The Human Torch

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Everyone should own a holiday idiot sweater

Vicci Martinez is awesome. She has a great band who really enjoy playing. She has good energy and draws a very likable crowd. Go see her, she puts on a great show!

I played tonight with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets. He is incredible really. He knows how to build a show and keep people riveted. Go see him! It is very worth it.

Yakima

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The pass was snow covered but this is the drive south to the Columbia Gorge near where the recreation of Stonehenge sits.

Babe The Blue Ox

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This is in Northern California. Paul Bunyan stands to the left and the Trees of Mystery lurk somewhere behind. The undercarriage of Babe is pretty incredible and I would submit some other photos if not for fear of them turning up on undesirable websites.

Tucson

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The southwest does have some beautiful sunsets

Drummers get a bad rap

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They can actually have quicker wits than banjo players.

Prickly Pear

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The fruit is edible and so are the pads but the fruit is called “tuna” when you buy it in the store.

Montezuma’s Castle

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This is in the Verde Valley in Arizona. This occupancy held 35 people. The Sinagua, Hohokam, and Hopi lived together in this region at various times (up to 6000 people perhaps) and when overlapping, traded freely and coexisted peacefully. There were elaborate irrigation systems and a high level of civility that was absent from many European cultures at the time. One being a food storage system where the oxygen would be burned from a room, thus preserving the contents for up to two years. The Hopi still practice this in some areas where power is unavailable.