Magnetic Memories

Taking a lunch break, the aging Acer laptop captured my second favorite part of our kitchen (next to the food):  my wife's collection of fridge magnets.  The little souvenirs are cheap, but the memories are priceless.  Some of the photos, better than my toy Nikon ever took, really send me!  If the magnetic pictures weren't copyrighted, and if I were technical like my grandchildren,
I would post my digital photo of this amazing array.  As a famous Frenchman said, "A picture is worth a thousand words."

(From left to right, and top to bottom:)

Georgia Aquarium (waterfall above, fish & Asian Small-Clawed Otters below)

Mount St. Helens (with light clouds resting on it, after it blew its top)

  (I missed that trip, as I thought my busy boss wouldn't let me off work.)

Bryce Canyon National Park (This photo doesn't do justice to hoodoos.)

  "Each year the park is visited by more than 1.5 million visitors from all over the world. Languages as varied as the shapes and colors of the hoodoos express pleasure in the sights."   -- brycecanyon.com

Durango & Silverton Railroad  (solid pewter:  steam locomotive pulling a train across a steep slope in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado)

Lake Tahoe  (mountains and lake at sunset, reminding me of two trips!)

Arches National Park  (grand overview of landscape and La Sal Mountains)

Nauvoo -- The House of the Lord  (old Americana painting of the temple)

USS Arizona Memorial  (palm trees with water and memorial in distance)

Capitol Reef National Park  (massive natural bridge with moon above)

Arches National Park  (Delicate Arch over the moon)

The Butchart Gardens / Victoria, B.C.  (gorgeous gardens, people on path)

Canyonlands National Park (aerial-like photo, with storm clouds and awesome lightning in the distance)

Salt Lake City -- (2002 Olympics logo) The World is Welcome Here! 
  (Downtown and Wasatch Mountains at sunset)

Capilano Suspension Bridge -- Vancouver  (a few people walking across, evergreen trees, raging river below)

Hershey's / Cocoa and Milk Chocolate  (quaint painting of factories, town and roads, white clouds)

Hershey's / Vassar Gems / Special Vanilla Chocolate / A Rare Delicacy. /
-- Made By Hershey Chocolate Co. / Lancaster, PA. U.S.A.  (old-fashioned)

San Juan Islands  (romantic aerial photo of dark islands and golden water at sunset -- also two trips!)

The Astoria Column -- Astoria, Oregon  (laser-engraved wood with tower, evergreen trees at base) (Yes, we climbed to the top -- at least twice.)

Golden Spike National Historic Site  (graphic of two steam locomotives meeting, golden spike above)

Michigan  (photo composite of autumn trees, lake, waterfall, flowers)

  (We did not visit -- a gift from our traveling son-in-law.)

San Juan Islands (colorful enameled metal -- words alone cannot describe ...)

California / A Golden Opportunity  (shape of state; Golden Gate Bridge at top, movie camera by Hollywood, deep-sea fishing by San Diego)

Niagara Falls, USA / Willkommen - Benvenuto - Bienvenido - Bienvenue - Huan Ying - Aapka Swaagat Hai  (waterfall with tourist boat below)

Gettysburg  (hazy image of soldiers fighting at top; statue of commander on hilltop overlooking green battlefield)

Gettysburg, PA.  (shape of dark cannon pointing left, as if back in time)

Mount Rushmore (photo of four famous "heads of state" carved in mountain with huge pile of rock fragments below) (Let's keep it that way, and not add another head, if you know what I mean.)

So come on out to the frontier and see what I'm talking (I mean writing) about, unless we're away acquiring more magnets.  We'll have some healthy you-know-what for you.