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Arches is one of the parks in the west that I want to visit before I die. Have been to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Death Valley, the parks in Hawaii, and Yellowstone. Would like to do the Utah parks, Glacier National Park in Montana, at the very least.
Yancey, Take a few days and see all the canyon parks. All uniquely beautiful.
I've been to Arches three times. I've never been to Grand Canyon and at this point kind of think I don't want to go. Great hikes, great sights, a great drive at Arches. It's open all the time. Try driving in at night. We took a last look at about 4 a.m. before setting off on our long ride home (on a mission to save Arthur).
We also saw Mesa Verde on this trip (and did some hiking around Boulder and got in hot water at Pagosa Springs). We were going to go to Zion, and that would have been my third trip to Zion, but we changed the route.
I highly recommend Zion, Bryce, and Arches (as well as Capitol Reefs). They're reasonably close together. Many people fly into Las Vegas and rent a car or RV and drive around.
This is interesting, it's not over...
"The video, provided by Saez's attorney, Ann Oldfather, gives another perspective to what happened in the race and accuses War of Will and his jockey, Tyler Gaffalione, of making a premature move into a closed lane."
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/2019/05/10/kentucky-derby-video-shows-maximum-security-jockey-not-fault-lawyers-say/1165479001/?fbclid=IwAR2veYuL6zM3IndKClioCwFh_yd3qRSWYO7nqdxjajnhr6fIriUGJvkBbAM
what "aperture" setting did you use?
It looks like George Papadopoulos was correct- the Mueller team tried to entrap him.
For those who are unaware, Papadopoulos was invited to Cyprus in June of 2017 by Charles Tawil, a known FBI and CIA informant with ties to Israel. During this trip to Cyprus, Tawil further invited Papadopoulos to Israel where he was given $10,000 in what Papadopoulos described as odd meeting in a hotel room. The $10,000 was described as a retainer for a consultancy arrangement for oil and gas exploration, I assume on the Med coast of Israel. Tawil and Papadopoulos then returned to Cyprus on June 9th of 2017. Feeling very unnerved by the entire experience, Papadopoulos, unknown to Tawil, stashed the money with a Greek attorney who has it still today, before leaving Greece for other destinations in Europe.
When Papadopoulos returned to the US from Munich on July 27th 2017, he was arrested before he even reached customs, and his luggage was searched before it even made it through customs to baggage claim. Papadopoulos described the entire operation as a bit of a disaster as he was arrested without a warrant or even a charge to take before a magistrate. When he finally did appear before a judge the next day, the charges were a mashup of shit that would supposedly land him in jail for 25 years- things like FARA violations, obstruction etc. He was held without a bail hearing, but then the next day was released on his own recognizance with no apparent explanation given as why.
Now, the entire thing looked like the Mueller team had expected to find something in Papadopoulos' luggage, but came up with jack squat. Papadopoulos has longed believed they were looking for the $10,000 which he was smart enough to not bring back to the US on his person or in his luggage. That is where things lay until now....
However, FOIA requests have revealed Andrew Weissman's schedule for June 13th 2017, and on that schedule was a conference call with Cyprus Department of Justice officials on the "Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty". Additionally, Weissman was having meetings the same afternoon with the Money Laundering unit of the FBI. And the next month, Papadopoulos was arrested on return to the US where his luggage and person were searched without a warrant.
I leave it to you to draw your own conclusions from this. Mine is pretty simple- the FBI set Papadopoulos up with the $10,000 and did it in Israel with the idea that he would be a consultant for Israeli interests, and thus could be arrested for bringing in $10,000 cash into the US, be charged with FARA violations for accepting payment from a foreign entity without being a registered agent of such (see Mike Flynn and Manafort for what this means). And it all went to shit because Papadopoulos didn't bring the cash back with him.
The Brewers/Cubs game went 15 innings! Cubs won. :-(
Yancey: Sounds plausible to me. What a slimy bunch of assholes!
