Hubsy's 45th HS Reunion...People Live This Long....?

 ...Manhattan, KS HS 1966....but first we had to get there--which is at least half the fun! On a blazing hot morning, a retired pile of rusting old farm equipment displayed near our motel; I-80 is just beyond the tree line; you can't feel the sweaty heat nor hear the roar of the trucks on the road. Little kids loved this exhibit, no surprise....

 (actually, in answer to my rhetorical question, two of Hubsy's classmates passed away this very month! Sad) Who the heck knew that Council Bluffs, IA had such a pretty downtown central square? This statue is one of several at the war memorial--I include it since I can vaguely remember such elderly women as is represented here....perhaps poor, but with dignity and genuine, simple grace, clad in plain worn cloth coat...

 ...never pass up a glorious daylily--that's my policy....

 ...an impressive water feature in the park, sounding refreshing and cool in the muggy hot morning...

....just some nice fresh colors on an old building--looks like a flourishing wine shop in downtown Council Bluffs, shot while Hubsy was filling up the gas tank.   Below, looking back east from Omaha....

Faces on the Stones...

...as mentioned, many of the rocks' erosion patterns seemed facial. As the light changed, the effect seemed to alter the "expressions". This aspect is eerie and weird.

Ringing Rocks State Park...

...Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co. PA. A mysterious field of boulders; when struck with a hammer or another rock, they sound like bell ringing, sort of. Hubsy tried it, so I know. He also tripped among the rocks and got hurt; be careful if you try this. I stayed on the side-lines, but was greatly impressed with the mystery, light patterns and just generally weirdness of the place. As the afternoon wore on--Hubsy tippy-tapping away out there--the light changed and the shadows on the boulders looked like faces changing expression.