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Pic of the week game
- Thread starter Burque73
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Eli, bike leaning against the guardrail? so it better fits in the picture? You get an extra credit point for that.
Ha! Bobs overlook pic includes mirror looking back at him.
Yikes, Trev. Picture really shows the drop off. Dont run off that way.
Vote for Roger Burque. Multiple scene overlook, mouintains and river and more, wide expance. And looks like had to go to some effort to get to that vantage point. And the rider (son Adam I would think) demonstrating the expance of the view.
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I'll do a tally.
Rich 1 , Burque 3 , PeteGS 3 , Trevor 3 , Marvsc 1 , SteveMurdoch 1.
Someone can check my count, but I got that we are sitting at a 3 way tie of 3 votes each for Roger Burque & Pete PeteGSX & Trev Trevor.
We got 12 votes (over 6 of the 12 entries) but Are waiting for someonee who hasnt voted, to come along and place a tiebreaking vote.
@Baatfam ? @650Skull ? @trevor ? @Burque73 ? ...... @peteGSX ? @dorkburger ? @cowboyup3371 ? anybody, submitter or not, regular partisipant or not
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Thanks!
Bias? I was thinking, oh, both bikes in my pic are shafties, maybe that's it? Then realized there were four Kats in this week's game. Tough competition haha.
Yep, that's Adam. Our first motocamping trip.
Hey! THere is the tiebreaker.
@trevor Trevor, Congratulations.
Now you get to name the next theme/subject.
(Note: I have email notified Trev, but is an old email address from some time ago. So if someone else can pester, er, um, contact him.)
peteGSX
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Haha yeah I'd typically see "oh there's a Kat" but had to break that this time
I’m away in my favourite spot in the Kootenays again
I took this in Hope BC at the start my trip.
How about something that’s makes a town, village, city place that makes it famous or know for
Rambo was filmed in Hope BC
Okay. Good. Thanks.. . . . .
How about something that’s makes a town, village, city place that makes it famous or know for
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One of the few places where the Great southern Cassowary lives amongst a community.
I should say the community lives amongst Cassowary's
Considered to b endangered. They have no natural enemies, farm or pig dogs, (1 dog they will fight off), plural will take them down and car strikes kill quite a few.
Here is our big Cassowary statue.
A couple of pics of a cassowary that wandered through my back yard.
Young one a bout 3 years old. He/she was checking out a dog a couple of houses over.
Striking colours and an evil looking eye. Not as evil as it looks
But One unique thing that Grand Haven has had is the Musical Fountain. LINKY.
In fact, when wife and I (both from Traverse City MI) were living in Cleveland (1977) and had opportunity to come to Grand Haven, and were visiting here, and we were downtown and wondered where the loud "Laurance Welk music" was comming from. We walked around the corner and were surprised by what we saw. THen wife said she had remebered visiting this with her grandparents when she was a kid. Was slow music, like waltzes, and the fountain didnt change much, maybe every 30-40 seconds another set of jets came on, or something started to oscilate. Was maybe 3 colors that didnt change much.
It was built in early 1960s.
Recently has been overhauled, so has more actions, and controls updated so that more of the effects can be individually controlled, and controlled at a faster rate. Also, anybody can register, download some software, and produce lightshows to go with thier choice of music. And , that can be submitted for selection.
THings change quicker, pulse to music.
Is hundreds of people there most every evening (show starts about 30 minutes after sunset).
ANyway, I didnt have any bike photos of it. Cuz, frankly, I am not that interested in it.
But since it is quite unique to Grand HAven I went there last night, early to get parking spot in nearby parking lot somewhat next to the vieweing stadium.
Was some Johnny Cash songs, some John Denver, some 70s and 80s rock/pop. And things changing to the sound of the music. Actaully got my interest some.
Got some shots with bike in foreground. But also boats in the channel. THen noticed that I could walk out and up to higher elevation by street for a larger overview.
CAn see bike in right corner of parking lot. Was holding monopod up against fence railing, used shutter delay. Shoulda had tripod. SOme pother shots had more intersting water fountain effects, but this shot clearer and can see bike better.
Letters there are on side of the hill. Coast Guard City USA. FOr this week, Coast Guard Festival. Hundreds of tousands of people in town later this week, so , Ill probably not go back for a better shot.
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If you're anywhere near here in the first week of October, I highly recommend checking it out. Hundreds of balloons just floating overhead, depending on the wind, is an amazing sight. The field used to launch these balloons, which is the size of 54 football fields, is in the Rio Grande valley and has a regular low altitude breeze that takes the balloons South. At higher altitudes the wind goes North. This is called "The Box". It's a big deal to be on the field when they launch and the box is in effect, because they stay in the area for a long time. They can't all launch at once so they go in waves. The better the box effect is working, the more balloons you can get in one area.
20171008_080816 by Roger, on Flickr
I had never heard of the cassowary. I'd shyte myself coming around a corner and seeing a six foot tall bird in my lane.