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Dow Williams - Aug 27, 2007 3:02 pm - Voted 10/10
similar...to the Grand Sentinel in Banff NP...funny thing...I kept saying to myself, "my kids ran around saying turkey monster all the time didn't they?"....then it occured to me, Cookie Monster....was what it was...of course that takes on a whole new meaning on SP...we used to go camping with their cookie monster sleeping bags...fun times....cookie monster was the man back then....now that I am going to be a grandpa I will have to learn all the new kids stuff lingo in a few years....funny how the name of your feature can conjur up such memories...cheers
rpc - Aug 27, 2007 4:13 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: similar...Hi Dow,
yeah - I do see a similarity to the GS. I suspect though that the rock on the Sentinel is much much better...Turkey is falling apart :)
Glad to re-ignite some old memories. I'm not sure where "Turkey Monster" name comes from. Would be interesting to find out.
Thank you for visiting!
Scott - Aug 27, 2007 7:13 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: similar...I'm not sure where "Turkey Monster" name comes from. Would be interesting to find out.
You mean you can't see the "turkey" at the top of the tower?
rpc - Aug 27, 2007 7:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: similar...sort of I guess? Maybe I lack sufficient imagination ;)
thanks for visiting Scott.
Brian Jenkins - Aug 27, 2007 9:02 pm - Voted 10/10
Wondered........when you'd get to this one. Nice job, bring on the pics.
rpc - Aug 27, 2007 9:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wondered....Thanks Brian - had to work up the balls for it first :)
BobSmith - Aug 28, 2007 7:23 pm - Voted 10/10
Damn!What a strange pillar!
rpc - Aug 28, 2007 7:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Damn!it's a weird one alright.
thanks for visiting Bob!
rpc - Aug 30, 2007 1:40 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Too...heheh :) that's what I thought too and been wanting to climb it for a long time!
thanks for visiting J.!
tanya - Feb 1, 2008 12:31 pm - Voted 10/10
Wonderful!Love this report. My dream is to live in Oregon some day!
rpc - Feb 1, 2008 2:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wonderful!Thank you very much Tanya.
We love Portland. But (gotta warn you :) it DOES take a bit of getting used to (weather that is).
tanya - Feb 1, 2008 3:37 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Wonderful!That's why I want to go. I want to be on the beach and watch those storms come in. I love storms after living in the desert for most of my life.
rpc - Feb 1, 2008 4:06 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wonderful!Kinda how we feel about the desert :) ...after living in the rain for so many years.
tanya - Feb 1, 2008 4:46 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Wonderful!Human Nature! We want what we don't have. ;)