tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87368411010537811812024-03-21T21:30:07.147-07:00Driving Here and There Enjoying RetirementCarlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-12723033245042950242016-02-11T21:53:00.002-08:002016-02-11T21:53:33.588-08:00The Shanghai Fresh Food Market<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of things are brand new in China.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But their old fresh food markets are still </span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">the</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">re for the locals to shop at!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the one we visited in </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shanghai in October of 2015.</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVOFZvmtWwM" width="560"></iframe>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-62113629218230526692016-01-25T21:53:00.000-08:002016-01-26T12:40:08.923-08:00Western Talent on the Yangtze<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not everyone on the riverboat had Chinese talent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our folks had a lot of their own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With 80 % of the riders being Chinese (or Chinese tourists form Singapore, returning to visit their country of origin) ..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">it sure felt good to hear a little American music!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Watch out Chinese women....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, frankly the one who stole the show was this young lady. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Four times the music CD which was accompanying her suddenly stopped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">She stood perfectly still, maintaining her composure as she waited to re-start again and again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only one time could you see a tear develop in her eye as she waited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, she finished a great performance.</span><br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-56426249069165594742016-01-24T21:25:00.001-08:002016-01-24T21:25:33.555-08:00Talent on the River Yangtze<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a talent show one night, as we travelled up the Yangtze on our river boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They claimed it was part of the crew. But they sure looked good to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I apologize for not removing the purple color cast from all of these pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway... As Ed Sullivan might have said, they had for us a "Really Great Show!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe tomorrow I'll put up some pictures of <u>our</u> participant in the Talent Show Along the Yangtze!</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-40972995636709652642016-01-21T20:29:00.003-08:002016-01-21T20:53:48.798-08:00Back to pics from the good old USA (for those tired of my China pictures))<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The local photo club wanted pictures of "windows" this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were taken form the cabin in Colorado.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first few are after a storm passed by, which later created the tornados near Dallas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And finally......on the way home: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yep. Those are bananas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And these look like papaya plants!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll tell you it's in winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No, I didn't go visit Cuba after after Christmas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And these are not city people farming in the city limits of Havana</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who would have thought the such tropical plants would grow in November in China?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used to think of China as being further north than Korea...and lots of news clips from the Korean War showed that it was awful cold there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, Beijing is further north than that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the area of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River are only 30 degrees North of the equator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That means it is only slightly north of New Orleans or even Austin, Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, in reality, the temps were in the high 30's in the morning and rose to the 60's in the afternoon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway....Guess that's why there was so much fruit in the markets of the big cities to the north, even at that time of the year!</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-26456474315863309012016-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:002016-01-14T18:26:15.890-08:00Christmas Day storm, 2015 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember the tornadoes that hit east of Dallas the day after Christmas, 2015?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think 9 died from that event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that storm front passed by our cabin in southern Colorado on Christmas day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is what it looked like there.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Not deadly when it passed us...except perhaps if you were outside without proper clothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PS I included scenes form the day after the storm, towards the end of the video.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was surprising to me how pretty the next morning looked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And it reminded me of the morning after the tornadoes that hit near Chicago last Spring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That front passed over us as we camped near the Illinois-Iowa area.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I took the dog out for his morning restroom break, the colors looked so peculiar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is a similarity with the colors after the Colorado's front. </span><br />
<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-44976741850935291262016-01-12T22:04:00.000-08:002016-01-12T22:04:15.320-08:00Working on the China pictures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have not abandoned my project of posting on our China trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it can be difficult to clean up these pictures. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is the finished project of a pic along the Great Wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And here is what that picture started as:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They said it was mainly "fog". But, the "fog" did not clear as the day progressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pollution was only 8 when we got to Beijing and it only climbed to 100. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't know what the top of the scale might be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The tour guide says he has seen it up to 1,000 (yes, 1,000).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If we were at 8 and it goes over 1,0000........</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe that is why they have these in our hotel rooms:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">From what I hear, these are not just "Fire Escape Hoods". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They are there for when the weather is real bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, I'll get more pics on the blog someday.</span><br />
