Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

If West Virginia and San Francisco had a love child.

It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Everyone is in a bubble, but some bubbles model reality far better than others!

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

It’s a new day. Light all those Biden polls of young people on fire and throw away the ashes.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

The choice is between normal and crazy.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Republican also-rans: four mules fighting over a turnip.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Bogus polls are all they’ve got left. Let’s bury these fuckers at the polls a year from now.

You are here: Home / Photo Blogging / On The Road / On The Road

On The Road

by | 19 Comments

This post is in: , ,

On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.

Submit Your Photos

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their transient locales.

So, please, speak up and share some of your adventures, observations, and sights as you explore, no matter where you are. By concentrating travel updates here, it’s easier for all to keep up-to-date on the adventures of our fellow Commentariat. And it makes finding some travel tips or ideas from 6 months ago so much easier to find…

Have at ’em, and have a safe day of travels!

 

Should you have any pictures (tasteful, relevant, etc….) you can email them to [email protected] or just use this nifty link to start an email: Start an Email to send a Picture to Post on Balloon Juice

 

 

A Colorado columbine. Gorgeous flowers. Many neat lizards used the rocks behind it to escape the heat of the day and to ambush bug prey. It was so neat observing their hunter behavior.

First up, from Original Lee

 

These photos are from Ujue, Navarre, Spain. The church here, Santa Maria de Ujue, is from the 12th century and stands at the highest point in town. They call it a fortified church, which in this case means they built a fort that completely encases the church. The streets are very steep and narrow – some of them have handrails embedded in the walls of the houses. The view was amazing.

 

 

The church door at Santa Maria la Real in Olite, Navarre, Spain, and the Royal Palace in Olite. The palace is a pocket castle, very well preserved and scarily like being inside a model.

 

Last of our Basque Country photos from April 2017. We hiked a mountain along the France-Spain border near Pamplona (Iruna).

 

 

Nothing better than hiking a mountain in remote country, hopefully finished with a good glass or three of local wine!

 

Next up, from way2blue

Where it was taken:  Parking lot of Naturpark Puez Geisler, Sṻdtirol
When: 17 May 2017
Other notes or info about the picture:  Fun photo of parking labels

Where it was taken:  Just above GeislerAlm up close to Geisler Gruppe,
Sṻdtirol
When: 17 May 2017
Other notes or info about the picture:  Amazing vista of my favorite
Dolomite range (~1.5 hr hike up from parking lot)

 

Yeah, really, that’s in my genes. Just heaven.

Thank you.

 

Where they were taken:  Castle ruin above the village of Lichtenberg, Sṻdtirol
When: 13 May 2017
Other notes or info about the picture:  Explored this ruin on a random hike from Glurns

 

I love that there are ruins throughout France, Italy, and Austria that you can just hike or drive up to, explore, and there’s often no fee, no owner, no signs. Just ruins of former power.

 

Have a great day of travels; I expect today will go down in history, so let’s start it out hopeful and in awe of the neat world all around us.

Reader Interactions

19Comments

  3. 3.

    Betty Cracker

    Gorgeous photos! My daughter is trying to talk us into moving the entire family to Spain. Gotta say, these photos are more convincing than her arguments in favor of the move!

  5. 5.

    Sloane Ranger

    Currently sitting in a cafe in Brussels. We spent Monday wandering around Ghent admiring the architecture, which is splendid! It rained cats and dogs while we were out but we took shelter under the eaves of a but and watched it as it hammered down.

    Yesterday we went to the Military Cemetary where our Great Uncle is buried. It is in the middle of nowhere. Only one bus running during the day and then only on a Wednesday with half an hour before we needed to catch the return service. The bus driver was very helpful to two hapless Brits.

    The atmosphere in the Cemetary was very sombre. We were the only people there. We found the grave easily enough but couldn’t stay long as we didn’t want to miss our only bus. Glad we did it though.

    Then on to Ypres (Leper) and the equally depressing spectacle of the Menin Gate with the thousands of names of soldiers with no known grave are inscribed.

  6. 6.

    satby

    Wonderful pictures!
    @Betty Cracker: I’m considering it or Portugal. Elizabelle is having such a great time in Spain. Though if I could afford to, I would expatriate to Ireland, but my kids wouldn’t go.

  8. 8.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo fka Edmund Dantes

    @raven:

    I think so – middle daughter lives in Cobden and I can stay with her. Only issue is that Mondays are a big process day for me and in August right before school starts, I will have to do some juggling.

  9. 9.

    p.a.

    Wow really first rate stuff today. The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor is a good general-reader source. His rep is good, although the book is citation-and-footnote-less. Feature or bug?

  10. 10.

    Elizabelle

    @satby: Yeah, truly. Something Trump is growing. The ranks of expats!

    @Betty Cracker: I love Spain. We have chickens here too, you know. And great inexpensive wine, with real foil wrapping.

  11. 11.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo fka Edmund Dantes

    @Betty Cracker:

    Northern Spain is apparently glorious. Wife and her sister walked the Camino (some donit as pilgrimage, others for secular reasons) after her sister recovered from breast cancer.

  13. 13.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo fka Edmund Dantes

    So yesterday, I’d forgotten that I had submitted a Bonaire photo. Here’s an accompanying video of a pet of sorts that we adopted on the patio of where we stayed on the island – he LOVED cherry tomatoes…

    I swear I’m not a big chicken…

  18. 18.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo fka Edmund Dantes

    @raven:

    Salukis!

    Fun fact about eclipses – people who dive during them say it confuses the hell out of the marine life. The night fish come out suddenly and the day fish don’t know what to do.

    Probably leads to some things getting eaten by surprise.

  19. 19.

    Original Lee

    @Betty Cracker: I really like the north of Spain, especially Basque country. I have fallen in love with the people, the food, and the scenery. I definitely want to go back. However, unemployment among young people is very high. Almost all of the college students I spoke with are talking about emigrating in order to find jobs. They hope to come back after they build their C.V.s a bit, but they are not very sanguine about it. The exceptions were the medical students and the law students. Many are delaying marriage and children until they are in their thirties because it usually takes that long to find steady work that pays reasonably well.

Comments are closed.