Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

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

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

Text STOP to opt out of updates on war plans.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

In after Baud. Damn.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

Bark louder, little dog.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Mediocre white men think RFK Jr’s pathetic midlife crisis is inspirational. The bar is set so low for them, it’s subterranean.

It’s pointless to bring up problems that can only be solved with a time machine.

Hell hath no fury like a farmer bankrupted.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

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On The Road – BigJimSlade – German and Austrian Alps, Summer 2023, 8/8

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So for our full day in Mayrhofen, we took the gondola up to Mt. Penken. It was a pretty neat day with changing view through the clouds. But they never did clear up for any big views. Oh, well. At least there were cows, lol.
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See! Everyone likes the cows. Enlarge it.
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The recreational area on top covers a couple miles. This is one of the main paths between the upper and lower parts. There were all sorts of activities to do up there, including paragliding (you can see 2 in the picture.) See bigger.
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More cows and a small break in the clouds. Embiggen.
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Sometimes the small break in the clouds revealed something! Bigger view.
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This was about as clear as it got. Unstrain those eyes.
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Find the paraglider in the picture… You might need to enlarge to find it.
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One more cow shot. Why not take a closer look.
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I know you wanted to have a giggle at items from German grocery stores, so here you go. Well, if you need to enlarge the picture…
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On the flight home via Dublin, we flew over the southern tip of Greenland! Bigger.
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One more, with glacier. And here it is enlarged. Here’s another with that same glacier, but another added in. And here’s one that looks like it must be a fjord (I think the valley hits the sea, but you can’t tell from this).

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    eclare

    Even with cows and few mountains, the photos are great.  Also, am I the only one who always heard if cows are lying down it means that it is going to rain?

  2. 2.

    whatsleft

    Thank you @BigJimSlade – I really felt like I was there, and you took such beautiful photographs!

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    Kabecoo

    I’m going to a Halloween party as a cow. (True.) If it’s rainy, do I lie down? In the middle of the room, or in some corner?

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    MelissaM

    These have been great, and I did chuckle at Dickmann’s. I love a puerile joke.

    Kabecoo, you lie down in the middle of the room like a true cow diva! (Actually, cows do seem to have a routine and start in one area then end the day in another, so you could plan your whole evening like that.)

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    Madeleine

    The mountains-through-clouds shots were especially vivid to my imagination. And the Greenland glaciers—such a different vantage from anything I’d ever seen. Thank you for all the Alps series!

  11. 11.

    Miss Bianca

    @MelissaM: Me too! Especially “Super Dickmann”.

    That said, the mountain and cow shots (or “Kuh”, I believe, is the Deutches word) are great.

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    way2blue

    I’d think paragliding within clouds to be problematic.  These guys do crash above Kössen…  Otherwise, love the photos of forest, grassland, cows, trails.  I’ll be back to Nord Tyrol in May.

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    BigJimSlade

    Thanks for the nice comments everyone. I’m just catching up now – our power has been out since midnight until about an hour ago (2:30ish).

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