<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-29310882787924684912015-12-13T22:15:00.000-08:002015-12-13T22:15:00.124-08:00Pretty catchy Chinese advertising<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a sign we saw on a walk along a narrow tributary to "The Grand Canal", </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in Suzhou, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The Venice of the East"....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">According to our tour guide, the face says: </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Incense for sale & silver, too."</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pretty catchy, I think.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-90695719130751522932015-12-12T22:03:00.000-08:002015-12-12T22:03:10.582-08:00You have to give credit to the Chinese.....their clothes sure liven-up the most dreary days. <br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-43063481129975438492015-12-04T21:22:00.002-08:002015-12-04T21:22:23.474-08:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was looking at my pictures and I suddenly wondered...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">why do the Chinese always put their Temples at the top of a hill?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like this one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First you have to take a boat to get there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then you you have to climb and climb!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, once you get there.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">they are indeed quite beautiful.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-20824431409257432582015-12-04T08:43:00.001-08:002015-12-04T08:43:39.905-08:00A side trip off the Yangtze River<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While traveling up the Yangtze river this Fall, we took a side trip in a small boat up a side team, called Shennv Stream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They say some of the oldest people in the world have lived here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stopped at one of their markets and saw what they claim help give them their longevity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take a look, if you have nothing else to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PS #1 Enlarge the video to read the text</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">PS # 2 Turn on the sound to hear the music. I recorded it during a diner in the city, but it seemed to fit as "background" for the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on a boat ramp along the Yangtze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the way....if I may digress....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's the Shibozhai temple in the background, built in the Ming Dynasty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(that's about the time of Columbus). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More about that 12 story structure another day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, back to my story......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This young woman was doing her work</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">when these guys walk down the ramp behind her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At first I thought they were there to flirt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, no. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They take out their poles and start fishing right over her head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Within a few throws, they got a fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In China it seems, that just because you got there first, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">you can't claim a spot on the boat ramp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is just <i> <u>NO</u> </i> personal space.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-16523291314897900962015-11-15T17:34:00.000-08:002015-11-15T17:34:30.963-08:00Muslims left over form the Silk Road Days <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were in central China last week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Didn't hear about the situation in Paris till after we got back.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While there, we visited the Muslim district along one of the central cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The tour guide said there were 29 million Muslims, out of the 1.3 billion Chinese. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They were left over form the days of active trading along the Silk Road, staring over 2,000 years ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And 95% looked just like any other Chinese, he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, lots of Muslims were there, selling foods in the market.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can spot them by their hats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was quite a lively place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And the smells were so exquisite.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I told Cindy I would not mind living there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just in case you are wondering, though, these are not pig's feet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's lamb feet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There were some things that at 1st. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">looked appealing,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">like fried crabs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, how about what this guy is preparing?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's a close-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, it's octopus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well......to me it seemed a little too far form the coast to be real "fresh"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...so it might be best to pass it by, I thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Changing the subject.......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These seem to be hard-working folks.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These young guys pounding and rolling a nut brittle candy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But there is something that gave me some concern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Tell me if you agree.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yep. I think I am glad I was there with a big group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, I thought, as we headed out.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It might just be best to get our tail out of this place.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-52830376224219088762015-09-14T21:37:00.002-07:002015-09-14T22:58:15.771-07:00Going to a Texas T Party<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">OK, Leebral Friends (I am using my Texas accent here)......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went to a Texas T Party this past Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here´s a few pics I took there. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you see, this one has to do with Bastrop, Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yep, home of the recent Jade Helm controversy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, before you start sending dirty e-mails, keep an open mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was Model T party.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And in fact it was in San Antonio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a car that had won something at the Bastrop show a few years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was representing Carter´s Pig Farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There were quite a few well-done cars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some looked like they were ready to go on a race.