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I regret I did not have time today to resume describing Dollywood. Blame a problem at work in which a DataTable, correctly receiving information, consistently refuses to fill in certain columns of certain rows, even though (a) it is receiving the data, (b) it will show the rest of that row, and the rest of that column, (c) it is not bad data because if the data is moved to a different column it appears, but whatever is put in the that place does not, even if it is a fixed string like ``TEST'' not connected to the data that's been loaded, and (d) consistently affecting cells in one table but not in another that uses almost the exact same code except it looks for a different value of one parameter. I know, right?
So while I spend the weekend trying to think of something that might be overlooked in all that, please enjoy a double dose of Halloweekends pictures, from our visit last October, our Friday day.
Photograph of Millennium Force in the evening glow, seen from the Frontier Trail.
And here's one of the loops on Rougarou (nee Mantis), nestled among the trees.
Gargoyle set on top of the Millennium Force sign. The pumpkins are there every year.
If I had known it was cryptid day at the park I'd have brought my worse camera!
Here's the front of the park, seen from the back.
And the sesquicentennial sign, viewed from a slight angle, and in an orange glow that I guess means they changed the bulbs out or put filters on them for the season?
We went back to our room for a little rest and something or other. On the way we passed the beach and noticed a fifteen-foot segment where the beach caved in on itself for some reason? Wonder what that's all about.
The wood-free boardwalk, looking up from the exit way at Hotel Breakers in the medium distance and Magnum XL 200 in the way distance.
Ramp leading to the beach, and open, like it was in the 70s and could imaginably be pleasant to go down there. ... Also it was, yeah.
Photo of the Moon having just been shot into the air by the trash bin.
I don't remember noticing the beach being open, with posted hours, at previous Halloweekends but I might have missed it. Or they might not have ordinarily had weather in October where that would make the slightest lick of sense. You can also see there was the prospect of activities, though not when we went past.
And as you see, we took advantage of the ramp being open to get a picture from the beach. Note the volleyball net on the right.
Trivia: Among the ships brought to the Bikini Atoll for the atom-bombing tests was the Japanese battleship Nagoto, which had been Admiral Yamamoto's flagship for the raid on Pearl Harbor. The air-dropped atom bomb failed to sink it. Source: Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers, Simon Winchester. (It was finally sunk after damage from the second, underwater, atomic bomb blast.)
Currently Reading: Lost Popeye Volume 35: Hooray For Ourside, You!! or If They Want Rooters, Why Take the Pig Out of the Pigskin?, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly. Editor Stephanie Noelle.
