OK, I should have realized there would be more photos of Grand Canyon 2004. Apologies. But what I have deducted from finding ‘Part deux’ is that these photos are from film – Kodachrome 25, to be exact. A film so popular that Paul Simon wrote a song about it. I recall that because with the printed photos of the era, you would get a CD of those photos as part of the developing process – and the most standard roll came with 24 exposures. And from other CD’s of the time I now recall this part of a ‘big ass’ driving tour of the American West. (A member of the Fat Boys Walking Club recently had a couple of medical appointments. When asked how they went, he replied he had CRS. Requesting an interpretation, he replied ‘Can’t Remember Shit.’) . . .
[Mr. Tourist on the canyon’s Rim Trail . . . ]
[The Super, providing perspective . . . ]
[Heading to Zion National Park. ISO, The Whole-in-Wall Gang . . . ]
[Hoodoos in Zion (though mostly associated with Bryce Canyon . . . ]
[When you do, that hoodoo, that you know, so well . . . ]
[Angel’s Landing in Zion – as I’ve previously noted, I “climbed” the thing in the 80’s . . . ]
[And an unobstructed view . . . ]
[This I remember! Is there something about traffic jams?]
[Checkerboard or crossword puzzle?]
[Lake Powell in Northern Arizona . . . ]
[So made by the Glen Canyon Dam . . . ]
[I remember the water level was very low and yet when we crossed over into Page, AZ, the sprinklers were running on the golf courses . . . ]
[And here we are back at the big canyon again . . . ]
[The Super reflecting a morning chill . . . ]
[Quite a place . . . ]
[A photo sighting of the trail down . . . ]
[And I’m going to assume this is Bright Angel Trail . . . ]
[I’m not a tourist, but I play one in blog posts . . . ]
In fact, just about all the major natural attractions you find in the West – the Grand Canyon, the Badlands, the Goodlands, the Mediocrelands, the Rocky Mountains and Robert Redford – were caused by erosion. ~ Dave Barry
Up Next: Whatever I continue to find in the lower drawer . . .
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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