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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Yes, it is that time of the year, when our thoughts run to what do we do for a Meet in June?

This year, talked to Rugasaw and Pata and we decided that the Santa Fe Meet will start in Oklahoma City at the RED EARTH FESTIVAL in Oklahoma City, OK. from June 8 to 10.

Mark you calendars, save the date, check the plane fares and makes those plans! The Santa Fe Meet will commence after Red Earth ends.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I sent information to everyone who has expressed interest in the Meet, or who have come to a Santa Fe meet. Anyone who wants me to send information, please contact me via PM.

Thanks.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I've already had a weird, barely-remembered dream about this -- I dreamed I heard from you & Pata that y'all had decided to shift the whole meet. Somewhere unrelated. Maybe New Jersey.

The FG & I are wrangling over Red Earth. Every time he worries about a budget matter he barks at me "And we're not going to Oklahoma, either!"

At which point I give him a Mona Lisa smirk and cock an eyebrow, as if to say, "Well, I can't make you go, but how ya plan to stop me? Got handcuffs?"

... which might not be a bad consolation prize , but it ain't no Red Earth.

I'll be checking out the budding plans!
 

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Posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege (# 10651) on :
 
Thanks for keeping me informed... I live in hope!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I am sure we can find the FG cheap lodging if that is the concern.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Okay, that's almost unfair, starting the meet in my hometown, then moving to my Other Home Neck of the Woods.
But still a good idea.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Ariston, IF and I are considering the Santa Fe part of the meet. School is still in session for me until June 9, so we'd have to miss the Oklahoma part, which is a shame.

You feel like a roadtrip?
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I'm planning to be there. I'll hopefully arrive on time this year
 

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Posted by PataLeBon (# 5452) on :
 

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Originally posted by rugasaw:
I am sure we can find the FG cheap lodging if that is the concern.

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It's Oklahoma...housing is cheap.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Bless him, FG is never so much the stereotypical caricature of a Scot as when I propose to spend (*gasp*) MONEY (*eek*) on mere FUN (*shriek*, as of a vampire in the sun... a stingy stereotype of an extra-thrifty Scottish vampire...)

There'll be no flying. I don't think he'd fly if I paid him a zillion dollars. And frankly, I ain't eager to, either, these days. So that means driving up to Red Earth. Unknown if I will convince him to go on to further fun after that Red Earth weekend.

I bet the hotel rates won't be too bad. I hear there's a discount if you're there for Red Earth, at some hotels anyway. Will get that info from the contact guy for the festival sometime soon.

I wonder if the place we stayed at when I was there before would be good? Maybe we ought to get a big ol' suite together.
 

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Posted by Belle Ringer (# 13379) on :
 
My plans are utterly uncertain right now.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Sister Belle,

This should be at the top of your "TO DO" list this year. You are not going to disappoint me, are you?
 

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Posted by PataLeBon (# 5452) on :
 

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
I'm planning to be there. I'll hopefully arrive on time this year

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All of the airports in OKC are named for people who died in a plane crash.

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That's cheerful!

I'm not sure if I'll be flying in or out of an OKC airport. I still haven't decided what I will visit before or after the Ship Meet.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
For scenery reasons Eastern/Southeastern Oklahoma is the most scenic part of Oklahoma to drive through. The Talimena drive is considered a national scenic byway and goes through(and mostly on top of) the Ouachita mountains*. Thinking about it I might try to talk Pata into going through that part of Oklahoma on the way to the meet.

*For those in or around the Rockies these are like foothills but by definition they are mountains.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Just got off the phone with a lovely lady at the BRICKTOWN HOTEL in Oklahoma City. JB and I booked our room and held one for Macgyver and Mr. Sponge (when he sends an okay to the trip)
Prices were roughly 79 and 89, ask for the Red Earth Special pricing. At the moment, they have plenty of rooms, but it is never too early to make sure you have the room with confirmation.

The hotel has a shuttle to get us to the Convention Center, Zoo, airport or wherever we want to go. Rugasaw said Bricktown is the "Fun Spot" in OKC. with a Mickey Mantle's bar, Toby Keith's place and other restaurants, so we won't die from hunger!

Here's the webpage for the hotel

SO FAR, HERE'S THE OKLAHOMA/SANTA FE MEET LIST
Motherboard
JB
Rugasaw
Patalebon
McGyver's Apprentice

TENTATIVE:
Janine
daisydaisy
Mr, Sponge
Lynn Magdalene College
Belle Ringer

I hope that this will give someone the impetus to book this trip!, let's add YOUR NAME to either list soon!


[edited to amend real-life name - WW]

[ 10. February 2012, 02:12: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Fantastic hotel pricing. Will tantalize FG tonight with visions of cheap-priced yet not-cheap-hotel vacationing. (Originally I had "will tantalize FG with visions of cheap hotel fun", but that didn't sound quite right.)

I want to drag him to Cattleman's for a steak, unless the Pata-Saw (Ruga-LeBon?) says somewhere else has even better ones.
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
About the hotel:

Here is a bit more information.

It seems to have some good reviews. I read the low ratings to reflect the exterior and surroundings.

And the prices on the confirmation were:

• One King Bed $74+Tax
• Two Queen Beds $84+Tax

Call directly (toll free number on web page) to book.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
The exterior and surrounding doesn't matter much to me. I expect to be off galavanting around with you lot. As memory serves the hotel is not within walking* distance to bricktown or the ford center but they have a competent shuttle. Bricktown may have the eateries and cowtown has the steak ( yes Janine we will eat there at some point on the trip) but i plan on having me an Indian taco.

