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Looks like meat is back on the menu boys.
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I actually have a bit of a connection there. Both my son and I were taught (30 years apart) by the same order of priests as Fr (now Saint) Damien of Molokai. Damien was a Belgian missionary who, knowing that it was most likely to end with death, volunteered to help the lepers on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. It's a terrific story, but in short back in the 1860's he organized the poor lepers and helped them build shelter, secure a steady water supply, and get them the basic necessities that up to then had been denied them by the King and his government. Before he'd arrived they were unceremoniously pushed out of the King's boats with nothing but the clothes on their backs, woth nothing to shelter them from the elements. Damien did well by them, but did in fact contract leprosy and died about 15-16 years later. In the late 1950's they dedicated my high school to his honor, and when my son graduated 3 decades later we decided to make a sort-of pilgimage to the leper colony. Nothing fancy - very much not a resort trip etc. The highlight was hiking down the pali cliffs from "top-side" Molokai down to Kalaupapa. It was an extraordinary experience to say the least. I know how much you like to hike - next time you visit, try to get a pass and hike down to the leper colony - you won't be disappointed! Topside Molokai http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635280784.JPG The first sign you see when you leave the little airport in your convertible rent-a-car! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635280784.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635280784.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635280784.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635280784.JPG |
The Trailhead
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Relocated this little guy from a neighbor's backyard to the desert last week.
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Kalaupapa and the Leper Colony
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Sight-seeing flight - the cliffs rise up so fast it's a little daunting...
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My '02 Silverado.....just getting broken in........;)
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Looks like Christmas is just around the corner at the Home Depot in Hilton head today. 🙄
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The new section of the SF bay bridge looks a lot like that. (I didn't take this picture).
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Strong Aurora Boreas forecast for last Saturday night, so up north about an hour and a half to Baker Lake area I went.
Snagged a free camping site closest to the boat launch and great NE view prescribed for such happenings. Along with 20 or so other like minded peeps, kids and at least one dog watched and waited from sunset to about 9 pm when word circulated the light show forecast shifted to midnight, I saw nary a trace of the lights by eye or full frame camera and then fog formed and ended the show. I crawled into one 20 degree rated bag, unzipped and tossed another over me. Stayed just warm enough overnight with a 3.5" REI Basecamp inflatable mattress. Getting soft in my old age! Ah well, good practice and I did some exploring and found better camping options up lake. Mt Shuksan alpine-glow at 9,131' http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg Baker 10'781 http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1635887080.jpg |
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We visited the Auschwitz concentration/death camp in southern Poland this past month. It is hard to describe just how horrible this place and what it represents is. |
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It was weird, it was spring the town near by was a bit grim, dull, not nice looking but when we came to the camp, it was immaculately kept, the lawn the trees, all were perfectly green and nice looking, and it was an odd contrast that i caught myself thinking "this is a nice looking place" And then the horros of that place were revealed as i went a long I remember myself standing at the window where they showed posessions of people there. a window with nothing but womens shoes a window with nothing but glasses etc etc clenched fists. feeling angry to my core. It should be mandatory to visit that place before taking elected office at national level. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1636303742.jpg |
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