Now, the entire thing looked like the Mueller team had expected to find something in Papadopoulos' luggage,<
I'm reading his book,. He has an interesting story. It was an obvious setup.
You need to visit the Grand Canyon...but don’t just visit it...take the mule into the bottom and stay one night at Phantom Ranch. A glorious experience that is completely different from just seeing the canyon from the upper edge.
And more about the recent Ky Derby.
"Andrew Beyer, the Washington Post's horse racing columnist for almost 40 years, is the preeminent authority in handicapping. His books on the sport have long been the gold standard in the industry. To this day, the speed figures he created are still widely used to evaluate races.
In a column this week for The Post, Beyer argued against disqualification, but not because Maximum Security didn't commit a foul during the race."
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/kentucky-derby/2019/05/08/kentucky-derby-disqualification-2019-did-maximum-security-foul-affect-race-outcome/1130710001/?fbclid=IwAR3uSFx9Yn20ijaSpli0LEBPZTnnyQYT6uQgW6sSL4Z_LX9v94CyTVmoV74
Hah, I've been to Arches, Bryce, Zion, and Canyonlands, but have only flown over the Grand Canyon many times flying between Phoenix and SLC. Doubting I'll make it.
yes you should see the Grand Canyon.
Farage is a destroyer of the status quo in Britain.
In those parts: the Green River can be EZPZ, even for golden years-ers.
Seen plenty of em' doin' it.
Gotta pack yer shit out. Some folks fuss re this.
Just assemble a 4" ABS tube w/ glued cap on one side and threaded clean-out (w/ pipe dope) on the other. Bring a strap clamp and small wrench if ya wanna get uber sealed. The bags go in the tube.
Pro tip: make sure to properly size the tube.
Second pro tip: The Wendy's in Moab has an unlocked dumpster.
IMHO.
Yur welcome.
What could go wromg:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1125977/climate-change-refreeze-arctic-global-warming-extinction-rebellion-environment-cambridge
Carrying over from the other thread
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Utah is gorgeous.
If you don't want to go to the Grand Canyon, you can drive a short distance out of Moab to Dead Horse Point. It's like the Grand Canyon, but with fewer people.
Back in the day, we flew a C-130 thru the Grand Canyon. It was pretty cool and a lot of fun.
but have only flown over the Grand Canyon many times flying between Phoenix and SLC. Doubting I'll make it.
I flew over the Grand Canyon about two weeks before the crash in 1956. The pilot flew us over the canyon the same way, Sightseeing.
As the two aircraft approached the Grand Canyon, now at the same altitude and nearly the same speed, the pilots were likely maneuvering around towering cumulus clouds, though flying VFR required the TWA flight to stay in clear air. As they were maneuvering near the canyon, it is believed the planes passed the same cloud on opposite sides, setting the stage for the collision.
They turned off the course they were on to fly along the canyon,
"the mule into the bottom and stay one night at Phantom Ranch. A glorious experience that is completely different from just seeing the canyon from the upper edge."
Don't know about the mule but, if the weather's cool enough it's definitely worth hiking into the canyon. Seen from the rim, the canyon seems surreal. Like a giant static canvas. It comes alive when you're in it.
Meade took the photo with an old iPhone.
Grand Canyon... I feel myself avoiding it. Seems crowded and ruined by people. I get that it’s big. Why isn’t Bryce Canyon better?
Where is your blue check mark on Twitter? Why are you not verified? Please start tweeting more.
Why the Horowitz IG report may come out in June instead of in May:
Washington Examiner
"The Justice Department inspector general has determined the three Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant extensions against onetime Trump campaign aide Carter Page were illegally obtained, attorney Joe diGenova said on Thursday."
'...Michael Horowitz, who, by the way, we have learned has concluded that the final three FISA extensions were illegally obtained," diGenova said on Fox Business. "The only question now is whether or not the first FISA was illegally obtained."
He pointed to memos [actually one memo by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec] to the FBI, obtained by conservative group Citizens United through open-records litigation, that suggest the FBI might have misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the first warrant application about an unverified dossier.
