AUG 31, 24 ( 1 / 3 ).. ARTS, BEATS and EATS.. LABOR DAY WEEKEND FESTIVAL, ROYAL OAK, MI.

Patti and I thank Tom Tiger, also lovingly known as 'Coney' Tom, Our Guest Contributor, who made this Post possible.

Here we all are! August is in its final moments. We are celebrating the Labor Day Weekend. Summer is over. Autumn nears. Children begin school.

My home town, Royal Oak, Michigan, celebrates a Labor Day Weekend festival titled: Arts, Beats and Eats. In 2010 the festival moved from Pontiac, Michigan South to Royal Oak.

It really is something! Below is the best single link that I could find. Thanks so very much Fox2 Detroit!

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/arts-beats-eats-what-know-about-years-festival-royal-oak

Below are photos from Tom and a few that I selected online.

Tom's primary focus was visiting some of the 200 musical groups at the festival.

There you have it. Arts, Beats and Eats, in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Labor Day Weekend 2024.

Cap and Patti

AUG 24, 24 .. BULL ELK IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO..

Rocky Mountain National Park is located approximately 65 miles Northwest of Denver, Colorado. The estimated driving time is an hour and a half.

The other day, while 'surfing the internet', Patti came across a very interesting news story about a small group of mountain bike riders encountering a group of six bull elk walking down a Park road toward them, past them, and disappearing without indicating they had even seen, let alone interacted with, the mountain bikers.

We found the article to be interesting and hope maybe you will also be interested in it.

This 'disclaimer' is interesting: A group of cyclists were stopped in their tracks when they ran into six bull elk on a trail at Rocky Mountain National Park. The video was first shared to Facebook by James Mason in June 2020. 

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It seems to me that this information is in 'the public domain'.

Wikipedia defines it as:

The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds the exclusive rights, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission.

So I snapped a few 'screen shots'.

I Googled: Six Mass ... networks.com and could not comprehend who, or what, they are. Let alone seek formal permission to use this (now over four years old) information.

I want to at least say: 

Thank You Francis Xavier and James Mason, for taking the time, and going to the effort, to share your very interesting experience and photographs with the world wide web. 

I also Googled Francis Xavier and Wow! Your 'name sake' sure was phenomenal Francis!

The time has come to share a few of Francis' photos here with you all.

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And there they go, just 'ambling on'!

We thought this was interesting and enjoyable.

One never ever knows for sure what a wild animal in the 'wilderness' will do. Maybe these elk were 'very used to people'.

Smiling..

Cap and Patti

By the way! If you like numbers, here on Google Blogspot, this is our Post number, 1,111. Our very first Post was on October the 22nd, 2011.

AUG 23, 24 .. AS HUGH CONNORS WOULD SAY.. "WHANG IT CAP"..

Hugh Connors and I went through four years of High School together some seventy (70) years ago!

Back in the early 1950's, students were assigned seats 'in alphabetical order'. So quite often, Hugh and I were sitting together. 

Hugh had his 'favorite saying'. When he got frustrated or confused and didn't know how to proceed he would exclaim "Whang It" and mistake or not he would move forward and not remain paralyzed and inactive.

Add to it Gullible's advice, "Cap just shoot photographs and publish them!"

I have been mentally wrestling with whether I should put this Post together or not! Who will care one whit about this 'mundane' issue!

Hugh would say, "Whang it Cap! Just do it!" 

Gullible might say, "Take photos of something interesting!"

Here we go Loop De Loop with Johnny Thunder!

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Patti and I have a large, California King mattress. Let me tell you, the sheets, comforter, mattress-cover are large, bulky and heavy.

But we both felt that it was time to do a serious washing.

Whew!

We have them off the mattress and in large outdoor trash bags and ready to go to the Laundromat.

Dum De Dum Dum..

Patti was not able to accompany me.

I have arrived at the City Laundromat!

In the below photo, you can see that it is a large Laundromat!

The City Laundromat is about two miles from where we live. We are neighbors so to speak.

At the same time, at best, it is in a somewhat 'marginal neighborhood'. When I saw it was open 24 / 7, I thought to myself, "I don't think I would be washing things here during the middle of the night!"

Inside we go. The machines look 'brand new'!

I used the two washing machines at the right above. They are the largest washers in the City Laundromat. 

One load costs $8.75 so it cost $17.50 for two loads.

The white mattress cover was on the left and the top of the bed comforter on the right. One sheet and three pillow cases in each.

Each washing cycle was 30 minutes.

Time to dry them. Drying cost $2.50 for 20 minutes. For an additional 25 cents, you can purchase five additional minutes drying time. I ended up spending $5.50 for drying.

The white mattress cover and comforter were each dried separately with their sheet and pillow cases.

It's a done deal!

Back to my above comment about the somewhat 'marginal neighborhood'!

First, the automatic change machine shorted me when I put in a $20 bill. True, it was only two quarters short but.. 

The matron instantly refunded me my shortage! No debate. She counted out my $19.50 and gave me 50 cents.

Second, each and every single customer was polite, friendly and cleanly dressed. 

Then several of them leapt up to help me 'lug' the heavy, wet bedding from the washers to the dryers. 

Then getting things from the dryers into bags and out to our truck was a job! Again, I had great help from one young man in particular.

Go Anchorage City Laundromat!

Cap and Patti

Well? Was Hugh correct? Patti thinks he was! 

AUG 22, 24 ( 3 / 3 ).. THE HOTEL ALYESKA, GIRDWOOD, ALASKA.

 In Part 1 of  3, we showed photos of the 'front' of the Hotel Alyeska.

In Part 2 of 3, we showed photos of the main entrance and lobby.

In this final Part 3 of 3, we will show photos of the 'back' of the hotel. 

In our opinion, the back side of the hotel is far and away the most beautiful side.

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Two photos of the 'front' of the Hotel Alyeska.

No! We are not saying, nor are we implying, that the front of the hotel is unattractive.

We are saying that we feel that the back of the hotel is perhaps just a tad more attractive.

The next photos show some of the 'action' taking place on the back side of the hotel.

On the left side of the below photo you can see the main entrance into the back side of the hotel. In the left lower foreground, white chairs have been set out for an event of some kind.

Party time is ON 'out back'!

The below photo shows a nice foot path from which I snapped the above photos.

 Well Hello Mister Bear!

There is an aerial Tramway that transports skiers in the winter along with guests in the summer who want to enjoy a view from the top of the mountain and eat at the restaurant.

I have never ridden the tramway but Patti sure has.

A view of the 'other side' of the tramway building.

We will close with our favorite photo of the Hotel Alyeska.

We hope you enjoyed our three Hotel Alyeska Posts.

Cap and Patti