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Fun Photo Friday on a Saturday — Christmas on the Pecos Favorites

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Christmas on the Pecos

It’s Fun Photo Friday time, and this repeat of my 2016 Christmas lighting special. Before you get to the photo gallery, however, here are some particular favorites of mine. The next photograph is a rather abstract reflected light image from our Pecos River voyage:

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Christmas on the Pecos

I particularly enjoy the symmetry of this next reflection shot:

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Christmas on the Pecos

And this next shot would make a great Christmas card, I would think:

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Christmas on the Pecos

This...

Christmas on the Pecos — Part 3

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Christmas Tree Mirror

The cost for the Christmas on the Pecos river cruise varies by age and day of the week (the following are 2016 prices). Children 12 and under ride for $10 Sunday through Thursday, $15 on Friday and Saturday. For 13 and up the cost is $15 in the cheap nights and $20 during the prime Friday and Saturday evenings.

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The Four Wise Guys of Christmas

Is it worth it for 40 minutes? I think so. In fact, I wouldn’t mind doing this again someday. I know kids will certainly enjoy it....

Christmas on the Pecos — Part 1

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25th Anniversary of Christmas on the Pecos

Time for what has become sort of an annual tradition here at the blog — Christmas light photography — but this time with a travel twist. This week I’m going to not only give you five articles, but I’m going to take you to Carlsbad, New Mexico, for a Christmas light boat ride along the Pecos River taken in 2016.

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Christmas on the Pecos

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Christmas on the Pecos, which originates from the Pecos River Village. Ursula...

Photographing Outdoor (and Indoor) Christmas Lights

(Following is a repost from December 2012, hence the Mayan calendar reference)

It’s the Christmas season. That means it’s camera time, because you won’t see this much nighttime splashing of color again until July 4, and that’s only if we’re all still around come Mayan dawn on December 21 (remember — those west of the International Dateline get it first).

Taking pictures of Christmas lights requires special care and preparation. Regular readers of my blog know that I don’t usually advocate...

Fun Firearm Friday — Collectible 1938 Smith & Wesson K22 ‘Outdoorsman’

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Western Wednesday — Collectible 1973 Ruger Super Bearcat Shooting Review

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Ruger Super Bearcat with box, manual, warranty card

It’s time for a Western Wednesday firearm review, and today’s shooting review is on a gun that Ruger made for less than three years (June 1971-January 1974)! I’ve already discussed Ruger’s alloy framed 1st edition Bearcat (see: Interesting Collectables: “Old” 1st issue Ruger Bearcats), in which I presented a rare ‘Alpha Cat’ Bearcat and one of the very first Bearcats (624th off the line) produced with oiled walnut grips rather than the...

SIG Sauer P365 SAS — First Look and a Shooting Review

If you are here for the continuation of my fall foliage cruise series, I’ll be continuing those articles starting December 30. This week, however, I owe my firearms fans some long-promised handgun reviews. And after that I go to two weeks of Christmas-themed reruns.

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SIG Sauer P365 SAS — What’s in the box

Today I’ll be giving a first look and shooting review of the SIG Sauer P365 SAS with the Meprolight FT Bullseye sighting system equipped with an innovative tritium-illuminated sight using ...

Fun Photo Friday — Prince Edward Island Favorites Part 1

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Full Fall Foliage

Today I present Part 1 of Prince Edward Island Fun Photo Friday favorites:

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Gift Shop at Silver Bush

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Oyster Farms at Doucet House

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Oyster Farming

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Wishing Well

Fall Foliage Cruise — Prince Edward Island; Touring the Sights

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Port Charlottetown

So, to recap, Adventure of the Seas landed at Port Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island on October 10 of this year. From here we, along with some shipmates, were picked up by Cyril Arsenault of Cyril’s Tours and Tales for a wonderful and entertaining excursion into the countryside.

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Cyril’s Tours and Tales — Cyril Arsenault

On Monday I showed you the St. Augustine Catholic Church and briefly discussed the adjacent Farmers’ Bank of Rustico and the Doucet House Museums, all...

A Fata Morgana — Superior Mirage Optical Illusion

Today I present a bonus blog article on an optical illusion Ursula and I witnessed yesterday morning.

Back in my other life as an air traffic controller working in various Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCT) over the better part of a 34-year career, I would occasionally be treated to a Fata Morgana. These superior mirage atmospheric optical phenomena most often revealed themselves in the cold months of winter right after sunrise, and usually lasted less than an hour or so on the rare...