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always in tune

bee stings
the wings flap
two rings
in a box wrap

lifting hands
to embrace
shifting sands
the winds place

the birds chirp
early 'round seven
on earth
as it is in heaven

heard in the trees 
song of the swift
birds & the bees
strong is their lift

big & strong
as a bulldozer
of their song
bigfoot is the composer

night & day
the sun & the moon
their flight stays
always in tune

Enjoy your Monday. I hope it is a great week for all of us. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

On Saturday I attended the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest in Stanton KY. I had a great time. I took a bunch of pictures that I am working on putting into a YouTube slideshow.

I use both Google Photos and Apple Cloud for syncing and storing photos. When I downloaded the photos into the Apple Photos app they came in as duplicates and sometimes triplicates. So in the future I am probably going to unsync from both of those services and store photos on an external hard drive. This seems like the best plan to smooth out the workflow.

The 1st thing that I noticed when I pulled in was that there was a $20 parking fee if you wanted to park in the school parking lot. Last year it was free. There were also several yards and a church parking lot offering parking for various prices or donations.

The crowd seemed to be larger than last year. And they got there earlier in the day. They had moved the picnic tables from the parking lot into the area shaded by the trees. There also seemed to be more food trucks this year than last.

This years speakers were Charlie Raymond, Ken Gerhard, Lyle Blackburn, Adam Davies, Russell Acord, Dr. Mireya Mayor, and Turtleman & Swampman. I also noticed that at most of the speakers’ tables there was a sign that advertised selfies for $10. That may have been the case last year but I don’t remember seeing those signs last year.

Everybody seemed to be having a “big” time. There were lots of smiles and a lot of bigfoot shirts. The festival and crowd seemed bigger than last year. And I am guessing that next year will be even bigger. BE THERE : )

A big thank you to the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization and the Town of Stanton Tourism Office for all off the work that they did to pull this thing off.

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