*technically it is in walking distance for some but I have walked that area before and highly suggest taking the shuttle.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
PEDANT ALERT:
Rugsaw, it's not the Ford Center any longer; it's now the Chesapeake Energy Center, or just The 'Peke.
Which is really ironic, since the Really Big Building looming over it is Devon Energy Tower . . .
(Also, a second to the Talamena Drive/Winding Stair Mountains. The Old Military Road through the mountains was a favorite Boy Scout training hike—as well as a chance to find out about bear season. You haven't lived until the guys in orange vests tell you that they shot, but did not kill, a bear—so you might want to keep an eye out and let 'em know if you see anything, okay?)
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Just be glad I didn't call it the Myriad. OK I admit it has been a while since I had to know the name of that place.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Hey, they Myriad's still across the street. Okay, the Myriad Gardens, new, revamped, and with a clean Crystal Bridge! It all gets renamed every few years anyway, and people will still know what you mean. Refer to something as the "Gaylord/Chesapeake/Devon" whatever, you've got a good chance of getting it right.

(Note to non-OKC-folk: the Gaylords were wealthy newspaper and hotel barons who basically dominated Oklahoma politics for decades, making sure about everything was named after them in the process. The other two are filthy rich natural gas companies, who are busy purchasing naming rights to all the new redevelopment in the City.)
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
The hotel looks good.
 

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Posted by daisydaisy (# 12167) on :
 
Sadly I have moved from being tentative to an absentee - I feel the need to keep my feet on terra firma for a while. All the same, I will miss seeing y'all and wish I was with you.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
And, we most certainly will miss you, sweetie. I had some fun things planned for us. AND, you haven't taken the new car for a spin.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Skeleton scribblings of Red Earth Plan... about 600 miles... rental car about $210... room (flex # nights, maybe 4?), king size non smoking about $300... about $100 in fuel if price stays $4 or less... tally @ $600 or so... @ least 2 or 3 meals "out" for supper/more expensive, $150-$200; then various other meals/snacks etc, another $100... might as well go for $1,000...

Yagh. Scary skeleton. Still putting flesh on them bones.

[ 22. February 2012, 20:42: Message edited by: Janine ]
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I'm counting on you and the FG, Janine. Make it happen!

The list as of today:
SO FAR, HERE'S THE OKLAHOMA/SANTA FE MEET LIST
Motherboard
JB
Rugasaw
Patalebon
McGyver's Apprentice

TENTATIVE:
Janine
Mr, Sponge
Lynn Magdalene College
Belle Ringer ?
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Update:

According to FG, today marked the tipping point -- he's been forced to use up so much of his PTO that he can no longer take a vacation, not even just a week, in June. It's still looking do-able that I should go without him, though.

Still cooking plans.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
YAAAAH, Janine! Glad you could possibly make it. FG is going to be missed.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
YAAAAH, Janine! Glad you could possibly make it. FG is going to be missed.

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
Just got off the phone with a lovely lady at the BRICKTOWN HOTEL in Oklahoma City. JB and I booked our room...

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Originally posted by Belle Ringer:

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
Just got off the phone with a lovely lady at the BRICKTOWN HOTEL in Oklahoma City. JB and I booked our room...

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What dates did you book? 3 nights or 4?

It's back up to "maybe".

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Arriving 6/7, departing 6/10

May is coming closer, so we should nail down who is coming - especially for the Red Earth in Oklahoma. Can we have the planed attendance by May 1?
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Ruminating. Also thinking about the days after, depending on plans for happenings after Red Earth.
 

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Posted by Belle Ringer (# 13379) on :
 
I just found out today I DO have a commitment here June 8 and June 10, so no Red Earth meet for me. Alas. CURRENTLY no plans after the 10th, which leaves open some possibilities I guess.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Okay then, I won't have that many teeshirts to make this year for this group:

Rugasaw
Patalebon
Motherboard
JB
Macgyver

The rest of you will be missing out if you don't commit soon.

 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
*Sigh*.

Unfortunately, this "we're married we're partners we make decisions about big expenditures mutually" thing is NOT always fun. I just can't commit to the OK-Plus meet this year. I am devastated. Well, as devastated as my personality type ever gets.

*Sigh*
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I've booked my flights to and from USA. I will be flying in and out of San Francisco, and will have a little wander around Yosemite before flying to Oklahoma.

Is it just me, or has air travel changed from being expensive to being very expensive?
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
...Is it just me, or has air travel changed from being expensive to being very expensive?

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And very crowded.
It may be a new use of the word, but "Enjoy" it.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
[air travel tangent]

I managed to book flights from here to UK this year remarkably cheaply after trawling through the websites of ALL the airlines that fly out of here but trans-Atlantic may be another thing entirely.

[/tangent]
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Only person who has not said anything is you, Mr Sponge. Any thoughts on the coming to the meet?

If that's all of us - PM me your teeshirt sizes, my fellow travelers , The logo is going to be really different this year, I hope you like it.

Thank you, MB
 

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Posted by MrSponge2U (# 3076) on :
 
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I will be able to make it for the Red Earth weekend. I hope you all have fun. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of the new T-shirts!
 

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Posted by Belle Ringer (# 13379) on :
 
Oh, pictures, yes, I'm been sniffing in self-pity about not having another SOF SF meet t-shirt for my collection. Ah well, at least we can see pictures, right? Yea!

[ 26. April 2012, 13:30: Message edited by: Belle Ringer ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
We wear the Hell out of the Meet T-shirts around here. Casual wear suitable for every conceivable occasion.

FG looks good dressed in Santa Fe. Somehow, I've got to get him in Santa Fe.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Ordered the teeshirts today, so this will be the last call for the Oklahoma Meet.

JB and I have two trips before the OK/SF meet, so we may be a little tired. Looking forward to driving and seeing the scenery, though.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
Bump.

I arrive in OKC at 10:00pm on 07 June, flying in from sunny Sacramento.

Not long now
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Can't wait, MacGyver! Send the info and you will be picked up at the airport. We are coming in on the 7th.

Are you ready for us, Rug and Pata? As MG says, not too long now.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Conducting last-ditch Meet Plan Coercion tonight. So far so good. Good thing I made the (verbal) reservations with the hotel and the car rental company long ago. Costs me nothing if I have to cancel them, but they're there if all goes well and I actually get to go.

Will try to get a rock-solid agreement out of the FG ASAP. The way his mind works, he'd leave all the planning and commitment needed for a shuttle launch until the day before, just in case bad weather or a squeaky terrorist might scuttle the shuttle.

