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I'm now at LAX waiting to board to Paris. Izzy survived the ordeal. Barely. She has promised a diary for tomorrow (several, in fact).

One pic for now:



Wind power

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 08:46:18 PM EST
You dragged poor Izzy all the way to the Grand Canyon?
by ATinNM on Tue Jul 27th, 2010 at 09:35:13 PM EST
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I asked around for rides back to LA, but all the cars (that I knew of, at least) were full.

It was great to see Jerome and Izzy again! So glad both of them could make it to Vegas.

And the world will live as one

by Montereyan (robert at calitics dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 12:12:54 AM EST
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It was wonderful to see you, too!  But if I ever make it again, you HAVE to do the karaoke!  I can't believe you let me down this time -- I was so looking forward to our duet of California Uber Alles...

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 02:57:07 AM EST
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You dragged poor Izzy all the way to the Grand Canyon?

I know!  And I told him what you said -- that it was hot and too far and way too hot and that he could maybe die.  From the heat.  And that you were totally on "team Izzy" on this.  He doesn't listen.  

Plus, it wasn't even hot.  It was all... pleasant.  It even rained.  Now he thinks we're both either wimps or liars.  If you'd like, you can save yourself and maintain deniability -- I'll say I totally misunderstood what you were saying... that's completely plausible.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 02:53:10 AM EST
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Oh!  And PLUS we were supposed to be boycotting Arizona!  (special thanks to all conference attendees who suggested that line of attack, however fruitless it proved to be).  

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 02:54:51 AM EST
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You could always have done the North Rim...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:16:07 AM EST
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While you were there, I saw some of a documentary on the Grand Canyon. And later, there was a John Ford movie (Wagon Master) with some fine B&W shots of thereabouts.

If it helps at all, I can say that it looked hot.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 05:18:52 AM EST
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During the Western Migration nobody in their right mind went anywhere near the Grand Canyon.  Either took the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe and from there used the various El Camino Reals to get to SoCal or the Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest/NoCal, depending.

Ford liked the Monument Valley, as well.  Nobody went there, either.

by ATinNM on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 01:05:32 PM EST
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What did that add?  300 to 400 miles?  Only to see an arroyo¹?  We got zillions of arroyos in the Southwest?

Truly the Guest From Hell©!

LOL

Lucked out.  The monsoon (= "It rained") hit during the weekend.  One town north of us usually gets ~14" a year; they got 9" over the weekend.  We got 5+ inches and now the grass, mesquite, creosote, and reed grass are all green.

Looks weird.

¹  Admittedly it's a really, really, BIG arroyo.

by ATinNM on Wed Jul 28th, 2010 at 12:58:31 PM EST
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