Tagged With "bison"

Some beautiful street art in there Ottoman ! Outside in the sunshine and open to touch. Living Art.

Ottoman enjoyed exploring the interior of the Fargo-Moorhead Visitor Center, and as he ventured outside, he came across this fun exhibit.

DrFumblefinger was pleasantly surprised to find this bison very near the road as he traveled through rural Kansas.

 The National Bison Refuge provides an excellent opportunity to see bison in their natural setting — the hilly grasslands of Montana.  The Refuge is located about an hour’s drive northwest of Missoula and is...

DrFumblefinger visits the Grand Staircase at the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg.

I want to know what that is parked out behind the gallery. I'm guessing the Car Guy knows.

Can't be certain, because it gets fuzzy when blown up, but the shape and proportion look right to me for a 1948 Plymouth. Anyone else?

Here's a '39 for comparison. The grille change to all-horizontal took place around '41, the last year of full production. Note that the '39's fenders still show some stylistic reminder of when they were not integrated into the body shape. The remnant of running board disappeared before the first post-war designs. I picked 1948, but it could have been a year or two earlier, but definitely not pre-war.

DrFumblefinger shares photos of a herd of bison, residing at Rocky Mountain House National Historic site in Alberta.

DrFumblefinger saw this interesting mount at the Museum of Montana in Helena. It is a rare white buffalo, occurring only once in five million births.

August is the month of family vacations in France, and traditionally everyone (who can, anyway) leaves town (every town). But the month of quiet streets and deserted shops is over, and today, the last Saturday of the month, brings an annual traffic nightmare as everyone heads home.

If you're planning to to leave tonight on a vacation road trip in France (don't you wish you were!), tonight and tomorrow may not be your best days, because they are the first day of the traditional French August vacation break.