Too bad silver's gone up so much lately. Don't think I'll be able to score much this time around. Ah, well, the world doesn't revolve around silver. Turquoise, maybe...
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Very happy to see that Janine might be able to come to Red Earth.


 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
One week and a day to go!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Can't wait. Janine, I believe there will be enough cars if you don't want to rent one. I am already salivating over the Indian tacos.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
It will actually be cheaper to fly -- two separate one-way flights -- purchased even at this late date -- than it will be to rent a compact car. Not only would the rental be as much as $200 more expensive, but I'd have to buy the gas.

So, just how anxious is the FG to keep me from getting ogled and groped by TSA? (No reason why they should, especially. Cajun grandmothers shaped like the Pillsbury Dough Boy don't terrorize very convincingly... but of course his mind dwells on worst-case scenarios.)

I swear, he keeps coming up with good reasons why I can't possibly go... But he won't totally "forbid" it. Probably because he doesn't want to live through the Wrath of Janine.

Still working on it.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
Janine,

I hope you can make it. A USA Shipmeet wouldn't be the same without you.

I should arrive at Oklahoma City airport (OKC) at 21:50 on 7th June. Flight is American Airlines 1224 from Dallas Fort-Worth.

I have my fingers crossed on this one as I have to change planes at Dallas and there is not as much time as I would like between arriving and departing flights. Any delay in my flight from Sacramento could see me missing my flight to OKC. Whatever happens, I'll turn up in Oklahoma at some point
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Plans have coalesced. Stars have aligned. Credit cards have begun to overheat.

Lord willing, I will be in OKC for Red Earth on June 7th.
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
I have my fingers crossed on this one as I have to change planes at Dallas and there is not as much time as I would like between arriving and departing flights. ...

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I am continually amazed at how tight they can schedule flights at DFW. The train that runs around the top of the terminals makes a big difference. Just check the departure gate, read the map (The airline magazine should have a map; take it with you and tell them I told you so if they object.) and look for the Skylink signs. The average train ride is five minutes. Especially that late in the day, late arrival is not necessarily fatal - they may hold outgoing flights for connecting passengers.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
JB,

Thanks for this advice. There is also another AA flight later that evening which I could get on if things go pear-shaped.

Frantically packing and hoping not to forget anything important!
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Because I took so long to solidify my plans, I have missed out on the weeks of pleasure I usually get, planning what to take and what to leave.

At least I'm not driving now -- as much as I like to cram into my baggage, can y'all imagine the mountain of STUFF I might've loaded the car down with?

I had no advance notice about a semi-formal banquet I attended last night -- my Sister the Parish Councilwoman had an extra ticket, as her husband was tied up. I ended up wearing clothing items I usually hang with "dance costumes". (It was fine, I looked OK.) It showed me that's how incomplete my wardrobe is, though. I have nothing "nice" to wear. Not that I haven't outgrown, anyway!

But, how much dress-up do I have to do on a vacation? NONE! Yay!

How "light" can I pack? Light-lighter-lightest... Yes, I get 2 pcs. free luggage, but who wants to keep track of them?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Does your sister tie up her husband often?

Inquiring minds want to know.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
She's a Christian wife & homeschool mother and grandmother and an elected public official of Terrebonne Parish. Would she tie up her husband? Tsk tsk tsk.

I'll have to ask her.

It's Dah Weekend. After that, only 3 more workdays, then Red Earth!
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I finally made it to the airport after one of those frustrating days where everyone and everything seemed intent on delaying the start of my holiday. Finally got to my hotel at 11.30 last night. Now in departure lounge using my Kindle to post. Should ge on my way soon.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Any thoughts on how those wildfires in the Southwest may turn out to influence what we do/where we go on the Santa Fe leg of the Meet?

[ 02. June 2012, 22:54: Message edited by: Janine ]
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
It's been over 24 hour since I got up and I'm finally in my motel room waiting for the world's slowest coffee maker to provide me with a drink before I turn in for some much needed sleep.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Oh, God bless you, honey, that you should be so pleasantly exhausted, so as to desire what those little hotel room coffee stashes can put out.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
Janine,

Unfortunately the coffee maker was slow because it wasn't working
I'm now in a restaurant guzzling coffee and orange juice by the pint before having breakfast. I should be able to speak in more than a croak shortly.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

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Originally posted by Janine:
Any thoughts on how those wildfires in the Southwest may turn out to influence what we do/where we go on the Santa Fe leg of the Meet?

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From what I've been reading/hearing from my Philmont contacts, those are in the southern part of New Mexico—the north, which you'll be driving through from OKC (and which Santa Fe more-or-less is in) is spared . . . and is fishing wonderfully.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
The fires are only in about 1% of the whole state and in the southern regions, Still a big mess because containment is awful with the winds ongoing. This is just nature's way of clearing out dead brush so that others can grow.

(aside to God) LORD, could we please have some rain, please, to help all the courageous fire fighters?

THREE MORE DAYS UNTIL THE MEET, PEOPLE! THREE SHORT DAYS!!!! WOOHOOO!

I have the parade sussed out for Friday morning. If I can bring a small ladder for JB and NacGyver's photography I will. The hotel has changed to a Knight's Inn (Wyndam hotel chain) in the interim of our making reservations. I'm betting after a day of festivities, the pool is going to be refreshing. Can't wait to be eating Navajo tacos, watching dancing and buying some great jewelry.

My clothes are ready, I'm cleaning the car today and I have all the maps for our further adventures after Oklahoma City. Janine and Mac, hope you like my travel ideas.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Eeeep! Last minute hotel change! Assuming the price isn't horribly different, I'll see what they have left for reservations -- it will be more fun if I'm in the same hotel.

If I've gotten the correct Wyndham, I'm all set. Will confirm everything tomorrow so as to still have more than 24 hrs to correct stuff & so not suffer fees for changing things.

One thing I need to make sure of is, whether or not MoBo made a reservation for me when the hotel plan changed.

