/Kc-eGxmGJmQyCpPi7XetB7360mMeHo_JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1738/IMG_8171%2B%25283%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="1531" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s8kh0kDtzlM/Xy8TRq30yfI/AAAAAAAA4kY/Kc-eGxmGJmQyCpPi7XetB7360mMeHo_JgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_8171%2B%25283%2529.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The obligatory Katie photo. Every morning ...and I mean every morning, Katie comes over to get scritched on my lap. Then she lays down on my legs to take a nap while I check email and read. Think she likes it?<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>steve/kim/katie<br /><div><br /></div></div>lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0Medora, ND 58645, USA46.8392675 -103.550453946.745655313837993 -103.68778300156249 46.932879686162 -103.41312479843749tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-81732388111512659962020-07-27T21:01:00.001-07:002020-08-08T16:14:20.303-07:00MONTANA !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windmill in the Museum of the Great Northern Plains, a mostly agricultural historical museum in the very small town of Fort Benton, Montana. We stayed about 2 hours poking around.</td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We put the cockpit top on to protect the kayak from the rain and Katie decided she likes it here...zzzzzz.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our favorite birds because of it's calls. Red-breasted Blackbird (male). The female is all brown and this red you see is when they're in mating season. Trying to look their best to attractive the female. Nothing every changes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our spot in Glasgow, Montana for a couple of nights. Went to an old movie house where we saw Shrek on the big screen for $2 each! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One afternoon we went to the Busted Knuckle bar to try out the local brews. Place used to be owned by a mechanic who got tired of...you guessed it...busting his knuckles fixing cars so....why not open a brew pub? Good choice by our taste buds. Nice beers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a Sears Roebuck's house. You bought it out of a catalog...remember catalogs?...then, it was shipped to you in pieces and you put it all together yourself! Hopefully with some friends and family. Pretty cool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside one of the many, many rooms in this local museum in Glasgow. This happened to be full of taxidermist animals and bar paraphernalia. Sometimes these museums are too much to take in in one visit. We get overwhelmed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we're allowed to Katie in with us, I put here in this front-facing pouch. She loves it, as you can imaging...getting carried all over the place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Montana. Personally, I never get tired of the wide open spaces. I could drive for hours like this (and usually do!) and never get bored. It's so peaceful.</td></tr>
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Well, I hope you like this one...kinda different, but a small overview of some of our stops.<br />
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kim/katie/stevelastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-88552583556493769622020-06-30T13:10:00.000-07:002020-06-30T13:10:39.250-07:00Glacier National Park, MontanaWe've been to Glacier National Park at least four times now (not bragging). This time we took our new kayak early, early in the morning on Lake McDonald. You will see, from the photos, that is was a bit colder than we expected, but it was still magnificent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>ready to launch....</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Katie loves being out on the water with us!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>You'll have to look very closely to see the mom and her babies...a few of them like to jump on her back while she swims. We watched them for about 15 minutes.</i></td></tr>
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We took a short drive to a bridge where the river flows out of the lake...<br />
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...and saw these two deer across the bridge. The ranger told us they're quite used to us two-legged creatures !<br />
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6/30/2020lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-43686176163312758322020-06-16T19:33:00.002-07:002020-06-16T19:33:58.974-07:00Gorgeous Montana CountrysideWe left Hungry Horse, Montana (outside of West Glacier NP) the other day and decided to go the back roads south to Helena, Montana. Little did we know that we would come across vintage western United States beauty. You can see why they call Montana "Big Sky Country".<br />
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Now...onto the Montana vistas....<br />
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<br />lastrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05573590531591863751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4459058967162107474.post-70258779983371118202020-06-10T12:09:00.002-07:002020-06-10T12:09:51.154-07:00Glacial Lake Missoula, MontanaWe stopped in Missoula, Montana for a few days to see where the Glacial Lake Missoula formed over 10,000 years ago. We had previously explored central Washington in the Scablands, an area that was scoured by the floods that came through years ago...dozens, and even a hundred times.<br />
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There used to be 2,000-ft ice dam that was created during the last ice age. This ice dam stopped up the Clark River and began to form Lake Missoula behind it.<br />
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It's estimated that it took between 50 and 100 years to fill up the lake ! The dam eventually gave way and all that water came rushing through at a rate of 65 mph!<br />
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<i>This towering mass of water and ice literally shook the ground as it thundered toward the Pacific Ocean, stripping away hundreds of feet of soil and cutting deep canyons—”coulees”—into the underlying bedrock. With flood speeds approaching 65 miles per hour, the lake would have drained in as little as 48 hours.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lake Missoula stretched eastward more than 200 miles and, at its maximum height and extent, contained more than 500 cubic miles of water - more water than Lake Erie and Lake Ontario combined.</i></td></tr>
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if anyone is interested in more flood data:</div>
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<a href="http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/missoula_floods.html">http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/missoula_floods.html</a></div>
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