Visiting the William J. Clinton Presidential Library

 

As at least one of you has already noticed, I’ve added a FlickR widget to the sidebar.

The photos linked to this widget were taken last weekend (Friday, October 19^th to be exact) in and around the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas. This “Bridge to the 21^st Century” is an amazing archival and architectural feat. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed shooting them.

If you are considering a similar adventure, you might like to know that the security guards are extremely pleasant and quite helpful – especially when assisting in the endeavor to find a travel mate’s lost sunglasses (ultimately found in the back seat of the car). However, the amiable men and women in uniform aren’t able to repair digital cameras – in the event one of your travel mates misjudges car-door clearance.

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New Header

In addition to a more readable format and the ability to add and edit widgets, I chose the current template because the default header could be replaced with a photo file of one’s own choosing. The panorama I chose to upload was taken early this July in the high desert mountains of New Mexico. The amount of precipitation that has fallen there over the past several months has served to transform this normally arid environment to one of exceptional verdure. 

I dare not name the peak on such a public forum, as I selfishly want to keep one of my favorite hiking spots as pristine as possible for as long as possible. However, I will divulge the identity of the photographer: he is my uncle and favorite hiking partner, who—despite the fact that he recently celebrated his seventieth birthday—continues to climb both up and down mountains as if he were part mountain goat. In this, and many other respects, I consider him both mentor and role model.

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