[ 05. June 2012, 02:49: Message edited by: Janine ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
OK, hotel thing settled - in fact, I think I ended up with a teensy discount. Works out about the same in the end, 'cause all they had left was kingsize single rooms. Oh, poor me, cramped up in a dinky kingsize bed...*snort*

Everyone who might've borrowed my carry-on-size suitcase says they don't have it. Eeeeh. If it's not one thing it's another. Grumble whine, can't start the Countdown to Vacation Fun-ness if I'm dodging all over town buying a new suitcase. Not near as much fun as buying jewelry. Or shoes. ;D

OK... Hours until my plane lifts off and nobody can need me for anything for days and days: About 50 hours. Yipee!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I have lawn mowing, car cleaning, packing, and a christian formation meeting to deal with today. Tomorrow we board the cats and hie off to OKC so Pata can visit her parents before the meet.

On a side note we can expect to see some Thunder excitement while there. They are one game away from making the NBA championship series.

Also if everyone flying in can send me the flight info I am more than willing to pick people up.

Lastly Janine your box is full. (whoops never mind)

[ 05. June 2012, 19:05: Message edited by: rugasaw ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Manicure after work today. Not that one needs to be primped to attend a Meet, but I caught a lucky break of 1)time and 2) Mothers day Gift Coupon, yay.

I'll likely have ruined it anyway after juggling suitcases through the airport.
 

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Posted by PataLeBon (# 5452) on :
 
Rug and I are looking at rolling out early since the Thunder and co will be taking over Bricktown tonight...This could be an interesting weekend.

Mother, when are you rolling into town??
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Y'all have fun! I'll miss being with you!
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I figure she plans to be there to see the big parade, so she'll hit town Thursday? So will I. And MacGuyver?
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
We will try to pick up Janine on Thursday and McGyver that night.
 

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Posted by PataLeBon (# 5452) on :
 
So when will we meet up?
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 

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Originally posted by PataLeBon:
So when will we meet up?

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Originally posted by Janine:
I had no advance notice about a semi-formal banquet I attended last night -- my Sister the Parish Councilwoman had an extra ticket, as her husband was tied up. I ended up wearing clothing items I usually hang with "dance costumes".

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
I've spent a few days exploring Yosemite. I'm off to Sacramento tomorrow for my flight to OKC. See you guys soon.

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Originally posted by PataLeBon:
Picked up Janine and met up with MB and JB. Went to Cattleman's and now are checking into the hotel before setting off to get MacGyver.

Hum...Drag boat racing....

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
I've spent a few days exploring Yosemite. I'm off to Sacramento tomorrow for my flight to OKC. See you guys soon.

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...Where do they get bologna that big around?!?...

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the two stiff little pomegranate margaritas I had... But, one can't wander around town swilling margaritas, can one?

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Originally posted by Janine:
...Where do they get bologna that big around?!?...

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
First, we went to the drag boat racing church service, which will be in Mystery Worships one of these days.

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Originally posted by Janine
I have to bow to MacGuyver's apprentice -- the man can put away some grub.

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I remember the Charlottesville meet where he ate an enormous dessert after eating a good-sized lunch.

Moo

[ 11. June 2012, 22:25: Message edited by: Moo ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I dunno where MacGuyver puts it. Motherboarde speculates he has hollow legs.

(Oh -- near the end of the previous page, I mentioned "good bologna". That was, of course, for a given value of "good".)

I keep getting flash flood warnings and torrential rain warnings and tornado watches and warnings via text from WWL Radio out of New Orleans. Kinda surreal, being here in what is basically a desert.

(I have spoken with the FG, so far all is well. He's working 12-hour days right now, and so sees a "rainout" as a mini-vacation.)

On the menu tonight, at least in part: little cornmeal cakes that would've been hushpuppies if I'd used deep fat; smothered collards, the liqueur reduced quite a bit and by now mostly absorbed by the subdued greens; hamburgers, if I heard JB right; and... potatoes? I should go upstairs and confirm all that.

Maybe after a bit, while we're here in what is basically a desert, we can also get into what is basically a dessert.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Pata and I enjoyed visiting with all of you. I think the best part of the meet is visiting with the other shippies. I hope all of you enjoyed Oklahoma and enjoy the Santa Fe portion of the meet.

We have traveled into Southeastern Oklahoma to visit my mom. I decided to go fishing this evening and my mom's dog joined me. The dog enjoyed it more than I did. Right off he jumped into the water and swam to every corner of the small pond I was fishing in. After that he started following my casts. I cast to the right off swims the dog toward the plop of my lure. I cast to the left and off goes the dog to the plop of the lure. Needless to say I did not catch a single fish. However, I almost caught a dog.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Tastes like chicken.
 

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Posted by PataLeBon (# 5452) on :
 
Well, the end of my trip was...interesting...

While Rug was out fishing for dogs, I was collapsed on the sofa with what I thought was either (1) really bad allergies or (2) a virus. Since I wasn't getting any better, Rug and I set off for home so I could be miserable in my own bed. So the trip to the Cultural Museum will have to be rescheduled.

On the way back I made an appointment with the clinic that I use to check to see what was going on, or to, at least, get better drugs as my throat was sore and I couldn't breathe at all. The doctor told me that I had strep.

yea...But at least I should be feeling better in a day or so...

This is NOT a good end for a shipmeet for me! I need a do over!!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
BUMMER, Pata, BUMMER

I think we all caught something in that cole Cox Convention Center other than the great dancing!

Get well soon!

Janine, MacGyver and I are now basking in the beauty of Monument Valley. At Gouldings Lodge . We opted for the Monument Valley house near the property. We have it all to ourselves. 3 bath, 4 bedroom, garage, full kitchen, so we ate dinner and breakfast in. MacGyver and Janine are taking the bus tour tomorrow around the park.
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
Eight more pictures

From Bisti Badlands.
 

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Posted by MrSponge2U (# 3076) on :
 
Bisti Badlands looks like a fascinating place. Those photos are amazing. I'm glad you are all enjoying the Shipmeet out West. And get well soon, Pata.

