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  • At the Zoo – A Story

    At the Zoo – A Story

    My sister goes prepared for everything, which meant a picnic lunch, which was great as I was starved about the time they took a break and I got to partake. Most notably, when we arrived there were a number of school buses and the zoo was filled with teenage giants, which made me wonder if…

  • The First Emperor Exhibit

    Not only did we hit the King Tut exhibit at the Civic Center last Friday, the Wednesday before we visited The First Emperor, China’s Terracotta Army exhibit at the High. Again, no photos permitted so I’ve none to offer. At the link there are videos which we’ll no doubt spend time watching over the coming…

  • Then we headed home

    If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One— I am become Death, the shatterer of Worlds. [clear] On July 16, 1945, the first test of a nuclear weapon, Trinity, an implosion-design plutonium bomb, the type dropped on Nagasaki, took place…

  • The Real Wild Wild West

    The last leg of the trip is the return. East of Phoenix, we passed through mountains filled with monolithic Easter Island rocks into mining territory landscapes of pityless or pitiful Golgothas, I don’t know which, and the surrounding communities look none the richer for it. Open Pit Mine, Miami, Arizona, 2008 Google Earth view of…

  • Day 13, New Orleans, Gulfport, Mobile and Home

    H.o.p. went running to it when he saw the Animation Gallery on Rue Royal, but it was closed. Next door was Harouni’s Art Gallery which, as you can see, caught his eye. Harouni’s, Royal Street, New Orleans Jackson Square, New Orleans Tis the Season, New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Shop Window New Orleans is such…

  • A detour for Justice

    A detour for Justice

    Justice, Lafayette Courthouse, Louisiana Lightbox enlargement I’ve given a bit of thought to why Justice would be depicted without a brain, and decided the artist must have believed in predetermination and the helplessless of humankind in the face of fate. Went out of our way to find this in Lafayette. Wouldn’t have gone quite so…

  • From El Paso to San Antonio then San Antonio to Baton Rouge, the 11th and 12th days

    I don’t remember anything about the drive from El Paso to San Antonio, if you can believe that. That part of Texas is just a blur. Co-adult wanted to visit the Alamo, which he had been to years before during a band tour. Tourist Inscriptions on Cactus at the Alamo For the life of me,…

  • The 10th Day and Meteor Crater

    The 10th day we began our drive back home. Nearly 20 years ago we attempted to go to Meteor Crater but it was closed. Finally we saw it but the winds were blowing so ferociously that there were no tours that day. We stepped outside to view it briefly. The winds were the kind that…

  • Can’t neglect to mention Hobo Joe’s

    Somewhere in Arizona, Hobo Joe’s Light box enlargement Forgot to mention that we ate again at Hobo Joe’s. Had breakfast there one day last year as well. They still have great, giant biscuits. And excellent service. No befuddled, neglectful waitrons here. The picture shows the famous Hobo Joe statue. Mine was a quick capture and…

  • The 9th day, Dead Horse Ranch Park and Sedona

    The 9th day, Dead Horse Ranch Park and Sedona

    The 9th day we strolled Dead Horse Ranch Park. And drove to a few look-out points in Sedona that we’d not been to last year. The T Wrecks (alias H.o.p.) takes a break from T Wrecking to meditate upon which rock to take home to his collection View On White

  • 8th day, the Grand Canyon and the chance meeting of two bagpipers

    8th day, the Grand Canyon and the chance meeting of two bagpipers

    View larger Here are two men who had some magic going of their own going that day, and we happened up as some of the very few bystanders, unrelated to that magic, who had the pleasure of witnessing it. We drove up and the man on the right was out with his pipe, and the…

  • The 7th day and Montezuma Castle National Monument

    Montezuma Castle National Monumet, New Mexico, 2006 Not a very good pic but I’m putting it up here for now. On the 7th day we went to Montezuma Castle on our way from Phoenix to my mother’s home. You know how it is when you’re snapping pictures and if people don’t have time to get…