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new photos on flickr

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UPDATE: Flickr was bought by Yahoo which also owns Yahoo Photos, the largest photo hosting site on the internet. Yahoo photos got a facelift and now looks and works much like Flickr. Webshots, another photo host, also tried to get Flickrized — but is still ugly as sin. I’ll stick with Flickr.

My newest photos will be posted on Flickr from here on in. For US$25 / year I get near unlimited upload.

It takes a few minutes to explore the many Flickr navigation options, but it is worth the time.

My Flickr photos are linked under “Photos” on the right hand navigation. That’s the quickest way to find them again, in future.

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St. Paul, MN

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I’ve visited the capital of Minnesota several times over the years, always enjoying the quiet, picturesque city.

The wide streets, big trees and lovely architechture remind me a bit of Winnipeg, Manitoba, not far to the north.

This time I was here for the USA Gymnastics Championships, hosted at the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild hockey team. I was impressed. The venue, the city, and the organizing committee (with whom I had drinks) were all fantastic.

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Cathedral of Saint Paul

more St. Paul photos on Flickr

» next travelogue post on this trip – want your corpse posed and displayed?

Astronomy Picture of the Day

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George finds the most amazing scientific photos.

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What type of cloud is that? It is not a naturally occurring one.

Looking perhaps a bit like a gigantic owl monster, the cloud pictured above resulted from … < click here to find out more>.

It comes from a website called Astronomy Picture of the Day

photo – day off

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day off, originally uploaded by Tsunami Notes.

A surreal dreamscape.

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Yellowstone National Park

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I was ride-along shotgun on a hiking / biking trip with George Novak to Yellowstone National Park. It truly is a fantastic destination, much improved (I feel) by the forest fires of 1988. The park is open and bright. There is a real feeling of renewal.

It’s famous for geysers, hot springs, and other geothermal features and is home to grizzly bears, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk. We saw a lot of wildlife.

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Photos and video clips I posted on besthike.com. See those by searching besthike for “Yellowstone”.

This is the last post in this travelogue. But you can find photos & a video clip of Grand Teton National Park on my hiking blog.

gymnastics camp photos

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One of my favourite events of the year is the HPTC camp in Idaho hosted by Dave Adlard.

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At the end of camp all coaches are lined-up against a wall in front of a firing squad of gymnasts. Contest winners get to “pie” any coach. Here Bobby launches a sneak attack at Dave. It was brilliant.

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Check out over 80 pictures of camp on Flickr.

Video clips of coaches getting a pie in the face.

» next travelogue post on this trip – Mismo Gymnastics, Missoula, Montana

Emma Lake July Long Weekend

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Canada Day fireworks off the dock.

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2006-07-01 10-37-07 PM_0557, originally uploaded by Warren Long.

I missed another wonderful weekend at the Long cabin in Saskatchewan.

Luckily Warren posted 284 photos on Flickr so I can feel like I was there.