[ 14. June 2012, 20:37: Message edited by: MrSponge2U ]
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I thought I was the only one who felt a bit queasy @ Red Earth. Just kept popping minty antacids to kill the nausea. I was blaming the tuna salad @ Subway I ate the day before i got on the plane.

Re: the Monument Valley stay --

The price for that very nice house -- you can sleep nine or ten people if you must -- is fantastic. Definitely a draw for extended families or friends to base there, go to Monument Vally, see all the fun stuff even just there in the complex. They've got "John Wayne's Cabin", a little cabin built for one of his movies. There've been a bunch of films done using the fantastic scenery in Monument Valley.

It was nice to "eat in" Wednesday night, for a change. Cheese and apples and chips for appetizer. We had some really nice steaks -- no way they should've been as high-quality-cut and aged as they tasted, at that price, but they were. JB did a spice rub and we broiled 'em. Some very lightly sauteed veggies and bread and a reasonable facsimile of hash browns, since the only taters available nearby came in 10-lb bags. Iced tea, and a little ice cream and some cherries in the 'fridge.

No wine. JB was heard to sigh a sad sigh. But, see, we were on or slap up next to tribal land -- and we were in Utah. Double whammy. Heaven knows how many miles lie between poor JB and a good bottle of wine.

The leftover potatoes, steak bones and fat scraps, and apple core slivers, are all outside. Coyotes may show up out back, jays or foxes or something out front. Whatever eats fruit and fatty stuff and beef bones. I hope it's not against some law to do that.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Today, JB and MoBo and MacGuyver and I stopped at several overlooks in Canyon De Chelley -- pronounced "Shay", originally spelled "Tsegi", meaning "Rock Canyon". Or at least, it would've been spelled Tsegi if the Navajo a couple hundred years back had spelled stuff with English letters...

Anyway, lots of fantastic photos were snapped, Anasazi ruins looked for, and surreptitious silver salespeople's stuff sneakily stared at.

Around every bend in the National Park-within-Navajo lands road, we saw a little home or hogan among the gnarled cedars, and the dainty little horses of all colors wandered along the roadsides and across the roads at will. Many had leggy foals alongside.

What really caught our attention were the Ravening Attack Sheep, arrayed at best tactical advantage along the roads, staring daggers at Motherboarde. (Apparently word has gotten around that she's so eager to get her hands on wool that she shaves her dog.)

She got her camera ready; she was prepared to get the photograph as proof that they were out to get her. This immediately caused the Ravening Attack Sheep to go underground. They left behind a threatening-looking flock of half-buried tires, which almost fooled MoBo as they bounced toward her, but she wasn't bamboozled for long.

Next installment: an international, centuries-spanning tale of intrigue, heritage, blood, sweat, tears, and Japanese tourists: Navajolotta Sushi.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Six more pictures
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Ten more

(And re-ordered the set.)
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
The Goulding's Lodge tour of Monument Valley was classic. The driver came to get us in an open-sided truck with bus seats in the bed. We were about... 25 people? 30? I didn't count us, that was Tour Driver Jonah's job. (He's a wiry little guy, his long hair folded into a traditional Navajo bun under his cowboy hat, wearing a scarlet shirt and blue jeans and boots.) It was MacGuyver's Apprentice and me; JB and Motherboarde stayed home and did something fun, like KP duty.

There were shorter routes, maybe an hour or 1.5 hour tour? I noticed that one was popular with the Japanese tourists. They were well-prepared against the blowing red sands; I saw every one of them on their way back wearing a surgical mask.

We went on the half-day tour, 3.5 hours, was it? God bless the ones who took the whole-day tour. Those trucks buck like broncos.

There were times the passengers were tossed sideways and backward and a foot up off their seats. The dear little German lady next to me rattled around like a single pea in a dusty, bouncing pod. Me, I sometimes had two hands gripping the seat backs before me, and rose from the seat when necessary the way you do on a horse. What a workout! Talk about tired that evening!

Just out from the Lodge, before heading to the park, Jonah took us to see an older lady at a hogan kept for the purpose, who demonstrated carding some wool and winding it by hand onto a spindle. He told us some basics about why the hogans are considered "male" or "female", how they're constructed, and so on.

Later on, halfway through the thrill ride that was the Monument Valley tour, he pointed out a couple of hogans there among the fantastic rock formations, and mentioned that the Grandmother living there was getting a little elderly to handle the tourists coming all day long, therefore they did the pre-tour visit these days. And her age, did he say... what? 87? 97?

Heck, I'm nearing 50, and I'd probably buckle under the busy buzzing weight of several hundred people dropping by every week. Living in a hogan in high desert conditions breeds some tough people, tough as gnarly cedar roots.

Jonah explained a bit about the clan affiliations within the Navajo tribe -- and many other tribes as well, in one form or another. He himself had four, one of which was unique. It seemed that an child ancestress had been kidnapped by the Spanish, grew up with them, started to make her way home (to a different tribe), but fell in with the Navajo.

At least one child was from a relationship with a Spaniard. She was fluent in Spanish, which was a big draw for the Navajo. (There's always a job out there for the bilingual.) She stayed and made her home with them. Thus did a new Navajo clan begin.

On the way out of the valley, on a longish stretch of road with no special views, Jonah sang us a couple of Navajo songs -- one was a sweat lodge song. Can you picture this? Open-sided truck aggressively forcing slower vehicles to pull over into overlook spaces, leaping and bouncing and crashing along, with Jonah's voice booming out of the cab-mounted speaker...

He also did one that might be used at a wedding celebration, with a bit in English at the end reassuring the bride-elect that she's found the right guy.

He ended with one you'd hear in a Navajo Christian church gathering incorporating the Lord's Prayer in English. I thought it was lovely... but then, I was in the driver's side seat row. MacGuyver OTOH was on the passenger side, dangling on the edge of the precipices as we bounced and roared and slithered along. He later said that it at least seemed appropriate that we sail over a cliff to our fiery death with the Lord's Prayer being broadcast all about us.