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This one was from 1911.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And this one looked like it had been collecting dust for quite some time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, I actually liked the ones that were not worked upon yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like the one above, with it´s crooked wheels and it´s wooden floor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In my opinion, though, this one was the prettiest of them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That´s not paint on the engine block.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It´s oxidation of the different metals giving that blue and green hue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cool, I thought. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Almost made me want to get a new hobby of converting old cars into working ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, this guy reminded me it was work to keep these guys running.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, I got in my air-conditioned Toyota, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(It was just another weekend in San Antonio.)</span><br />
<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-75272209411327563132015-09-08T23:20:00.000-07:002015-09-09T17:49:39.728-07:00Lunching at La Gloria<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is a place by The Riverwalk, down by the old Pearl Brewery.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">where you can get good old fashioned ¨street¨ Mexican food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And for those who have never lived on a border town, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have to tell you that <u>the very best</u> tacos are sold by the vendors, form their old wooden carts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, here in San Antonio, we are more Americanized..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so he have to eat it at a restaurant-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">like, at La Gloria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">They might tell you that you can enjoy the ambiance of local music</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and, yes, there´ll be mariachis to entertain you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, whether you´re Mexican or not,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and wait for them to let you in.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like this lady, you might think you are about to die from hunger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, don´t despair.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As soon as you eat this food, you <u>will</u> come back to life,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and be happy that you waited!</span><br />
<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-2783688752312430232015-08-30T23:14:00.000-07:002015-08-30T23:48:50.497-07:00It was supposed to be a special moon out tonight.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was supposed to be a Blue Moon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">because it was the second full moon in the month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But it was as white as ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was, however, larger than most moons...´cause it is the ¨perigee¨,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">meaning the moon is closer to earth than usual.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, it didn't look that large to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you missed it, don´t despair. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next month, on Sept 28, there´ll a full moon and it will even be closer to the earth than this one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So it might appear even larger.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway... since my photo looked just about like any other moon....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided to have a little fun:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">waited till a few clouds came over it.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and saw some sort of big bad woolf-bat grab it & carry it away, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">while other demon-looking creatures stood and watched close by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Is it the South Texas heat affecting my mind? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or am I just ready for Halloween?</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-86667867816677726912015-08-26T23:54:00.000-07:002015-08-26T23:56:21.876-07:00I think this is one of the most beautiful cities. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took these Tuesday, during a sunset stroll along Corpus Christi´s marina ¨T-heads¨</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can you imagine sitting in your boat, having a Margarita?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or if nothing else, how about meeting with your grandmother, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to find out what things were like in the good old days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are ever this way, be sure to make a stop and enjoy it for a while.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-91003572008552476512015-08-18T23:34:00.000-07:002015-08-18T23:34:23.205-07:00Visiting more western Colorado<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Went to visit friends near Pagossa Springs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Didn't expect to actually enjoy going out in their ATV.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, you get to see things you would not, otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next day, headed south for Navajo Lake. Took off form Colorado.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But right outside the marina we were in our former home state of New Mexico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Weather didn't look good, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">but the rental people had assured it those clouds would pass over without any incident.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There were lightning strikes all around us however.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, I was too scared to take out my camera for a single lightning picture......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And we were too busy looking for a cove in which to hide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A 40 hp motor doesn't get you there fast. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally found one in which we could anchor and tried to stay dry under the small canopy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our fearless captain, on the other hand, had no concerns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, according to his wife, any adventure he returns from alive, is a great adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was an adventure. Yes, indeed.</span><br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-6887192129801437362015-08-12T22:50:00.000-07:002015-08-12T22:50:49.355-07:00Learning from a by-stander.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Took a side-trip while they worked on our van this Tuesday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, this is Garden of the Gods, in Colorado Springs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, when we made it half way through the park, the weather from the west, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A young guy there was so excited; claimed he was some sort of a weather guy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He kept talking about those downward pointing clouds and how they sometime came down as mini tornadoes, right here in Colorado.