Starting with 'E' is Expansive. Our son took a business trip recently to the large Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. This is his view from the American 777 setting up for the final approach. With a metro population of 12 million, Rio is also Enormous! Cam will be the first to tell you business trips like his are far from glamorous - but at least there's that view out the window...
Elevation also begins with 'E'. Here is my dad (age 10) at the Continental Divide, I believe in 1938 inColorado. 8262 ft. = 2519 meters above sea level.
I'm guessing on the same trip in 1938, they drove up to the low oxygen summit of Pike Peak outside Colorado Springs. 14,109 ft = 4,300 M. Grandma and dad look ok but hopefully free of the effects of hypoxia at that Elevation...
A Favorite. Nothing fancy but a bird, plump with winter plumage sitting on the forsythia works. Patti captured this avian out the patio sliding door. Have a great week all!
Love the old photos!
ReplyDelete...Ralph, you sure nailed it with Enormous and Expansive! Your son is right, but let's just say that air travel isn't necessarily glamorous these days! I think that you can all 12 million people out the plane window. Your dad sure got around as a kid. I've been to the Continental Divide and Pike's Peak, those Elevations sure are different form what I'm use to in Western New York. I like the licence plate of your grandparent's car. I assume that it's a Dodge! Now that's one fat birdie. Have a fabulous week my friend.
ReplyDeleteWonderful old photos! And think about that Finland has only 5,5 million inhabitants, in the _whole_ country ;)) Wishing a good Februaary.
ReplyDeleteWonderful "E's", Ralph. I identify with all but the bird. That aerial shot really shows Rio"s size well, it is almost twice the size of Houston Metro. We got to see a lot of it from the mountain top, the one with the cross on top. We spent a day there as it ess our debarkation port and our flight didn't leave until late night. We had a 1934 Chevy, one without a trunk, but Dad traded it in on a used 1938 Ford early during WWII. Your dad might be a couple of years older than me.
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Well not any had photographs from an plane Ralph. Well done on all the "E"'s
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