Good morning. A cool start to the day at 50 degrees with a high expected in the mid 70's. Yesterday our high was a plesant 75 degrees. Went up flying and took my camera this time. I'll post some photos at the end.
Louis - I really enjoy your photos. I always liked the Pennsy centipedes. The photo of the GG-1 run away was something else. Keep them coming.
Johnny - Nice layout photos. Gotta keep the grand daughter happy.
Garry - Forgot to comment on the Burlington F units you posted the other day. Nice shot.
Willie - Like the tire shop. Butter turn the caboose around if you want the dust monkeys to clean the track, In that position they will be lifted off of the track.
Chad - More great photos. Wrong train ??? Hotsa matta for you. That train lunch looks interesting.
Patrick - Sometimes those on line auctions can be a pain. I also set a limit to what I am willing to pay. I can't count how many times I have seen items bid up way over retail price.
Greg - Glad that you finally got the pressure tank replaced. An easy fix to do but I can understand why you called in a plumber. Kile the photo with the MR&T locomotive.
Sherrel - We also like the Hillshire Kielbasa. Besides using it for breakfast, we like putting it on the grill.
Dave - Nice kit. It shouldn't be too hard to put together. Like the laser cut kits. Wish they were around years ago when I was starting my layout.
IB Ken - Good photo.I always like the beetle. Has a few over the years. While stationed at Mayport, a guy on the ship had one but while out on a three week cruise, his wife fried the engine by running it low on oil. He was heart broken over it. I got a hold of another engine and we had it swapped out in a few hours and he was back on the road.
Here are a few of the photos I took yesterday. I am a bit disappointed as I took over 70 photos but I kept getting the wing strut or landing gear in the photos or they were blurry. Found out that taking the pictures was harder than walking and chewing gum at the same time. Went and flew over Yellowstone Park where I had to keep at least 2,000 feet altitude so many shots had to be telephoto. Had to edit most of the decent photos to het the wing strut out of the photo.
The first shot is the Bridger Mountains just north of Bozeman.
The next shot is above US 191 just before you get over the park, about 35 miles south of where I live. This shot came out good so I was ablee to enlarge it.
The next shot is also of US 191 inside the park just north of West Yellowstone. Tou can see the beginning of the Gallatin River which feeds into the Missouri River at Three Forks,MT. You can also see he burned trees from the fires in Yellowstone in 1988.
The next photo is inside the park between West Yellowstone and West Thumb where the look through the park begins.
Here is the beginning of the Geyser Basin with the Fire Hole River in the lower left.
This is the upper geyser basin.
Here I got a shot of Old Faithful erupting. When I first flew over, I could see it starting to erupt and had to circle for a few minutes to get the shot. Took a few but this was probably the best of the lot.
Here is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the lower falls. This is where the Yellowstone River begins.
The last shot is of the Paradise Valley and US 89 running between Gardiner, MT and Livingston, MT.
I am somewhat disappointed that so few photos came out decently, but trying to fly and hold and aim the camera isn't very easy. Hope you enjoyed the quick tour of the park.
Later