Horowitz "apparently, as a result of those disclosures ... which he was unaware of — the bureau hid those memos from Horowitz — as a result of that they're doing additional work on the first FISA. It may be that all four FISAs will have been obtained illegally," diGenova said.'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-inspector-general-found-carter-page-fisa-extensions-were-illegally-obtained-joe-digenova-says
Plus Horowitz has to find out what person or persons in the FBI was responsible for not turning over the Kavalec memo for his investigation as well as who in the FBI classified this previously-unclassified document as secret in April, 2019, just before it was released to Citizen's United in redacted form.
"You need to visit the Grand Canyon...but don’t just visit it...take the mule into the bottom and stay one night at Phantom Ranch. A glorious experience that is completely different from just seeing the canyon from the upper edge"
I agree. I would only go IF you decide to go to the River and back. Just visiting the Rim isn't worth it. You just jostle through the crowd, look down, and... hey its a big Canyon. Not worth it.
Staying at Phantom Ranch is.
Chris Wray is exposing himself as a deep stater. I think Trump will have to fire him before long.
Regarding the mules. The problem isn't hiking down to the river. The problem is hiking back. Some people don't make it. It can be difficult - especially in summer. Better to to let the mule do the work.
At the circular cafe....you can talk in circles.
Probably used already.
You must view the Canyon in the early morning or late afternoon. Midday doesn't do it justice. I prefer the Desert View viewpoint to the more popular ones.
Gotta pack yer shit out...
What about the mule you rode in on?
He was the least worse but as I. Pointed out he was involved in the events of March 04.
Canyonlands is a great alternative to Grand Canyon, and False Kiva is amazing.
Trump seems to have trouble picking good trustworthy people.
"Trump seems to have trouble picking good trustworthy people."
Well, at least he can count on bad people being trustworthy.
Can't win em' all.
My sister and her husband live in Moab. He is a head park ranger at Arches. Beautiful place. It's a fun little hike to get to this spot where the pic was taken. But good thing you went before it gets too hot.
Up, up, and away we go!
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"But good thing you went before it gets too hot."
Sure, she's fussy re sun. But, a narrow trail/path adjacent to a drop off is the bigger obstacle.
IIRC.
BTW, re sun exposure, did M-house end up w/ a TT replacement?
E.g. the drop-top VW?
Or, much much much better (and still affordable): a 911?
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a space through which light passes. (aperture)
My husband and I camped at the Grand Canyon. Took the South Kaibab Trail in (in a heavy drizzle) and Bright Angel out. It was beautiful and a fun trip. My favorite place to go is Lake Powell, though that requires boat camping to truly experience it.
At the circular cafe
She said archly.
I love Lake Mead, but not in summer. Too hot and too crowded.
Plus, M-house could get some classy bumper stickers for the 911 to pay tribute to 'Murica.
Stuff like Gadsden flags and jabber re treading on Meade. And, stuff about how the black POTUS rammed stuff down throats re caring about folks health, and W accomplished missions, and DJT is not treated fairly re MSM cause of derangement and Moooslim lovers such as the 911-ers. Hence circling back to 911.
Really, it's the only sensible car.
My favorite memories are of the sunset cruises we would take.
Ah a Billy Madison moment,
I'm not a rock-hound, or a geologist, and I'm sure that wind can erode like water, but that is an impressive long term project.
Maybe a geologist can straighten me out.
Althouse, in your list of favorite parks in Utah you fail to include Capitol Reef National Park, which seems odd since it is so wonderful and spectacular. If you haven't visited Capitol Reef, I do recommend it.
Double-O Arch -- the usual turn-around point on what is probably my favorite hike in Utah.
I'll second Bleach-Bit's recommendation of Dead Horse Point State Park -- fantastic and little-appreciated place.
Thanks for the great photo!
Must see Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon.
Re: The mental condition of PB & J.
It is deteriorating, and quickly.
So sad. So very, very sad.
