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We took a different route on one trip and passed through Oklahoma City. Here's a monument to the Ten Commandments outside of the state capitol
building. It's a Bible belt thing, I guess. Christianity is a definitely dying, but not quite dead, religion these days. Makes one wonder when this
monument will be finally no longer be acceptable in our changing nation..
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Monument outside a great seafood and waterfront cafe in Crescent City on the northern California coast.
" Eat seafood...before it eats you!"
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You're are making me miss my old stomping grounds Pompano
Last time we ate at the Chart house I left in a seafood coma-
would like to get back up to clam beach to dig some razors - that's a hoot if you've have ever done it before.
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Quote: Originally posted by KaceyJ  | You're are making me miss my old stomping grounds Pompano
Last time we ate at the Chart house I left in a seafood coma-
would like to get back up to clam beach to dig some razors - that's a hoot if you've have ever done it before. |
Couldn't agree with you more, KaceyJ...I love all kinds of clams and clamming. Here's a post of mine to go along with this photo.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=73332
Let's call these various clams a monument to clamming. 
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Pompano, The top left photo just has to be somewhere near Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula in AK!
I love those big, meaty Razor Clams! Since the gills and guts are removed before cooking, they are a lot safer to eat than steamers (yes we get PSP
alerts in AK too)
With you standing at the high water mark, that steep beach gives folks an idea of the tide change in Cooke Inlet.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | Pompano, The top left photo just has to be somewhere near Clam Gulch on the Kenai Peninsula in AK!
I love those big, meaty Razor Clams! Since the gills and guts are removed before cooking, they are a lot safer to eat than steamers (yes we get PSP
alerts in AK too)
With you standing at the high water mark, that steep beach gives folks an idea of the tide change in Cooke Inlet. |
Well, AKgringo, you're close, but no cigar. I've been to Clam Gulch many times, and always enjoy the visit, but that beach is on the Washington
coast. Also in Washington, Westport is a favorite place to clam. Crabbing is great, too. I have many well-tested recipes for razors and their
cousins...
And I have experienced the swift tidal change in Cooke inlet a few times while halibut fishing down deep. Pretty strong tidal surges. Sometimes I
had to tie my bait to a school bus to get it down and stay put.
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I have a photo some where that i took of that thing showing 122 degrees. It was broken for quite awhile but is back up and running last time thru
there.
Roger, what about a pic of the monument marking the Geographical Center of North America?
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| Quote: Originally posted by elgatoloco |
I have a photo some where that i took of that thing showing 122 degrees. It was broken for quite awhile but is back up and running last time thru
there.
Roger, what about a pic of the monument marking the Geographical Center of North America?
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Sure thing, but I'm sure you must have seen it here before, ...but just in case, here it is again. It's located in Rugby, ND on a major
highway...some distance south of where I have a hunting cottage near the ND/Manitoba border, and I pass by it frequently during the season. Millions
of waterfowl heading for Mexico pass over this spot. Maybe someday I can get permission for a blind.
P.S. I think 122 degrees on that thermometer might be a record. No thanks to that kind of heat.
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A monument to the Baja Road and it's travelers.
Mama Espinoza's in El Rosario.
Yesteryear...
And today...nuff said.
[Edited on 3-11-2015 by Pompano]
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Roger---------very interesting.
Some things change, and some really don't. It is interesting to me to see how much the big palm in the back has grown, and how well taken care of it
is.
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Yes, I actually tried to take my photo from the same spot as the past one was taken. I might have gone a little too far down the street, but hey,
it's close.
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Different lens, I suspect. Color-shot has wider angle lens?!?!?!?
Barry
on edit: Roger, the shot of "the largest thermometer" in Baker, CA was just featured on Fox Business in the STRANGE INHERITANCE show in the evening.
That thermometer has a long and fascinating history, as does it's owner and his Family. The Family has spent a LOT of money on that thermometer over
the years, and just lately. I have Spent a lot of time in Baker as it is a real hub of the central Mojave, Mojave Road access, Death Valley, etc.
etc.... Interesting and funny little town.
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No Barry, I can't take credit for the BW photo, as I took it from an Gardner travel book. I believe it's from around 1969. Yes, bottom one is mine
and you're right about the wider angle lens.
I try to stop often at that thermometer, too. Isn't that town where The Greeks Cafe is at?
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Roger that was kind of you to say I was close on the location of your clam dig. I missed it by 14 or 15 hundred air miles!
Oh well, the clams don't know the difference.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | Roger that was kind of you to say I was close on the location of your clam dig. I missed it by 14 or 15 hundred air miles!
Oh well, the clams don't know the difference. |
Not so far these days...and yup, both great places for clams.
Here my hat's off monument experience with launching our six-packs into Cook Inlet near those clams. We were after halibut..and trying to stay dry!
Co-pilot wanted to bail when she saw what was about to happen, but she was a trooper and caught the first big barn door. Must be a short life on
those tractors if they don't get rinsed quickly.
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Deep Creek?
I was so far off on my first guess about your monuments, I put a question mark on this one.
In the mid 80's, I would strap my Zodiac on top my Suburban and drive six miles down the beach from there to the waterfall at Happy Valley Creek. A
group of us'Rubber Duckies' would launch whenever the wind and waves allowed, and fish for salmon along the shore, and halibut and cod offshore. Mid
May to early June was fantastic some days, and not so much on others.
That was about the time the commercial operators started the beach launch tractor business, changing the nature of that stretch of water for ever. I
would go on, but it would be a rant, and a hijack which I promised I would try to avoid.
Edit, Thanks for the AK photos, I don't have any that I can post.
[Edited on 3-12-2015 by AKgringo]
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You know, AKgringo, I do believe it was 'Deep Creek' where those tractors launched our crew into Cook Inlet. I recall an incident one day when our
illustrious captain fired a .44 magnum slug thru our boat's side while trying to subdue a very large halibut....hah, that got our attention and held
it till we could get the heck off that six-pack back on shore. Thank God we can still laugh about it today.
Alaska is such a great place it deserves another 'monument'. This one to the river salmon fishery. Here we're part of the Combat Fishing at
Soldotna. What a riot trying not to snag or be snagged by your neighbor at your elbow. Lures flying every which way. Never again, we only would go
in a drift boat after this rodeo.
So..we can call this one the Great Alaskan Combat Fish-Off.
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Combat fishing
Two of my grandsons live a couple of miles from where you took that shot. I know that is far from an ideal Alaska fishing vacation, but what a city
park to have in your back yard!
That crowd is nothing compared to the mob up stream at the mouth of the Russian River during the Sockeye run.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Pompano |
I try to stop often at that thermometer, too. Isn't that town where The Greeks Cafe is at?
[Edited on 3-11-2015 by Pompano] |
The Mad Greek. An air-conditioned respite in a hot dry desert. Gyros are not bad either.
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Yes, that's the one. Another wonder of the West. Been in there a few times. Good food and nice parking for a large RV. Co-pilot loved the statue.
How about the nearby and crazy road sign....Zzyzx? Only on an American desert road..
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