OK, this has been the Official Approved Version meant for public consumption. I'm putting together the ultra-secret Navajolotta Sushi Goin' On and hope to post it tomorrow. Only those of you who are the Elite, the in Crowd, will be able to read it. The rest will see only an old-fashioned test pattern.
 

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Posted by daisydaisy (# 12167) on :
 
Thank you MB for the latest photos, and Janine for the latest installment - I wish I was with you now!
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
I'll enter the tale of how it happened later today, I hope --

But, y'see, we have a problem. This followed us home.

Since we can't go on calling it "Hey, Ewe"... well, maybe we could, but that's rather pedestrian and unimaginative, iddinnit? -- We need suggestions.

There's always Bob (pronounced "Baaahaaaaaahhhhhhb").

Or Sean. As in Sean the Sheep.

Agnew? Leroy?

What would you name him?
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I'm sitting at ABQ Sunport at the start of the journey home. It was great to meet up with Janine, Pata, Rugasaw, Motherboard, and JB again.

I'd particularly like to thank MB & JB fot their hospitality over the last week. I got to see some great sights and eat some delicious food. JB deserves a medal for his driving.

I'll start on getting some photos posted over the next week.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Thanks for all the updates and pics! Not as good as being there, but pretty awesome!

Janine, I'm thinking Apprentice Sheep 3. AS3 for short?
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
Well it was all going swimmingly until I got to San Francisco International. My flight is delayed and even for an airport everything is shockingly expensive!

Looking on the positive side, the longer the delay here the less time I will have to spend waiting at Heathrow for my flight to Glasgow.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Considering the time that has passed since his post, let us hope MacGuyver's trip home is back on track.

Re: the names for the sheep... well... wait until you hear more detail before you give him a loving and welcoming name. Something like "Demonspawn, Stealer of Candy from Babies" might seem appropriate.

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... And now, for all the Initiates, while the Uninitiated stare blankly at the test pattern -- now to the real, gritty (ptui, sand in the teeth) truth about the dangers inherent in the desert.

You know how fond JB is of sushi, right? Well, the retired Grandmother in the little hogan in the little meadow in the midst of Monument Valley had a lot more to her than meets the eye. She has been the one final guardian of the ancient Navajo family recipe for Mutton Chili Sushi, so old and revered a recipe that it is said to have been carried from the Old Country over the Bering Strait Land Bridge.

It seems she's the last one, because the inheritors are required to actually desire to carry the secret, and, Lord love 'em, nobody likes the stuff. Until JB came along.

She offered the secret recipe to JB.

He must've impressed her with his extensive knowledge of All Things Sushi. And All Things Chili. (And probably All Things Mutton, for all I know.) Also, his generosity in paying for the expensive expenses of the detailed ceremony that cleansed his harmonics and harmonized his cleanliness and ceremonialized his harmonious sparklyness was not lost upon Grandmother.

So now, Grandmother can continue her retirement years satisfied that a real foodie holds the secret recipe, which will not perish from the Earth, 'cause JB knows a lot of other foodies. (I mean, they take photos of their food, fer God's sake.)

And the real reason Tour Driver Jonah sang to us all the way out of the park, we now know, was to cover the screams of those who would rather the secret die with Grandmother than to have it leave the tribe. Screams, I say, as they plunged to their blazing deaths far below while he chanted and sang the Lord's Prayer and defended us by driving offensively all the way. Turns out we were really quite safe the whole time, MacGuyver's Apprentice and me and my poor little bruised German seatmate.

And that's not the end of it.

We had a nice long drive to Canyon de Chelley next day, and of course JB and Ye Olde Motherboarde keep their vehicles buzzing and whirring with all the latest gadgets, things that speak sternly to them in no uncertain terms when they so much as miss a turn-off, y'know?

With all that modern tech, and with JB being a good and law-abiding driver anyway, can anyone tell me how it happened that he was speeding? At just exactly the right time & place for a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer to pull him over? A big ol' bruiser of an officer, the kind of guy you pray is a “gentle giant” all his life, 'cause he could break you like a matchstick if he so chose?

Where did such a man hide? Behind a tumbleweed? He was in a full-sized vehicle, not on a motorcycle that might park behind a juniper or something. The conspiracy theorist in my head demands to know!

Of course the BIA officer was jocular and smiling, and gave the truckload of tourists in the Great White Beast the kind mini-lecture about state and Federal roads being posted at higher speeds, while 55 remains the norm on BIA-covered roads.

"Slow down", he says. "Enjoy your vacation", he says, looking us over. No traffic ticket, no fine – just a note about JB entered in the BIA files. They are watching him, now.

I think he was planted there to look for us. I think he was supposed to take that ancient sushi recipe back. I think we only got away because Grandmother has major cataracts after all those years in the actinic desert sunlight – and she described us 'way differently than we actually look.

The description they forced from poor Grandmother did not live up to the vision that met the Officer's eyes when he gave us the once-over. She spoke of four dusty windblown non-descript tourists, possibly to throw off the chase, bless her heart --

While the BIA officer actually saw a statuesque beauty with a killer smile, sparkling eyes, an infectious laugh and glowing prematurely silver hair; a potentially forbidding-looking handsome fellow (they don't call him "Dr. No" for nothing) with a charming disarming puckish grin; a well-dressed fair-haired younger guy with a beautiful complexion (marinated in sun cream?) and a camera-geek sexiness about him; and a heaving bosom topped by a dark leather cowboy hat and partially obscured by long tangled ebony hair that had apparently been combed with an eggbeater. So, he let us go.

Wow. Close call.

Then came the Canyon de Chelley business with the Ravenous Attack Sheep. I thought they were after us because They Know About MoBo's Potentially Shaved Dog. Actually, I bet they were all in on it. They were Sheepish Militant Ninja Sheep. They were sworn to get back the Ancient Mutton Sushi Recipe, or die trying. (At which point they could be roasted and made into Ancient Bering Bridge Sushi. How appropriate.)

