Darn. Missed it by one letter. This sign was at Spa D'Athena, so it would have likely been quite profitable for it to read "Clint Appreciation Day." I guess I'm out of luck...and taking the E off the sign wouldn't get me anywhere, either!
This reminds me of a shelf of all sorts of assorted snack goodies at work. It's marked "Client Use Only" or something like that to make sure that those treats are set aside for clients who stop in. On certain afternoons I get quite tempted to head over to that shelf with a bottle of white-out and make it a "Clint Use Only" area!
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I was recently reminded that Double Ditch isn't really the greatest place to watch sunsets, due to the height of the trees across the river. This is at the little picnic table they put up at the end of the road, not up at the stone hut. Perhaps the vantage point is better up on the hill. While I was up there with friends recently, I looked over my shoulder to find this scene instead. The moon looked enormous as it crept over the horizon, the sky was colored from the sunset, and the two came together for a really cool picture.
One other factor that's caused me to abandon Double Ditch as a place for stargazing is the recent surge in houses being constructed on the Mandan side. There's just too much stray light. With the incredible pace of expansion northward on both sides of the river, I may find myself heading east or west when I want a clear patch of sky.
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Whenever I see a scene like this, I can't help but exclaim, "Oh, deer!" Nobody ever finds it funny, though. This was taken from the work van near the entrance to the Badlands National Park in southern South Dakota. In reference to the headline for this post, I need to clarify that we slowed down for this particular picture.
This one, however, was easily taken at 65mph. That's because Bear Butte is so enormous! It's a state park site and stands all by itself in the middle of the prairie. It can be seen from a long ways away, and stands out as if it were much taller. It's over 4,000 feet elevation, which I would guess is a little over 1,000 feet tall. At highway speed it's hard to make more specific estimations.
These were some wild clouds, almost forming a grid across the sky. My time in South Dakota involved temperatures in the sunny 70s, but the trip home was a cold, windy one. These clouds probably illustrate a pressure wave in the atmosphere as cold temps push their way southward. Thanks, Canada!
I grabbed a pile of tourism information for central and western South Dakota, and I plan to take my wife (and son, once he arrives) for a nice vacation through many of the areas I witnessed at highway speed this week. Sure, there's a lot of "tourist trap" stuff in the Black Hills, but it's pretty easy to see through that. Even in the middle of "nowhere" in rural states like the Dakotas, however, there are always breathtaking sights to see. Next time, when I'm not on a tight schedule, I'll be going a lot slower than 65 mph...with frequent stops.
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This is my best result from our Photo Club day at work this month. Our assignment: bridges. While I had the most distant one, the other guys bested me in creativity. That's okay, I had a little bit of adventure:
Beneath one of the bridges I photographed, quite a ways from this one, I found a bunch of electronic equipment. It was the kind of thing a DJ or band would use: racks, amps, pedals, wireless gear. It had been unceremoniously dumped from the bridge and was lying far below, smashed along the rocks.
I climbed down to the smashed remains of the equipment, found a piece with the sticker of a local company on it, and called the phone number it contained. They said they'd go to that bridge and check it out. I haven't heard back whether it's their gear, or something they sold to some other unlucky person. In any case, it's all a total loss and it will NOT be easy to carry up the wall of huge rocks to get it out of there.
So, there really IS a story behind every picture!
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( 3 / 564 )I'm right in the thick of it tonight, folks. Deep in south-southwestern SD, it's interesting how many white Democrats have infiltrated the reservations. They've got a push for abortion going on that defies description.
The one bumper sticker I've seen so far that has it right says "Abortion is NOT the Indian way." Yet many seem to have sold their souls to the Democrat party. The reservations seem to be the battle grounds for the abortion debate. As I type this, only 4-5% of the SD polls have closed...but so far the NOs are winning it for #6.
I don't get it. What if some white guy said it would be a good idea to abort more Indian babies? Then the outcry of "That's not the Indian Way" would be deafening. Would it be okay if he was a liberal Democrat? So far, I guess that's the case.
I even saw a twisted slogan on a sign earlier this week: "A woman's body is sacred. Vote NO on #6." Apparently since they use a word like "sacred" they must know what it means, right? Obviously not. What if that unborn baby they choose to abort is female? Is her body somehow excepted?
You can't go a few hundred feet without seeing a "NO on #6" sign here. They're nice signs, printed on nice paper...likely the best you can buy. Meanwhile, the signs for actual South Dakota and tribal elections are hand-painted, many on particle board. See something weird in that? I do.
Like I said, the polls are closed. Assuming there aren't any demands for recounts, flocks of white Democrats will leave South Dakota tomorrow, likely never to return. Maybe then the members of the Native Community who bought into their lies. Once they've served the purpose of pro-abortion liberals outside of South Dakota, they'll be left here on "the Res" to rot.
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