| 2014-05-20 (Tue) |
Roseville, CA Double rainbow over my house |
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(ea_photo12) Americans have a saying, "There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow". So, this means there must be a pot of
gold behind my house. I could not find it because the end of the rainbow kept moving as I walked toward it.
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| 2014-March |
Vietnam Video on Project Vietnam Primary Care trip |
Here is a video with music showing photos from the Project Vietnam Primary Care spring trip doing work in the Cu Chi area
| 2014-05-25 (Sunday) |
Salt Lake City, UT Driving vacation from Sacramento to Black Hills and Colorado |
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(eb_3516) Salt Lake City, UT - Start of day hike to Lake Blanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon, just east of Salt Lake City. This is the same canyon
Brighton Ski Resort is located.
(eb_3518) On the way to the top
(eb_3520) Streams were running full with the spring melting
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(eb_3522) Taking a rest stop. Just below that jagged peak is our destination.
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(eb_3525) Trail gets rocky.
(eb_3528b) Almost to the top.
(eb_3530) On the way down. That canyon behind left shoulder is where our car is parked. Long ways to go!
(eb_3531) At the end of the trail.
(eb_3532) Ogden, UT - At Snowbasin Ski Resort east of Ogden, UT. I was hoping to take a picture with a live moose but this statue
of a moose at the lodge will have to do. Snowbasin Ski Resort was used for the downhill ski events for the 2002 Winter Olympics
held at Salt Lake City.
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(eb_3534) Salt Lake City, UT - Touring the Conference Center on Temple Square. The picture behind me was made by blasting sand
onto polished granite.
(eb_3536) This the garden area on the roof of the Conference Center.
(eb_3538) This is our volunteer tour guide on top of the roof of the Conference Center.
(eb_3539) Overlooking Temple Square from the roof of the Conference Center. That is the Salt Lake City Temple on the left.
(eb_ConferenceCenter_inside) The main concert hall inside the Conference Center which holds 21,000 people. The pipe organ has 7667 pipes. The underground
parking garage holds 1400 cars.
(eb_3542) In front of the Conference Center. It has 22,000 seat concert hall for special events.
(eb_3543) Waterfall in front of the Conference Center
| 2014-05-26 (Mon) |
Driving through Wyoming Independence Rock and Devils Tower NM |
(eb_72) Independence Rock located between Larmie and Casper, WY. The Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail came through here and
was a landmark that helped pioneer wagon trains find there way to Utah, California and Oregon.
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(eb_7240) Devils Tower National Monument in northeastern Wyoming. The movie "Encounters of the Third Kind" and other movies
have been filmed here.
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| 2014-05-27 (Tue) |
Black Hills area, South Dakota |
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(eb_7259) Pactola Reservoir
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(eb_7263) Mount Rushmore NM
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(eb_7283v) Amazing that the 3rd president of U.S. would provide the first ice cream recipe in America.
However, Thomas Jefferson was known as an inventer of many things.
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(eb_photo10) Needles Highway
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(eb_7291) One of the many "pig tail" bridges in the Black Hills which loops around to enter the tunnel.
(eb_7292) Lots of tunnels in this part of the Black Hills
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(eb_7298) You can see Mount Rushmore in the distance.
(eb_7300) Highest peak is Harney Peak, the highest mountain in South Dakota
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(eb_7303) Herd of bison with their spring born calves
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(eb_7313) The bison are still shedding their heavy winter coats.
(eb_7321) Bison have priority in the road
(eb_7328) Wild donkeys
(eb_7330) Antelope
(eb_7334) prairie dogs
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(eb_photo12) Needles Highway. Bad storm coming in.
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(eb_photo44) The storm produced large hail that dented are vehicle
(eb_7349) Me driving through one of the narrow tunnels.
(eb_photo57) Storm over the mountains
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(eb_7383) Car coming out of a tunnel. He has to wait for us to go through this narrow passage.
(eb_photo61) Sylvan Lake at the end of the Needles Highway
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(eb_photo62) In Rapid City, SD they have statues of all of the presidents on the downtown streets. Here I am with President Bush.