Rainbow Bridge National Monument (picture’s pretty flat) is an amazing sight.
According to Utah.com “Rainbow Bridge, on the edge of Lake Powell, is the largest natural bridge in the world at 290 feet/88 meters tall and 270 feet/83 meters across.”
The War Against Jihad in Africa in 2019.
Believe it or not, the French are doing a lot of the heavy lifting...
The African equivalent is Fish River Canyon in Namibia. Good to see after Deadvlei, one reason to go that far in the first place. Fly Cape Town to Windhoek and rent an RV.
Come to think of it, there’s a daily flight from Frankfurt to Windhoek. If you feel like Africa “lite” and love Utah, this would be the way to do it.
Come to think of it again, then take the short flight from Windhoek to Maun and stay at one of the great lodges in the Okavango Delta, maybe the last Eden on earth. More Africa “lite”. Sincerely, this is all very easy and comfortable.
Re: Unknown’s Dilbert comic strip links: That one had my name all over it! 😂
In the mid-'70s, we were driving from San Diego home to Boston with 2 toddlers, and decided to go to Grand Canyon. On the way in, we saw an airplane ride that we wound up taking - a high wing prop plane with picture windows on the sides and bottom (!). Flew into the Canyon BELOW THE RIM. Great views!!! Stopped flying shortly thereafter because of an accident. Too bad.
The Democrats are planning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4jA7ea-CY
Good morning and Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms, past, present, and new. You all look marvelous. Wishing you a great day with whatever it is you choose to do.
Just came across this in my daily NYT email:
"Trump Said He Would Tame Rogue Nations. Now They Are Challenging Him.
By DAVID E. SANGER and EDWARD WONG
President Trump said Barack Obama was a patsy who had allowed North Korea, Iran and Venezuela to run roughshod over him. But those nations are pushing back against Mr. Trump."
Trump is bad because he has so far failed to accomplish what Barack Obama never attempted - in fact what Obama did was play the patsy to all those miscreant nations. They now challenge Trump because they know POTUS has two, and no more than six, years left to achieve his goals. They can afford to test and probe to see if he is weakened by the Dems latest attacks, aka: investigations.
A question that is bugging hell out of me. Hillary was supposed to win, and clearly a shill. Who would really be governing in the presidential slot while she was bloviating/speechifying?
I expect that she would be bailing out the blue state's horrific financial messes, but who would be callin the shots?
Listened to some msdnc and cnn on a trip yesterday and noted I never heard any story about the CO school shooting.
Now I know why. One is gay and the other a transgender, biological female. Can't get the talking points of evil gun culture, white nationalist, mental illness, etc.
Not a big secret why the media is less trusted than gas station sushi.
"Where is your blue check mark on Twitter? Why are you not verified? Please start tweeting more."
I should tweet more because Twitter might give me a blue check mark — like a teacher giving a gold star?
I tried Twitter back when it started. I was an early adopter. But it's different from blogging and I'm a natural blogger. Blogging is a perfect fit for me, and I think I'm doing this exactly right, just by doing only what I feel like doing.
Tweeting more would mix me up and change me. It's a distraction and it's a different style of writing and a different game. Yes, there is a bigger audience, but I have a big audience here, and it's on my site. Why should I throw lots of little things into an ever-on-rushing Twitter page? It doesn't make enough sense.
Here, I write very close to the way I think. It's a fantastic flow experience for me (and has been for 15 years). Over there, I have to shape the expression to fit the format and to call out for attention. There's some hope, but you're always in a hope-struggle, looking to be seen in the crowd. And for what? Why? Overall, what it does is enlarge and enrich Twitter.
I know Google owns this page in some sense, but it doesn't impose other writers on my page and it doesn't monetize my page unless I use its ad system, in which case I'm doing it to make money for myself.
Thanks, Unknown.
The first one was the best. It says something apt about travel. The others are silliness.
"yes you should see the Grand Canyon."
With arguments like that, how can I stay away?
I mean, you realize you're making the argument against going?
