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Day 118: Up in Soda Springs!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Now in the City Park in Soda Springs, Caribou County,  Idaho, this old gas powered Galloping Goose used to run from Soda Springs to the mining company town of Conda, and was often the only means of transportation. (All photos Nikon Coolpix L11) It ran for 14 years. *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 117: Up in Soda Springs!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

In the City Park in Soda Springs, Caribou County,  Idaho, rests the Dinky Engine.  Used in the construction of a dam, it was trapped and left submerged.  Found years later, it was presented to the City of Soda Springs. (All photos Nikon Coolpix L11) The whole story. *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 116

Saturday, April 30, 2011

This is a fountain in a traffic circle near the hotel I stayed at in Idaho Falls.  The Eagles are two to three times life size for a big Eagle…and if you drive around it on a windy day you can get your car washed for free!  BTW, there is at least one Mountain Lion […]

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Day 115: Another Idaho Sunset!

Friday, April 29, 2011

*** ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 114: An Idaho Sunset!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Big Middle Butte and East Butte are on the horizon in the middle, close together. ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 113

Friday, April 29, 2011

Two cinder cones out in the desert. East Butte and Big Middle Butte. *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 112

Friday, April 29, 2011

Not something you see every day…stop signs for trains… *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 111

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Idaho Potato Museum and Gift Shop in Blackfoot…I didn’t get a chance to go in. A “big baker”…in need of a little touch up. The museum is in the old Blackfoot railroad depot.  That is the 2011 Ford Escape Hybrid I am driving for work now! *** ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 110: Hell’s Half Acre

Friday, April 29, 2011

Looking out of Hell’s Half Acre, a large lava field several miles in each direction.  This is a hand held HDR photo. (1/250, f9.5, 80mm, ISO 400, +1/2 stop, three photos and one +2 and one -2 on either side) ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 109: Idaho Sunset Panorama!

Friday, April 29, 2011

From five photos… (1/45, f9.5, 95mm, ISO 400, -1/2 stop) This is looking out over Idaho Falls into the desert and the Idaho National Lab. ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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