We thought we were safe when we escaped the Canyon. MacGuyver's Apprentice tried to warn me about that Oreo cookie I tossed to the hungry little palomino-paint colored dog at an overlook. He said if I fed anything it might follow us home. (I know that works. That's how I landed the Football God. Fried chicken and rabbit at a picnic in the park.) Well, I figured, how much trouble could that cookie cause? Hmmmn. It may be the dog was a sheep in canine clothing.

Off we went next morning to the perfectly innocent Hubbel's Trading Post. No way the Ravening Horde of Attack Sheep could follow us all that way, right?

Wrong! Oh, so very wrong.

Prepare yourselves. Women will faint. Strong men will blanch. Little kids will run screaming away. (Cue the Doom Song). We have been followed!

We should've known we'd never get away. I mean, wasn't tinkle dink tink ting tink dink bling bling tinkle tink sounding out, just below the normal range of our hearing, the whole way home? MacGuyver turned around, and I know we saw impending disaster in each other's eyes. I know he heard the Sheep's bell... bling bling tinkle tink bling...

Why, oh Lord, were we driving in the daytime? Why couldn't we have been traveling at night, so we'd have noticed the glow behind us and seen the the Hellish sparks flying from his evil sheep feet? Why oh why couldn't we have guessed it, why couldn't we feel his beady black sheep eyes boring into the back seat?

With no warning it came, the Sheep, the Nameless One. It's here now. MacGuyver escaped this morning with our blessing – someone has to live to tell the tale. We have brought in a wood-carved three-foot-tall Virgin of Guadalupe to stand in his place. I dare that sheep to stare down the Flaming Mother...

The Football God keeps calling me, telling me to come home, come home now, offering to pay for ever-more-expensive plane tickets... but I think The Sheep could follow me through the air, and I don't want to lead him to my grandchildren.

What will happen to the Ancient Mutton Chili Sushi Recipe if the Sheep gets us all?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
After that one wonders how the tequila distilleries will survive now the Meet is over!
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I'm now at Heathrow with a couple of hours to wait until my flight to Glasgow. Undetered by my inability to get the free wifi to work, i'm using my faithful Kindle to post.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I'm home safe and sound (and a little bit tired).
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
Glad to see MacGyver isn't stuck in the airport.

Mystery Worship is up!
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
I'm home safe and sound (and a little bit tired).

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Considering the hours in the air, the hours of waiting around, and the backwards/unwinding of the jet lag, never mind a little tired, I'd have to be scraped up off the sidewalk and poured through my front door keyhole when I finally got home. I bow to your energy level .
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
It's worth all the travelling to meet the people and see the sights offered by a 'Santa Fe' Ship Meet.

Just have a little over a thousand photographs to sort and edit!
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Zowie. 1000+ pics, M.A.

Well, you'll be able to whip through that in no time, oui?

Would y'all believe I found a one-way flight home for $178? I seriously considered taking the deal, just to say I did it -- but the thought of changing 'planes 3 times, passing through 5 different airports, winding my way through different subsidiaries of the main airline involved... I just can't. Over twelve hours straight, either flying or waiting in airports, had better get me to Scotland or France or somewhere more interesting than home!

Having stewed myself to sunbaked pruniness with Motherboarde at Ojo Caliente today -- yah, ladies, if ye cain't tone it, tan it!! -- I'll be spending time with my friend Aloe Vera tonight.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

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Originally posted by JB:
Mystery Worship is up!

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Just one little addition/correction to the minutes as posted: there are, in fact, fish in the Oklahoma River. If you'd seen it before they were able to race jet boats on it, you definitely wouldn't believe it, but I've caught 'em before.

I think this says quite a bit about the fish.
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
Ariston:

The question is:
are the fish edible from the river?
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
I'm sure there are people who have; I am not one of them, nor do I plan to be.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
There was an interesting aspect to report about the Bisti Badlands, at least the first bit we wandered through for a couple of hours.

I don't think I've ever seen so much poop in one place before. Other than a manure pile, I mean.

Where we were, you could tell that what rain does show up will gather into pans, flat areas that hold some water, making temporary pools (description of similar here; here is a 152-page PDF about it, you'd need to be really curious to look at that one:) ).

The rock in those spots was covered with a thin layer of sediment, alligatored and cracked into plates in the areas that dried last.

Whatever the local fauna usually go through for water, you know they enjoy the relatively easy access to water for as long as it lasts in those shallow pools.

Everything had been coming to the area. I couldn't ID all the types of herbivore scat. Some looked like horse -- ones that'd had some extra green in their diet, like in the springtime in clover country. There'd be either wild horses or herds grazing nearby on leased lands, I guess?

Some looked almost goatlike. Antelope? Deer? Elk? Really big goats?

Some looked 'way too substantial for horse poop. Makes you wonder if there are still any stray camels about. That was some major-sized stuff. Maybe there are mysterious secret elephants there.

So, even with the minimal tracking skills of a Louisiana desk jockey -- it's hard to find footprints in a swamp -- I could see that every herbivore and his brother had been partying all around the rainpools. Jack-bunnies in bikinis. Deer holding frou-frou drinks with little paper umbrellas in them. And, being plant-eaters, they just don't care where they heave their... byproducts.

All that doesn't mean there was anything icky about it. The stuff had been dessicating for weeks, maybe months, since the last real rain. All was dried and not an odor was to be found. It was like walking on hay, if you had to walk on it. It amazed me, though, 'cause down home in the eternal damp and heat, such material, left out in the open, gets utilized down to nothing pretty quickly.

Perhaps all the droppings inspired the person who bagged up his dog's -- or his own -- offering, and left it right in the middle of a very interesting rock formation.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 

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Glad to see MacGyver isn't stuck in the airport.

Mystery Worship is up!

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Ariston:

The question is:
are the fish edible from the river?

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Rugasaw
I don't seem to have permission to view the videos. Flickr is saying it is a private page.

Macgyver's Apprentice
I have the same problem.

Organist of the Jedi Temple
Me three.

