passing the days in a thinner air
If you are in Colorado and happen by to the Rocky Mtn. Stampede in Greeley, you find all the things one might expect at a summer fair, like carousels, airbrush artists and irresistible petty gambles on the Midway (long live the ring toss). Recruiters from all four branches of the military may also show up (7 pull-ups gets you a Marines CD carry case; 10, a T-shirt).
The food stands run the range, but Grandma's made me the happiest.
I had fried pickles for the first time. I also saw a 3-week old baby camel (Dromedary, not Bactrian) at the petting zoo, which filled me and my companions with a small but very certain grief. What is it like as an African camel at 6000 ft., bottle fed and surrounded by agoutis, potbellied pigs and downy, speckled goats in a petting zoo sponsored by the Volvo dealer of greater Greeley?
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The sun is brighter and the sky is large everywhere you'd care to look this state. The food is also large, like the cinnamon buns at Johnson's Corner truck stop that are as big as a child's head. Naturally you get a side of butter with that.
Course, the original reason to be in northern CO were biology meetings in Fort Collins: 1300 evolutionary biologists together for 4 days, each of us allotted 9 free drinks. Out of the 750 talks some will stand out, even to the most skeptical of imaginations --
June 28, 9:15am: "Consistent departures from neutral equilibrium in large, unstructured populations of whale lice"
The food stands run the range, but Grandma's made me the happiest.
I had fried pickles for the first time. I also saw a 3-week old baby camel (Dromedary, not Bactrian) at the petting zoo, which filled me and my companions with a small but very certain grief. What is it like as an African camel at 6000 ft., bottle fed and surrounded by agoutis, potbellied pigs and downy, speckled goats in a petting zoo sponsored by the Volvo dealer of greater Greeley?
...
The sun is brighter and the sky is large everywhere you'd care to look this state. The food is also large, like the cinnamon buns at Johnson's Corner truck stop that are as big as a child's head. Naturally you get a side of butter with that.
Course, the original reason to be in northern CO were biology meetings in Fort Collins: 1300 evolutionary biologists together for 4 days, each of us allotted 9 free drinks. Out of the 750 talks some will stand out, even to the most skeptical of imaginations --
June 28, 9:15am: "Consistent departures from neutral equilibrium in large, unstructured populations of whale lice"
posted by andrew s.yang at Friday, July 02, 2004
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