Picto Diary - 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Noember 2016 - Thanksgiving
Above: Big Data, LSDM walker, checks out PCM snowmaking. 19 November 2016.
PCM was supposed to have opened the skiing season today. But, its been warm... not sufficiently cold to make a lot of snow, in the absence of real snow. Park City has had to delay its opening for a week, from 19 November, to 26 November.
Above: Salt Lake LDS Temple from City Creek mall walkway over Main Street. 19 November 2016.
Above: Trax light rail. Main Street, Salt Lake City. 19 November 2016.
Image, looking south, (Vegas, 350 miles) captured from walkway connecting two sections of City Creek mall.
Above: Park City Mountain. 20 November 2016.
Manufactured snow building a bit. But, no snowmaking today. Too warm.
26th delayed opening at risk?
Above: Heber Valley. Provo Peak, Wasatch back. F800GS at 9k feet, Deer Valley Summit SR224.
Snow forecast for Monday (tomorrow). Likely no more days left this year to ride the bike this high.
Above: LSDM. Wasatch Bagel. 21 November 2016
Big Bad John, 'Cake, and Bling (in for a short visit from Albuquerque).
Above: TIMDT and Bling. At home. 21 November 2016.
Bling comes to pay homage to his former nanny.
Above: Canyons segment of Park City Mountain. 22 November 2016.
LSDM
PGA
Whit
Big Data
Bling
Bishop
Topic du jour: Arnold. Palmer
Above: Park City Mountain base area. 23 November 2016.
Image captured from astride F800GS. Riding the motor in ski season?
LSDM
Big Bad John
GoVanGo
Sheep
PGA
Commodore
McGee
Bishop
Topic du jour: Hurricanes
Above: Walking Daly Canyon. Park City, UT. 23 November 2016.
Image 1. Condemned miner's shack.
Image 2. Self portrait.
Image 3. Deplorables working.
Still no snow!
Above: Last ride of the year? Park City, UT. 24 November 2016.
1st Image: Weather coming... better get home! Call today's short, forty mile ride on the F800GS out to Wanship, UT and back to Park City, UT, the final ride of a great riding season. Snow coming this evening and tomorrow. Skiing starts Saturday, 26 November 2016.
Final ride of the season spurs reflection on a great riding season. Selected 2016 motorcycle riding destinations include:
Carlin, NV
Lake View, OR,
Bly, OR
Auburn, CA
Pismo Beach, CA
Mesquite, NV
Colorado City, AZ
Jacob Lake, AZ
Monument Valley, UT
Chinle, AZ
Alpine, AZ,
Silver City, NM
Valentine, TX
Marfa, TX
Farmington, NM
Mexican Hat, UT
Torrey, UT
Touche, WA
Osoyoos, BC
Grand Prarie, AB
Whitehorse, YK
Destruction Bay, YK
Delta Junction, AK
Haines AK
Prince Rupert, BC
Quesnel, BC
Tonasket, WA
St. John, WA
McCall, ID
Bucknell, UT
Green River UT
Circa 13K motorcycle miles, 2016.
Above: Deer Valley snow making. 24 November 2016.
Over the river and through the woods...
Above: Front window view. Park City, UT. 24 November 2016.
Over the river and through the woods....
Above: Snow blowing on deck. 24 November 2016.
Above: Grrr and turkey leg. 24 November 2016.
Thanksgiving at Granny's house!
Addendum:
Your experiences and having the opportunity to live in so many places are just exceptional when dealing with WWII - I personally always had the feeling that Truman because of his background haberdasher from a small town , certainly had to feel someway inferior to a MacArthur who was number one at West Point and the other highly educated and experienced individuals that the United States had at their disposal in WW/2-as I remember MacArthur had planned a complete invasion into Japan and was just waiting for the opportunity to put into action - I am sure some of this has been a problem with Obama/current administration that Obama has had the same inferiority complex dealing with generals and even the leader's of Israel - Reading a book and putting physical action into reality are two very different perspectives !
MRZ3 😎
Ojai, CA
Insightful.
Thanks for the overview Steve. I recently bought the book at Costco and plan to read it over Christmas break in Quebec.
Best,
REIT,
Montreal, CA
Steve,
Saw good review of WWII pacific ops, Fleet @ Flood tide, by Hornfischer. Just out recently so maybe reviews are part of publishing PR & hype, etc., appears deeper than Killing series. About $14 bucks on e-version.
Kilimanjaro,
Jackson, WY
I'll look for it.
So have I. BFD
Jack Aroon,
Mahwah, NJ
Thanks, Stephen! Especially for your comments and the additional information. Most appreciated.
Chita,
Muscat, Oman
Steve- I read the book when it first came out and as it has been awhile your excellent review and summary brought it all back to me
I enjoy O’reilly & Dugard’s style of presenting history in this and the other books in the series
Best-
Montage,
Marina del Rey, CA
Fast reading, informative. Read the Patten book. They have a writing formula and it works... if you don't mind simplified history.
Very enlightening, especially today. Thanks.
Espresso,
Washington, D.C.
Curious as to whether the book mentioned the military coup that only failed by a fluke the night before Hirohito was to announce the Japanese surrender, and was intended to continue the war?
Allen and Polmar's book Operation Downfall told the story of the decision to drop the bomb in Operation Downfall--published in 1995.
Perfesser (sic)
Ashland, OR
Yes. Was dealt with briefly.
Read the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Rising Sun - the decline and fall of the Japanese empire", by the late John Toland. Toland tells the story of WWII from the Japanese perspective. Powerful book. Toland's wife is Japanese.
Torquemada,
Sandy, UT
Read it years ago. Still have it on the shelf. I should pick it up again.