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October 21, 2015
Santiago — Street Scenes Part 2
Tricking the Eye
Just walking around the Región Metropolitana de Santiago (Metropolitan Region of Santiago) presents one with many photographic opportunities. Here are some more street scenes of this area and others:
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October 19, 2015
Santiago — Street Scenes Part 1
Plaza de Armas
Ursula found us a very nice furnished apartment for our brief stay in Santiago. It was the Altura Suites at 547 Calle Huérfanos, which is very near Santa Lucía Hill and within easy walking distance of Plaza de Armas (the main square of Santiago), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Museum of Fine Art), and mere minutes from the pedestrianized portion of Calle Huérfanos with it’s myriad higher-end shops, bars, and restaurants. In other words, this is a very convenient location from...
October 16, 2015
Fun Photo Friday — Santiago 1
Chile Colors
Beginning today is the first of eight Fun Photo Fridays featuring Santiago, Chile.
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October 14, 2015
Santiago — Santa Lucía Hill Part 2
Santa Lucía Hill
At the top of Santa Lucía Hill are two forts. The main fortification is Castillo Hidalgo, completed in 1820.
Santa Lucía Hill Fort
As you make the climb you circle the parapets to Castillo Hidalgo.
Santa Lucía Hill
Santa Lucía Hill Fort
Santa Lucía Hill Fort
Today I’ll leave you with a photo gallery of Castillo Hidalgo. Click on any image below to start the slide show.
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October 12, 2015
Santiago — Santa Lucía Hill Part 1
Santa Lucía chapel
In March of this year Ursula and I once again headed south of the equator, but this time not by ship. The cruise would come a few days later and take us back to the U.S.
But first, beginning today and over the next eight weeks I’m going to take you on an exciting tour of one of my favorite South American cities — Santiago, capital city of Chile — before we head north to Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and even make a stop at The Hotel California on the Baja Peninsula — that pl...
October 9, 2015
Fun Photo Friday — Six Shooter Week
Two Calibers from One Gun . . . Times Two
Today’s Fun Photo Friday I present some favorite shots from my firearms posts of earlier this week. Here is a gallery of the cylinder engraving touted in Wednesday’s post on the Talo Distributor Exlusive Ruger Single-Six Convertible “Cowboy”:
And here’s a second gallery of additional favorites:
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October 7, 2015
Six Shooter Week — Ruger Single-Six Convertible
Ruger Single-Six Convertible Talo Distributor Exclusive
I’m not much into distributor exclusives. There is not much reason in my view to pay extra for a weapon you simply don’t want to shoot and which may not hold much collector value in the long run. This Ruger Single-Six Convertible Talo Distributor Exclusive appears to be the exception. It was just too beautiful a piece to decline.
Ruger Single-Six Convertible case
But this isn’t the only Single-Six you’re going to see today. Despite it’s...
October 5, 2015
Six Shooter Week — Uberti 1873 El Patrón Competition
El Patrón — “The Boss”
Regular readers of my firearms posts may have detected a slight deviation from my usual affinity toward semiautomatics. Lately I’ve come to appreciate the firearms that tamed the Wild, Wild West, particularly Winchester lever actions. Here are a rare pair of consecutively numbered, “Centennial Edition” Winchester Model 1894s, unfired and chambered in .30-30 and .44 Magnum. (see: Winchester Rifles — Part 1 and Winchester Rifles — Part 2)
Centennial Edition Winchester 189...
October 2, 2015
Indian Cliffs Ranch Part 6 — Courage Under Fire
Battlefield Panorama
In 1996 a rather famous film was made here at Indian Cliffs Ranch. In that film, the ranch because Iraq during Gulf War I. The movie starred Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Matt Damon. It was titled Courage Under Fire. Many of the props used in Courage Under Fire were left behind, and are now full-fledged tourist attractions here at the Indian Cliffs Ranch.
Iraqi heavy armor
Well, not all the hardware here started life as movie props. At some point...
September 30, 2015
Indian Cliffs Ranch Part 5 — Stepping into the Wild West 1880s
Indian Cliffs Ranch — Member of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Ursula and I boarded the hayride and settled into our seats for the next stage of our post-steak dinner adventure at the world-famous Cattleman’s Steakhouse at Indian Cliffs Ranch. Our tractor-pulled, canvas-covered trailer exited the steakhouse area and crossed the road onto the other side of Indian Cliffs Ranch — the time capsule.
Crossing the Road — Thunder Bumpers on the Horizon
Chihuahua Desert vegetation...