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Two videos of the dancing at Red Earth added to the pictures.

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Originally posted by Macgyver's Apprentice:
... it gave me a place to preview some of my Red Earth photos

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Wow!

As usual: sharp, properly exposed, and well composed.

Motherboard took one look and started camera shopping.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
JB,

Thanks for the kind comments.

I hope your wallets can survive MB's camera shopping!
It's only fair to point out that while my camera has a great sensor and electronics for low light work, I also put expensive lenses on the front. These allow photos to be taken wide open at f/2.8, gobbling up all the available light and throwing it at the camera's sensor. So when shopping, MB may want to look at the quality of the lens on the camera as well as the performance of the sensor.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Yah, the adequate camera and the outrageous lenses are important, but I think somebodies gots Mad Camera Skillz too.

I was thinking about RedBone today -- one of the neat little stores in Madrid, New Mexico. Found some sweet fossil ivory earrings destined for one of my sisters.

I saw the sign -- a red bone on a white ground -- and assumed the name of the place had to be either RedBone or Scarlet Femur.

There was some nice stuff there. I could've bought half the store. Was happy with the earrings, though.

At Maggie's Diner I found one of those black leather thingies you tie up your braid with. You know, with the silver stud-looking pieces you secure the leather laces through? Next time I need to discipline my pony tail I'll take a picture of it.

It figures Maggie's would have neat little motorcycle-related stuff 'cause of the Wild Hogs connection. They have a sign on the door as you walk in -- "This is not a diner!" -- They left the place as it was built when it was the movie set for Maggie's Diner, soda-fountain-bar-stool chairs and everything still in place, and are running the gift shop from it. Stacks of T-Shirts all folded and displayed on the stools.

Our lunch at the Mine Shaft Tavern was nice. It was good to sit in the shady breezy place -- despite record high temps around the country, at that altitude and sheltered from the sun it's really pleasant --

We rested up while waiting for the lager and the porter and the tea, and then waited a bit more for the food. It seemed as if the poor waiters and waitresses and bartenders were a little bit overwhelmed. The slight delay didn't matter much, though, with so much neat stuff to look at.

We were finishing up and just about to leave when their power went out. We were in luck , it didn't affect us. It was interesting to hear the waitresses recommending the other restaurants when the tourists wandered in during the blackout. They must not be asked their opinions and recommendations of the competition very often.

The vintage (and/or vintage style) clothing at Heaven was lovely. I saw two dresses I coulda-shoulda-woulda bought, soooo pretty, but, well, how much clothing do I really need? JB bought MoBo a lovely necklace-and-earring set, I loved it -- she immediately wore it to church the next day.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I was in Madrid while they were filming that Hogs movie - I kept getting approached by burly security guards asking me not to photograph the 'stars'. Not that I saw any 'stars' about, only lots of techie guys riding around on quad bikes.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Just as a little warning, "Please don't shoot the stars" , or were they getting obnoxious about it?

We told the lady at RedBone they ought to sell CDs of Leon Redbone, and the 70s rock group Redbone (omigosh dig the turquoise on the bass player droooool)...
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
Nibbling away at the photo mass. Four more pictures
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
2012 OKC-Santa Fe-Four Corners Shipmeet

Only a handful of photos, but it goes three pages 'cause I have them set as large as possible.
 

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Posted by JB (# 1776) on :
 
WOW! Motherboard and I just love those photos, Janine.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Poor little spastic camera, had to go to sleep in my pocket half the time with migraine... but when he's on, he's on! Some of the colors look richer than I remembered.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
In the OKC video clip re: waiting for the Red Earth parade to start, you can hear me & Motherboard nattering about how we love bling.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Darn, I've been "outed" about the bling problem.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
There are some great photos there, Janine - and everyone else.
 

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Posted by daisydaisy (# 12167) on :
 
Great photos everyone - thanks for sharing them
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
Janine,

Some great photos there.
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
I'm also nibbling away at my photos.

5 more photos
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Lovely photos all around. I always anticipate what y'all put up, all of them are great.

I swear, it's so hot and I'm soooo disgusted with the humidity, I have a use for Vernal Falls and Tenaya Lake -- as in, I should go jump in them. I missed people back home while I was away for the Meet, but that hot steamy barber-towel-to-the-face when I got off the plane in New Orleans almost made me run screaming back up the gangway.

*Sigh* I miss the desert.

I was thinking about Bisti while I put a load of white laundry on the clothesline this afternoon. We were walking into a sandy area, kicking up dust; the hike into the Bisti Badlands was almost the only time during the Meet when I actually broke a tiny little sweat. Therefore, I revelled in that shower when we went back to the hotel.

But that white shirt I had on -- it had been worn, and was decorated with some tomato/chili stains. (Hey, I was walking into badlands. I was wearing the coolest/flowiest I had, never mind the signs of last night's dinner.)

When I walked out, I was a little dusty and windblown, at least the dark hair and clothing were -- but the shirt had become white as snow. Something backward about that.

It doesn't work outside of the desert, I guess. The white T-shirts I left on the clothesline at home, for some sun, forgotten out here while I was at the Meet, had been wet enough often enough that they now sport a fine heather-mist of grey marks all over them -- mold!
 

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Posted by Macgyver's Apprentice (# 603) on :
 
My apologies for taking so long, but my photos from the Shipmeet are now posted here .

As is usual with my photos, not a Shipmate to be seen!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
As usual your photos are excellent. I enjoyed flipping through them.
 

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Posted by Janine (# 3337) on :
 
Wonderful stuff, as usual, M.A., beautiful! Thanks for the link.

Hey, didn't that one I asked you take of me in front of the trash can come out?

I love all the rock and canyons and clear water, rainless expanses and cool temps in summer. I never get to see that stuff, living on gumbo mud in a sauna.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Oh my gosh, such wonderful memories! We can tell you had a great time.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Brilliant photos all round, I think. It must have been a fabulous Meet.

I'll close this thread now and we'll wait for the next one, if there is to be one, next year.
 

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