Another 40th Anniversary Two Weeks Ago Today ... 
| October 15, 2012 07:31AM |
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Forty Years of Photo Freights on the C&TS!!
(Revised 11/05/2012):
Next Monday, the fourth day of Pete & Bernd's five-day extravaganza - for which JBWX rather
optimistically suggested the name 'TRDR' - the Toltec Rattler Done Right - marked the 40th
Anniversary of the very first photographers' special on the C&TS. Iam was hoping we could
celebrate this in an appropriate way with a brief mention of the occasion - and an appropriate
toast - during lunch at Osier on 10/22/2012, but the festivities did not live up to my expectations* ...
- Rússo de los Locos
p.s. Perform a search using 'Toltec Rattler' / 'all dates' to find a few photos and further information. LOTS of further information ...
* (Added 121015-09:30) In the course of packing for my departure later today, I discovered - alongside a gallon jug of windshield de-icer / bug-remover** - two (2, count 'em, 2) bottles of the VERY rare K. B. Hall Ranch Industrial Strength Red Table Wine, which I believe to be a Malbec or possibly a Malbec/Shiraz 'Meritage'. Since C&TS regulations prohibited my bringing these along on 10/22, I suggesteded that a few of us Trolls and Curmudgeons (you/we know who we/you are ... ) gather on the balcony of THE (Shadrack) HOTEL upon our return to Chama that evening to commemorate this auspicious occasion.
** The location of the hiding place was just a coincidence. Honest!!
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2012 01:06AM by Russo Loco.
(Revised 11/05/2012):
optimistically suggested the name 'TRDR' - the Toltec Rattler Done Right - marked the 40th
Anniversary of the very first photographers' special on the C&TS. I
celebrate this in an appropriate way with a brief mention of the occasion - and an appropriate
toast - during lunch at Osier on 10/22/2012, but the festivities did not live up to my expectations* ...
- Rússo de los Locos
p.s. Perform a search using 'Toltec Rattler' / 'all dates' to find a few photos and further information. LOTS of further information ...
* (Added 121015-09:30) In the course of packing for my departure later today, I discovered - alongside a gallon jug of windshield de-icer / bug-remover** - two (2, count 'em, 2) bottles of the VERY rare K. B. Hall Ranch Industrial Strength Red Table Wine, which I believe to be a Malbec or possibly a Malbec/Shiraz 'Meritage'. Since C&TS regulations prohibited my bringing these along on 10/22, I suggesteded that a few of us Trolls and Curmudgeons (you/we know who we/you are ... ) gather on the balcony of THE (Shadrack) HOTEL upon our return to Chama that evening to commemorate this auspicious occasion.
** The location of the hiding place was just a coincidence. Honest!!
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2012 01:06AM by Russo Loco.
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Russo Loco | October 15, 2012 07:31AM |
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davidtltc | October 18, 2012 12:25PM |
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Russo Loco | November 05, 2012 07:23PM |
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John West | November 05, 2012 07:49PM |
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Russo Loco | November 05, 2012 09:03PM |
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John West | November 05, 2012 09:12PM |
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Russo Loco | November 06, 2012 01:20AM |
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Russo Loco | November 06, 2012 07:23PM |
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