BLUES: SONGS OF THE DAY
THE ARTIST IS: JOHN LEE HOOKER
THE SONG IS: "RED HOUSE"
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Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks Oregon
The bridge road is this grate so you can see the river under you as you walk over the bridge.
No side walks on this bridge, watch out for the vehicles that you share the bridge with,
We walked over the bridge on May 16, 2022
Sherrylephotography May 16, 2022
Cascade Locks Oregon. Views from the Bridge of the Gods.
Legend of Bridge of the Gods
Long before recorded history began, the Native American legend of the Bridge of the Gods says the Great Spirit built a bridge of stone that was a gift of great magnitude. The Great Spirit, named Manito, placed a wise old woman named Loo-Wit, on the bridge as its guardian. He then sent to earth his three sons, Multnomah, the warrior; Klickitat (Mount Adams), the totem-maker; and Wyeast (Mount Hood), the singer. Peace lived in the valley until beautiful Squaw Mountain moved in between Klickitat and Wyeast. The beautiful woman mountain grew to love Wyeast, but also thought it fun to flirt with his big brother, Klickitat. Soon the brothers began to quarrel over everything, stomping their feet and throwing fire and rocks at each other. Finally, they threw so many rocks onto the Bridge of the Gods and shook the earth so hard that the bridge broke in the middle and fell in to the river.
Klickitat, who was the larger of the two mountains, won the fight, and Wyeast admitted defeat, giving over all claim to beautiful Squaw Mountain. In a short time, Squaw Mountain became very heartbroken for she truly loved Wyeast. One day she fell at Klickitat’s feet and sank into a deep sleep from which she never awakened. She is now known as the Sleeping Beauty and lies where she fell, just west of Mount Adams.
During the war between Wyeast and Klickitat, Loo-Wit, the guardian of the bridge, tried to stop the fight. When she failed, she stayed at her post and did her best to save the bridge from destruction, although she was badly burned and battered by hot rocks.
When the bridge fell, she fell with it. The Great Spirit placed her among the great snow mountains, but being old in spirit, she did not desire companionship and so withdrew from the main range to settle by herself far to the west. Today you will find her as Mount St. Helens, the youngest mountain in the Cascades.
Scientists say that about 1,000 years ago, the mountain on the Washington side of the Columbia River, near what is now the town of Stevenson, caved off, blocking the river. The natural dam was high enough to cause a great inland sea covering the prairies as far away as Idaho. For many years, natural erosion weakened the dam and finally washed it out. These waters of the inland sea rushed out, tearing away more of the earth and rocks until a great tunnel was formed under the mountain range leaving a natural bridge over the water. The bridge was called “The Great Cross Over” and is now named “The Bridge of the Gods.”
LEGEND: an unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical
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Inspiring Australian Women - Edna Jessop (Nee Zigenbine) 1926-2007
Edna Jessop was a well-known legend of the northern Australian stock routes and her name is written into Australian history because of her achievements as the first female boss drover.
Edna was born to the saddle. Her parents were drovers, and at age 15, she was droving with her family across the Northern Territory on the Murranji Track.
Her father took delivery of 1550 bullocks near Halls Creek, Western Australia, in 1950 and then became ill after a fall from a horse. He called on Edna to take over as boss drover (she was 23), and with her brother Andy and four ringers, moved the mob 2,240 kilometres across the Barkly Tableland to Dajarra, near Mount Isa in Queensland.
This droving trip wrote her into the history books and made headlines around the country and overseas.
Translation for USA
droving is cattle drives
ringers are cowboys
2,240 kilometres is 1,392 miles
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Waiting on line for Lenny’s Pizza, which is closing tomorrow after 70 some what years. The Pizzaria that John Travolta bought pizza In Saturday Night Live. Goodbye to a Brooklyn legend ❣️💪🥲
source: stevepoptones
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Thomas Sowell Words of Wisdom #quote #fact #motivate #history #motivati...
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