You've got to do X. That makes me not want to do it. You don't say why. You just keep saying I need to do it. I call bullshit. I've seen canyons. I know Grand Canyon is really large. I've seen documentaries about Grand Canyon. I've seen the pictures. Now, why do I need to stand with other people who are actually there and make a thing out of being there. It seems so rote.
That's how I felt when I went out of my way to see Mount Rushmore. It was really so clearly not worth doing. It was like looking at a picture of Mount Rushmore.
"I agree. I would only go IF you decide to go to the River and back. Just visiting the Rim isn't worth it. You just jostle through the crowd, look down, and... hey its a big Canyon. Not worth it. Staying at Phantom Ranch is."
Thanks for reinforcing what I already thought.
Presumably you have to make a reservation at Phantom Ranch way ahead of time, so the spontaneous road trip style is inconsistent with the only good way to do it.
By the way, I am totally uninterested in having contact with mules and I don't want to walk on a scary narrow trail with a deadly drop to one side. Maybe you think that's exciting. Torture is exciting, but I'm not vacationing at torture camp.
"Phantom Ranch has extreme demand for reservations and typically sells out very quickly under the current reservations process in which we begin accepting reservations on the first of each month for the same month of the following year. We recognize that because of the extreme demand there are challenges with securing reservations at Phantom Ranch. As a result, we will be changing the reservation process and converting to an online lottery system beginning with stays on January 1, 2019 and beyond."
https://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/lodging/lottery/
You know, I'll let other people have what they're fighting to get. I don't need some for me. I find the struggle off-putting. There are so many places you can go that are often nearly empty.
When my husband and I went to the Grand Canyon our time was limited so we just went to the rim. We thought it was worth it.
Ok, so, this has prolly been asked before; how does The Althouse Amazon Portal (tm) work? If I go through the portal, do I have to complete the sale, or can I just put stuff in the cart, and can complete the sale later? Or, can I shove stuff in the cart, from various locations, then go through The Portal and complete the purchase? I can’t recall any indication that it’s giving Althouse Credit (tm?)
If you go to the canyon but only to the rim, is that a rim job?
Is that what they mean by rimming?
I see people saying you have to plunge deeply if you go.
You have to go all the way.
And an animal is usually involved.
I am not Laslo.
I am totally uninterested in having contact with mules
This made me laugh enough to get raised eyebrows from the better half.
Ann, how can you consider yourself worldly with out mule experience?
I'm more like you, spur of the moment road trip, no plans, make it up as we go, stay until it's not interesting, don't get on too tight of schedule.
Last year we stopped at the lock and damn in Rock Island, just to see if they had updated the very good visitor center, We stayed for 4 hours because we started talking to a couple from Boston that had never been west of Chicago, and had no concept of agriculture. And a tow of barges came through. Don't go to the locks and leave just when the tow shows up. Can't do that on formatted trip.
Is that Mother Nature's very own "White Supremacist" hand-signal?
OK, then...
I have wished my partner “Happy Appreciation Day”. Then apologized for not having the appropriate card for her. I gave her a “Happy Mother’s Day” card instead. Apparently Hallmark hadn’t gotten the memo about the required change early enough to make the appropriate cards. This change was apparently driven by the need to not discriminate against trans women who cannot, yet, be actual mothers.
"Because you chose not to kill me, I can say Happy Mother's Day!"
When I'm in Tustin I get to hike around Peters Canyon Park. Not realy much of a canyon. More like a bunch of hills. And go to the zoo. Not much of a zoo either. This time I'm stealing one of the cars and stocking up on water and going to Joshua Tree National Park. It's a two hour drive from Tustin. Nothing is within esy driving distance in California.
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My only comment is “And you! A law school!"
Winwood Bio Doc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJOGwMMWq4
The Grand Canyon is beautiful, and I recommend going to see it (though I haven't been in nearly 30 years, so can't say what it's like these days in terms of people and security).
You might consider going to the north rim. It's much more remote than the south rim, so it takes more work to get to, but that also means a lot of people don't bother.
