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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Oktapodi

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Not a Photo A Day post, but a very fun short movie…something to think about next time you order Calamari! Oktapodi (Image from the website…) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 194: One small step for [a] man…

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Forty years ago today Mankind reached the height of civilization on this planet: We left it.  Man walked on the Moon.  A few more missions, then a program cut short because the dollars needed to be saved were “needed” elsewhere, the “end” of the Space Race… The whole planet had been brought together for one […]

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Day 193: Something completely different!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Yesterday (Saturday the 18th of July) I attended the First (we hope) Electric City (Great Falls) Blog Meet, arraigned and sponsered by Gregg of Electric City Weblog.  It was a wide ranging discussion (over lunch at the Amigo Lounge, provided by a participant)of blogs, their meaning, purpose, importance, and future.  The people there were right, […]

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Day 192: The Motorcycle Escort

Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Vets in the previous post had a motorcycle escort from Ronan.  I met a few people from as far away as California that came.  There were a lot of bikes there!  This panorama is from three photos… (1/400, f8, 17mm, ISO 100) They were mostly the usual Harley’s a few GoldWings and a selection […]

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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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