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When I was 2

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John F. Kennedy is Inaugurated as President.

Segregation ends at Atlanta Schools and Lunch Counters.

All Three TV Channels signed OFF the Air at Midnight.

I had to get up to change TV Channels.

I thought the National Anthem was a lullaby.

I had jars of Lightning Bugs in my bedroom.

Electric fans DO lull you to sleep.

Kuwait gains independence from Great Britain.

The Cold War is daily news.

Duck and Cover is taught for survival during Nuclear Attack.

The Bay of Pigs fails miserably.

I got my First Puppy.

Her name was “Poochy”

The Berlin Wall is Built.

America commits to more funds and advisors to South Vietnam.

We still believe what the Media Printed and Reported on TV.

Mike Ditka and Jimmy Johnson are drafted into the NFL.

I was unaware of most of it.

I was Happy.

Life was Perfect.

As it was then, so it is now.

Maligne Lake Redux

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One more of Maligne Lake Jasper National Park, Alberta. We had set up our tent in the dark the night before and this is the view we woke up to. I would have woken up sooner if we hadn’t drank so much O’Keefes Old Stock beer. Nikon FE, Kodachrome 64, and a cheap scanner.

Young Rams

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These guys were as surprised to see me as I was to see them. After having lived every second of every day with another person for the prior 6 weeks, I needed to be alone and headed out by myself for the day. I was hiking the Avalanche Peak trail in Glacier Provincial Park in British Columbia. The most memorable part of the encounter was the color of their eyes. They were almost an alien orange, I thought they would be more black. If you click on the picture for a larger view, you can almost get a sense of what they were like. Again Nikon FE, Kodachrome 64, and a cheap scanner.

Sunwapta Falls Jasper, Alberta

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**Update 2/16/2004-Thanks Bryan for leaving a comment and letting me know where I was 20+ years ago. Sunwapta Falls it is!!!**

For the life of me I cannot remember the name of these falls. You would think after 20 years it would still be clear as day. If you now the name leave a comment and help to save my sanity.

Again, Nikon FE, Kodachrome 64, and a cheap scanner.

River Canyon Jasper, Alberta

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Jasper National Park. Jasper, Alberta 1984.

Shot with a Nikon FE on Kodachrome 64 and scanned with a cheap scanner. You know it’s old when your spellchecker has no suggestions for Kodachrome! The water color is actually pretty close to what I remember. The glacial melt runoff has a distinctive Blue Green opaqueness that is unique.