Dave, I think the North Rim is now at least as popular as the South Rim and has fewer campsites. If you're not planning to camp there, just drive to all the viewpoints early in the morning and enjoy them. The North Rim is, of course, quite a bit out of the way.
This time I'm stealing one of the cars and stocking up on water and going to Joshua Tree National Park. It's a two hour drive from Tustin.
Very popular campground. Last time there I boondocked in my RV in the BLM land across from the entrance.
Tomorrow I slip the surly bonds of AZ and head to Alaska in my small 4X4 RV. Hope it goes as well as last time. To visit Alaska is to fall in love around every bend of the road.
"By the way, I am totally uninterested in having contact with mules and I don't want to walk on a scary narrow trail with a deadly drop to one side. Maybe you think that's exciting."
Ha. No, I didn't find it "exciting" - I just appreciated the mule doing all the work going back up.
"Tomorrow I slip the surly bonds of AZ and head to Alaska in my small 4X4 RV. Hope it goes as well as last time. To visit Alaska is to fall in love around every bend of the road."
Wow, that's quite a drive. Say hello to the Grizzlies for me.
Because of massive population growth fueled by immigration, its getting harder and harder for average to just go and visit the National Parks.
“Presumably you have to make a reservation at Phantom Ranch way ahead of time, so the spontaneous road trip style is inconsistent with the only good way to do it.”
I totally agree with you on this. I happened to snag a reservation before it converted over to a lottery system a couple of years back. This was the only reservation I had on my three week road trip that took me through Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands National Monument, the Grand Canyon, the Mighty 5, and Mount Rushmore. I loved every one of these places...they all have their own magic...but the spontaneous hikes and/or drives I did on the way were usually the best. All that being said the experience of riding down into the canyon at sunrise and sleeping at the Ranch is just incredible. You get a way better appreciation of the size and scope of the Canyon along with how much the terrain actually changes as you descend deeper and deeper. The mules are very easy to ride...I never road anything before...and you really do bond with your mule in a way that is difficult to explain. You also get a great appreciation of the explorers and miners who developed the canyon and it is amazing to see the infrastructure at the bottom and speak to the people who live down there year round. I’m all with you on spontaneity but this is a one of kind experience that is worth putting your name into a lottery for...and since I know you’re going to go for it...when you get to the bottom I want you to call me from the working pay phone and let me know if I was right.
To visit Alaska is to fall in love around every bend of the road."
We were in Alaska in a rented RV about 20 years ago. We were parked at the RV park in Palmer and the couple next to us lived in their RV. They spent the winters in Florida and summers in Alaska. They took about a month to drive in spring and fall. Their only mishap was when an eagle took their little dog,
rcocean asserts: Because of massive population growth fueled by immigration, its getting harder and harder for average to just go and visit the National Parks.
A LOT of visitors to the Grand Canyon are foreign tourists.
“They took about a month to drive in spring and fall. Their only mishap was when an eagle took their little dog,”
Reminds me of the scene in The Proposal, where Ms Congeniality sneaks out of the house to talk to her office back in NYC, and the little dog gets out, and an eagle swoops down and grabs the dog. She runs after the eagle, gets it to drop its meal, in favor of her cell phone.
Here in NW MT, we have a cat that we just had declawed to make him an indoor cat. Not taking being couped up in the house that well. But we did it because my partner’s last cat got “owled” on the ranch five miles west of here. Worse maybe here, we have an eagle’s nest maybe a quarter mile from here. Last week, I saw maybe 4-5 of them circling a mile or so away from here. Beautiful, to see them soaring on the wind, but worrisome if you have a cat who wants to get outdoors.
Tomorrow I slip the surly bonds of AZ and head to Alaska in my small 4X4 RV. Hope it goes as well as last time. To visit Alaska is to fall in love around every bend of the road.
when you arrive (safely) "Put out your hand, and touch the face of God"
Rom. 1:20
ICTA: I will. And High Flight is one of my favorite poems.
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