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Claimed occasionally the spirals reached the ground. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But the wind is not too bad from these. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Much of the damage is form the hail that comes with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He was sure one would develop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't give him much credit....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">specially when it started to rain and I saw him in his car, rolling up a cigarette with light green, broccoli-like stuff inside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, sure enough, it soon started to hail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Later in the day the weather cleared and we returned back towards the Garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and there was lots of hail around, almost looking like fresh snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Guess the fellow knew what he was talking about, after all.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-27311322615585658082015-08-11T22:17:00.002-07:002015-08-12T08:03:47.354-07:00Sorry for the crappy pictures<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">on the blog about seeing the stars up here in the mountains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, I have an excuse for it......</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turn on the violins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had spent over an hour outside in complete darkness, so I could see the stars better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then I came into the house to process the images without turning on any lights, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so I wouldn't wake up the wife.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My eyes never got a chance to undilate back up to normal, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">so those dark pics looked OK to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or...maybe I should just say: It was late, it was dark and I was tired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway... I screwed up in what pictures I posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I noticed it the next day, when I had creepy slow internet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So finally, today here are the correct ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One looking towards the west,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and one towards the north east, with the bear welcoming you to Camp Rio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(PS Those pines in the back are about 1-1.5 X the height of a telephone pole.)</span><br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-15581393649263575292015-08-09T00:14:00.000-07:002015-08-09T00:14:42.963-07:00Clear skies at 9,000 feet<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The skies are pretty clear, here at 9,370 feet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The lack of city light helps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I tried to make a 180 degree Panoramic of the Milky Way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Guess I screwed up and skipped a few stars when I took the pic straight up from me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Darn it. Couldn't join them together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pretend you are lying on your back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pic below is as if you looked to the right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Too bad I could not join the two!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maybe next time.</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-86951564092716797032015-08-05T20:16:00.000-07:002015-08-05T20:16:12.826-07:00Hiking up Bear Mountain<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The FP Wednesday hiking group went up to Bear Mountain today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then, at the top, it was time for lunch, where</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> we looked at Forbes Park down below,</span></div>
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-50645153500923586202015-08-02T22:43:00.001-07:002015-08-07T09:41:23.925-07:00A call warning us of a Bobcat<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today the neighbor called to warn us of a bobcat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Apparently his wife saw it in their yard this morning; it was pretty big and was chasing a deer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I saw it the first week I was here. It didn't look very fierce to me...although the internet shows pictures of moderate sized ones (20-30 pounders) taking down a 5 foot deer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And besides, I am not fond of the deer this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year, you might recall, there was a female that kept coming around and trying to play with Dallas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We figured it had lost it's babies and wanted to adopt him as a child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, this year that same deer has 2 fawns that were born about the week before we arrived. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now we call her the Crazy Mama Deer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, it actually charges against us and has come within 2 feet on one of those charges!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The neighbor says it attacked a fully grown black lab from behind while the dog has playing in his own yard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know these guys can look real cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, because of what's happened, the neighbor hikes with his gun. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We don't, but we are always mindful where a tree might be that we can run and hide behind, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">in case the Crazy Mama attacks again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway....... at the moment, we actually fear the deer more than the Bobcat...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and if the Bobcat has his way, we'll just have to say, "Nature takes it's course".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. The 2 fawns are till alive as of the following morning. The Mom brought them by our house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. # 2 The next evening we went for a walk and saw these imprints in the mud.</span><br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-64135473608224829052015-08-01T08:30:00.000-07:002015-08-01T08:30:00.097-07:00Took a hike up the hill yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's Mt. Blanca behind us, over 14,000 feet high </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">(3rd highest in Colorado, in fact).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And see the house in the left lower quadrant?</span><br />
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<br />Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736841101053781181.post-76870565566924946202015-07-31T21:58:00.000-07:002015-08-01T21:38:56.362-07:00On the road to the dumpster<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the road to the dumpster, we stopped 'cause of this sunset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't you like that the grass looks like a B&W,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cool, I think!</span>Carlos and Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379070110826402572noreply@blogger.com0