Langsung ke konten utama

Mah 2019/20 trip to the US - fifth leg

Monday was spent on two of mah favorite places in Arizona; indeed in all of these United States: The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Old Tucson. I took quite a few pics at the Desert Museum, but really few at Old Tucson, since I'd been twice before and we didn't spend all that much time there anyway; we got in late since we spent so much time at the first place.

Some kind of falcon. Or hawk. Or eagle. I know it's not an ostrich.
191230 ASDM01

A sleepy looking barn owl. Most of the animals we saw this day looked sleepy.
191230 ASDM02

Hummingbirds are just regular birds who have forgotten the words to the song.
191230 ASDM03

I suggested the yellow color looked like flower smegma and was told I was disgusting.
191230 ASDM05

Sleepy mountain sheep.
191230 ASDM06

A grey fox snoring his days away. And yes, he's up a tree.
191230 ASDM07

A Mexican wolf. There are about 50 of these left in the wild.
191230 ASDM08

It's good to see that Barry is still remembered fondly in some places.
191230 ASDM09

It's a miracle his jaws still held.
191230 ASDM10

One of entirely too many pics I took of this puttycat.
191230 ASDM11

Awww, look at that face.
191230 ASDM15

Just another kitteh.
191230 ASDM17

Although, that glass is the only reason we are still alive.
191230 ASDM18

Yaaaaaaaawn.
191230 ASDM20

Eight years after... and still a moron.
191230 ASDM22

For reference; same situation in 2012:
DSCN4806

This hamburger was almost unedible. The Pony Express Pizza and Grill in Old Tucson is a horrible place in an otherwise great old town.
191230 ASDM23

Sundown over Old Tucson. This place is pretty much as close to the Old West as I'll ever come.
191230 ASDM24

Tuesday, we drove out of Arizona and into California but not before acquiring some memories. This is from a gas station in Eloy, between Tucson and Phoenix, where we saw an honest to fuck banjo player at the gas pumps. We joked nervously about having a purdy mouth, but I was glad to get outta Redneckville.
191231 Eloy

Finally, this elderly gentleman flipped us the bird somewhere just south of Phoenix. You see, my San Diego crew, who are quite a bit more liberal than yours truly, had a bumper sticker saying "The Democrat 2020" on the back of our car and this twice raised the ire of these orange-worshipping snowflakes. Come to think of it, he had small hands, too.
191231 Birdflipper

Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

A day trip back home

Saturday 13th, I drove down to my old hometown of Hønefoss, to stuff face with some old friends and to witness my brother hollering at an outside pizza restaurant right next to the building my grandparents owned when I was little. To the best of my knowledge, it still carries my family name. My old friend Per Magnus and his magnificent girlfriend, Nui. They met at a shooting competition in Thailand a couple of years back and she's temporarily stuck in Norway due to the corona crisis. She keeps busy feeding him all this yummy Thai food and I can only look on in silent despair at their Facebook posts. Mmmmmm, Thai food. This picture was taken at 11:15PM Saturday night. That big ole building is my old elementary school, where I attended 3rd through 6th grade (this was back when the compulsory part of school was only nine years in Norway). The school is closing this year, although they may use it next year too iffin the corona virus is still a threat. Look at how LIGHT it is... This pi...

To the west coast by a new route

Tuesday, I set out for the west coast. I had originally intended to go the usual way over the mountains and down Lærdal to Sogndal, then along the Sognefjord to Fortun and up the hillside into the mountains. However, my landlady had tipped me that there was another road, going down to Årdal and then up into the mountains further east. So I took that one instead The first deviation from the "normal" route comes at Tyin, where you take the road down to Årdal. The road takes you past still icy lakes, snow-clad mountains and waterfalls galore. A couple of miles after you take off towards Årdal (road 53), is lake Tyin . In mid-June it was still mostly frozen. From the lake, the river Tya runs through several small lakes down into lake Årdalsvatnet, which again empties out into the Atlantic Ocean. There's tons of water coming down the mountainside everywhere you look. This is Lake Holsbru, the last lake before the river starts falling deep, deep down into Årdalsvatnet. The sign...

Return to Callander

My work schedule allowed me to leave Norway early enough to squeeze in TWO Wednesdays in Callander. The last one was well spent with feeding the cattle, eating at the the hotel restaurant and foot-stomping with the guys of Pure Malt. I love the silly bovines at the Trossach Mill, they never fail to amuse me. I arrive in the afternoon, go in and buy three small bags of sliced up potatoes and carrots, then walk over to the fence. Mama Honey is in the corner, chewing pensively and can't be stirred. After some coaching, sweet little Holly gets up and comes over to see what's on the menu. And here's the thing: She's become so spoiled that she doesn't even WANT the potatoes. I reach out and hold the potato up to her mouth. She either turns away or opens up halfway, only to drop it once I let go. The carrots, however, go down as always. I have proof here: So, I find myself feeding Holly ONLY carrots. Then big ole Hamish, the black bull, starts wandering over. So I turn my ...