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Fur Rondy!! (Original Post) raven mad Feb 2014 OP
We're kind of blowing it off this year. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #1
I miss going - haven't been in a number of years. raven mad Feb 2014 #2
Yes, fireworks on the 4th are anticlimactic at best. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #3
And we'll expect Iditarod photos, as well! raven mad Feb 2014 #4
Oh, yes, Iditarod is my labor of love Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #5

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
1. We're kind of blowing it off this year.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 02:55 PM
Feb 2014

We do have a pro-education rally to attend at the library today at 1:00, and I'll probably find somewhere to take photos of the fireworks tonight.

And maybe tomorrow we'll go downtown, I don't know.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
2. I miss going - haven't been in a number of years.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 02:59 PM
Feb 2014

So if you do go, get some pics (I recall you're a photographer!) and post, pretty pretty please?

RE: fireworks. Don't you get a kick out of being called "unpatriotic" because we don't have fireworks on the 4th of July? LOL!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
3. Yes, fireworks on the 4th are anticlimactic at best.
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 03:03 PM
Feb 2014

Lol. Yes, I'm a photographer and the camera will be coming with me to the rally today. I've been tasked with taking some photos of Laurie Hummel, who is running for Gabrielle LeDoux's House seat. There's a legislative caucus meeting down here today, too, so it's kind of a political day.

As for Rondy, we've attended quite a few events in recent past years so we just weren't quite as excited about getting out in the crowds this year. Our big event is Iditarod next weekend.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
4. And we'll expect Iditarod photos, as well!
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 03:54 PM
Feb 2014

Putting a lot on you there, Blue_In_Alaska! I know it's work - my spousal unit can occasionally be prevailed upon to take photos of the Yukon Quest. "Prevailed upon" meaning the obvious promises of more sex............. LOL!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
5. Oh, yes, Iditarod is my labor of love
Sat Feb 22, 2014, 03:58 PM
Feb 2014

and I do post links to my photos here, even though I regularly catch a lot of flak from people who don't understand the sport. I'm used to it by now.

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