Last night's emergency fill-in diary (thanks, brillig!) reminded me of tubing down the Salt River a few years ago. This was a fun, and yet relaxing activity shared by a group of us.
To get there, we had to drive from Tucson. As I recall, it took about two hours to get to Point 1, where the tubes go into the river. We decided to go all the way to Point 5, so it took almost 5 hours to do. Fortunately, we brought wide-brimmed hats and plenty of sunscreen!
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Now, I wish I had pictures from our trip, but I didn't have a waterproof camera and I wasn't risking my good one. So, no pics. But, if you want to see where we went, you can look at the official website. I got a big kick out of reading the tips pages.
On to the comments!
From JanF:
Hunter filling in for Meteor Blades was quite the talk of the Great Orange Satan on Tuesday. This comment by jnhobbs in the HID diary led to this bubbanomics photo of Hunter's "moderating" style.
From Land of Enchantment:
Something the Dog Said came up with an amusing rejoinder about marine arthropods.
From Prairie D:
In Daily Kos Gulf Watchers ROV # 266 a series of comments dealt with mathematicians. I added the open-ended comment, "Assume a spherical mathematician..." to which Another Kevin responded, perfectly and brilliantly. {The rest of the thread, starting here is a hoot, too! ~em)
My picks:
The new Republican slogan is short & easy to remember. Comment by Penman, and a downthread reply by ontheleftcoast left me cleaning iced tea off my monitor!
I like this simple metric by Bill White.
A worthy comment by War on Error.
I'm with trashablanca on this one.
sfbob pokes the crazy, but they'll never read it.
An interesting comment by semiot, with interesting replies, too.
Top Mojo is cooked to perfection by asimbagirl.
Top Mojo excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, Cheers and Jeers, and Mojo Friday:
1) They depend on the Rule of Law. by neroden — 155
2) They depend on US COMMONERS by xxdr zombiexx — 123
3) "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering by Diana in NoVa — 110
4) lovely diary by jfromga — 88
5) I was just over at Balloon Juice and read that by Mother of Zeus — 86
6) And then there's Denis Diderot . . . by semiot — 85
7) Exactly by Nina Katarina — 82
8) That's why they spend so much by Kristina40 — 82
9) And there's more... by oxfdblue — 78
10) Beautiful photos of father and daughter by GlowNZ — 76
11) Then he is an idiot by oxfdblue — 76
12) Wonderful tribute blackwaterdog. by fou — 75
13) But...But...But... by StuHunter — 75
14) And this is probably why, along with the by richmonds — 74
15) G'night, BWD. Good to see you here today. by marabout40 — 72
16) In Nairobi it's already August 4th, by Greasy Grant — 64
17) Thank you Ken. Diary applies to all unions... by teharper428 — 63
18) crisp shots by bsegel — 61
19) Man, that last picture is a beautiful shot by dlh77489 — 61
20) Thank you for diarying this. by lgmcp — 61
21) Tell that to the nutters by xyz — 60
22) Yes, hoarding is what is going on. by hannah — 59
23) That's why really, all of the vitriolic hatred by Jennifer Clare — 59
24) I read another site that bush turned down an by QueenAlli — 59
25) My condolences. by War on Error — 57
26) Happy Tuesday by dopper0189 — 55
27) Any time he gets around a child, by Lize in San Francisco — 54
28) Isn't that just a revolting and irresponsible by dotster — 52
29) lol by Publius2008 — 51
30) They do need the rest of America... by vets74 — 51
31) My favs are of him and Michelle, of course, by marabout40 — 51
32) Absolutely. The controversy is coming from by Gary Norton — 51
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tips by bsegel — 415
2) Tip Jar by bobswern — 390
3) Tip Jar by blackwaterdog — 359
4) Tip Jar by blackwaterdog — 306
5) Tip Jar by Deep Harm — 272
6) Tip Jar by Gary Norton — 262
7) Tip Jar by Ellinorianne — 255
8) Tip Jar by Amber6541 — 164
9) I have found myself offering these thoughts by teacherken — 161
10) Tip Jar by Bensonola — 158
11) Tip Jar by progress not perfection — 156
12) They depend on the Rule of Law. by neroden — 155
13) Tip Jar by Elaine Marshall — 136
14) Tip Jar by sfbob — 128
15) They depend on US COMMONERS by xxdr zombiexx — 123
16) Tip Jar by deaniac83 — 112
17) "Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering by Diana in NoVa — 110
18) Tip Jar by Sandy on Signal — 106
19) Happy Tuesday Porch Sitters by Black Kos — 93
20) lovely diary by jfromga — 88
21) I was just over at Balloon Juice and read that by Mother of Zeus — 86
22) And then there's Denis Diderot . . . by semiot — 85
23) That's why they spend so much by Kristina40 — 82
24) Exactly by Nina Katarina — 82
25) And there's more... by oxfdblue — 78
26) Beautiful photos of father and daughter by GlowNZ — 76
27) Then he is an idiot by oxfdblue — 76
28) Hai & Thanks for the Fun Diary Amber ;-) by Predictor — 76
29) But...But...But... by StuHunter — 75
30) Wonderful tribute blackwaterdog. by fou — 75