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Day 191: Veterans laid to rest

Sunday, July 19, 2009

A week ago last Friday I rode my GoldWing down to the Veteran’s Cemetery at Fort Harrison.  That is the military outpost in Helena, /\/\onTana!  The Fallen Soldier Project had located the remains of two Veterans in Ronan (Private First Class Clayton Sandknop and Master Sergeant Paul Ploskunak), left in the mortuary.  They were brought […]

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Day 190

Saturday, July 18, 2009

I have been doing a lot of traveling lately, and it doesn’t look to be slowing anytime soon.  I drove to Cut Bank a week ago.  There is a wind farm up there, as well as the one at Judith Gap.  This photo is from south of Cut Bank on MT 358.  They are very […]

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Day 189, Memorial Falls

Friday, July 17, 2009

I needed to stretch my legs on a recent drive, so I stopped and walked up to Memorial Falls.  The trailhead is in the rest area just south of Neihart, /\/\onTana!  All photos were using a Canon Digital Rebel XT and Canon 28-135 Image Stabilized lens. The babbling brook, next to the rocky trail. (1/6, […]

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Day 188, short and sweet!

Friday, July 17, 2009

While waving my protest sign at the Health Care Freedom Tea Party this morning, I saw this sweet ride go by: a BMW R90S/6(?) cafe bike…early to mid 1970’s.  It was in very good condition.  Interesting helmet, though… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 187, Health Care Freedom Tea Party

Friday, July 17, 2009

My buddy Vance and I went down to the Health Care Freedom Tea Party held today outside of Senators Baucus’ and Testors’ office in downtown Great Falls.  About 35 Patriots showed up, not bad for a Friday morning!  Thanks to the folks running the Tea Party Patriots of Great Falls! “There is NO MORE MONEY!”  […]

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Day 186 (Still behind, but hopefully not for long!)

Friday, July 17, 2009

I had to run to Bozeman yesterday.  I found a pair of Western Grebes cavorting in a pond north of Wilsall.  all are wallpaper sized, and they are 100% crops (the image is the actual size as taken in the camera; I just cropped out the surrounding area!).  Remember to Click! (1/800, f8, 160mm, ISO […]

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Day 183, Arriving in Skagway!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

In actual order we went to Ketchikan on the 10th, Juneau on the 11th, and Skagway on the 12th.  But they sure don’t show up that way here! Here is a Marine Highway Ferry, early in the morning.  click to enlarge, aww, you know the drill by now… An artful gaze stern-wards in the early […]

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Day 185, The 4th of July that wasn’t…

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Another out of order post, but it has been a week…I was planning on being in the 4th of July Parade here in Great Falls.  I was going to ride with the motorcycles behind the Tea Party float, protesting spending without responsibility…and generally celebrating the America that should be.  Alas, it was not to be.  […]

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Day 182, On a Northbound Ship, Part 2

Friday, July 10, 2009

We will start with a monochrome photo… (1/2500, f8, 240mm, ISO 200, converted to grayscale) Or two… (1/1250, f8, 240mm, ISO 200, converted to grayscale) A Wallpaper sized splash! (1/2000, f8, 140mm, ISO 200) What could it be? Yep. Dolphins.  Tiny ones, only a couple feet long! This is from our balcony.  It was a […]

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Day 182, On a Northbound Ship, Part 1

Thursday, July 9, 2009

After a quick tour of downtown and a few expensive rock purchases (my wife likes collecting rocks!  Who knew? {!-{> ) we departed Ketchikan. There was an eagle flying around a powerline as we cruised north. (Click to enlarge; BACK to return!) This island is for sale.  1.5 million or so…not big enough to get […]

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