Drifter
Leaving Memphis
Arcade
Leaving Memphis
Walking in Memphis
The National Historic Site marker makes a nice divider for filing your experience.
Walking the mile or so between the Peabody Hotel and Sun Studios is (to me at least) as interesting as the studio tour itself. The surrounding area does not seem to have reaped the benefits of proximity to a holy shrine. My wanderings were unnarrated; not many journeys in Memphis can make that claim. From the beginning, the barkers teased the tourists with stories of BB King selling his soul to the devil (presumably for the low-budget café that bears his name), as I listened to bands too lazy to spell playing in the beer gardens. I’ve had a good dose of the south this time through; today we turn back north.
W.C. Handy
W.C. Handy
Mosaics
More Mongo
More Mongo
For Sale
Prince Mongo's Planet
Creepy
Odd gifts to the president
Welcome to Arkansas
Welcome to Arkansas
Back in Arkansas again. Took a moment to hike around Petit Jean Mountain, and found myself stalked by vultures. There’s something sort of appropriate about that. I also take some perverse glee in knowing that the first state park in Arkansas is a nostalgic monument to a cross-dresser. It’s a beautiful place, and has been improved with walkways and signage since the last time I visited was there. It’s nice to know where you are.
There were many turkey vultures circling us. Krista remembered something about the bird’s main mode of defense being projectile vomiting. A google search suggests that this is not the case:
The turkey vulture has few natural predators. Its primary form of defense is vomiting. The birds do not "projectile vomit," as many would claim. They simply cough up a lump of semi-digested meat. This foul smelling substance deters most creatures intent on raiding a vulture nest. It will also sting if the offending animal is close enough to get the vomit in its face or eyes.
That’s much better.
Phone Here
Phone Here -- Oklahoma
No Phone
ET can't phone home in Kansas
Buffalo Bill's House
Buffalo Bill's House, North Platte, Nebraska
The Bar
The Bar, Hershey, Nebraska
Crazy Horse 3x
Crazy Horse Monument(s), South Dakota
The Nose Knows
The Nose Knows, Mt. Rushmore, South Dakota
Zombie Presidents
Dead President Zombies, South Dakota
Porter Sculpture Park
Porter Sculpture Park, South Dakota-- closed dead end.
Sprout
Sprout-- Blue Earth, MN
Emma and Gustav
American Annual of Photography 1936
Monocular Duplex
American Annual of Photography 1887
