Idaho trip

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Posted to Diary on Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 01:36:57 AM EST. RSS.

Took a trip to Idaho the first weekend in September.

Went to see my family, especially my uncle Keith, who's got a metastasized cancer going on. I figure his attitude after losing his identical twin (my dad) is pretty poor for combating cancer with. Hopefully he recovers.

Anyhoo, the pictures are in my LiveJournal scrapbook here. The last two photographs are taken in Maryhill, WA, on my way back.

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1	Your own private Idaho. pO157. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 08:32:40 AM EST none

Good for you. My one regret of the years I live in the Gem State was how little of the place I'd seen. Although it would take a lifetime to see it all. What portion did you visit?

2 1	Re: Your own private Idaho. delete me. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 02:43:01 PM EST none

The gem state portion up north, not the potato land down south. Orofino and Grangemont specifically, in Clearwater County. Took HWY 14 and HWY 12 to get there and back.

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3	Sorry to hear about your uncle. MayorBob. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 03:01:07 PM EST none

Hope the trip did something to perk him up. I noticed you included photos from the Stonehenge site in Washington. I've never been myself; just heard about it. There are actually something like six sites in the US modeled after the original Stonehenge. The one I've been to is Foamhenge built near Natural Bridge in Virginia. I'm not sure if the cut styrofoam pillars summon up any Druid spirits, but they look real from a distance. You might want to avoid trips to Foamhenge during the first week of September; that's when as the Ren Faire types descend on the site.

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4 3	Been There uncarved block. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 03:30:37 PM EST none

What's interesting, despite the absolutely incredible view of the Gorge*, is that it was created as a local WWI monument. The construction time of 12 years may seem a bit long, but having been down that area several times, and pondering what it must have looked like in 1918, just over a decade seems lightning quick. Had heard about the place all my life, but nobody had ever mentioned that it was a memorial-- what to make of this, I'm not quite sure.

*As seen in the Maryhill Museum site. Not exactly the stereotypical image of the NW countryside, eh?

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6 4	Re: Been There delete me. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 04:22:50 PM EST none

What's funny is that the creator figured he was changing the concept of Stonehenge from a place of dread sacrifice to one of haunting memorial. Of course, the current news regarding the original is that it may have been a place of healing.

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5 3	Re: Sorry to hear about your uncle. delete me. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 04:20:11 PM EST none

Is Foamhenge 2-3 feet high?

Thank you for your words regarding my uncle.

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"Bobby Fischer? Man, that guy is crazy!" - Mike Tyson

7 5	Crushed by a dwarf. MayorBob. Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 05:01:44 PM EST none

Never having been to the real Stonehenge I'd imagine the Foamhenge pillars are authentically sized. All I know is they were several feet taller than myself.

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Your own private Idaho.

pO157.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 08:32:40 AM EST

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Re: Your own private Idaho.

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Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 02:43:01 PM EST

Sorry to hear about your uncle.

MayorBob.

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Been There

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Re: Been There

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Re: Sorry to hear about your uncle.

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Crushed by a dwarf.

MayorBob.

Mon Sep 22, 2008 at 05:01:44 PM EST