Bill Kirby: Vacation travels show America's breathtaking sights, alien sites, more
"If God had intended us to fly, he would have made it easier to get to the airport."
– Jonathan Winters
It looks like many readers are completing their vacations before gasoline costs become prohibitive.
Martha Craig Robertson shared photos of a trip to Lake Tahoe, Calif., which offered "breathtaking sights, and very little in the way of commercial visual obstruction, leaving the natural landscape unspoiled. We loved seeing the snow-capped mountains in the west."
She says they even drove into nearby Nevada to make sure we could add that state to our summer list.
Steve Goff sends a picture from the Women's Softball College World Series in Oklahoma, which he was proud to report as a Sooners victory.
Bill Liebel, of Martinez, shared a cool image from his recent backpacking trip with son, Jordan, in the Hurricane Creek Wilderness area along the Ozark Highlands Trail in Arkansas. He passed along a photo of a waterfall located at Pam’s Grotto.
Laurie and Chuck Moore from Evans "Just got back from Washington state. Visited North Cascade, Olympic and Mount Rainier national parks. All beautiful in their own way."
They share an image of the Hall of Mosses Trail, suggesting it's "obviously where all the fairies live."
D.R. Adkins sends a postcard from Roswell, New Mexico, where they say the aliens landed.
And of course, the Tim, Jamie and Stacy Adventure 2022 (also known as "3 Old Dudes in a Truck") continues.
The truck (a Dodge Ram 1500) has ripped through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. And they keep sending pictures.
They even chartered a helicopter to fly over the Grand Canyon.
I have a lot more vacation photos to share. If you would like to add to the collection, e-mail them to bkirby@augustachronicle.com.
If you can find a postcard, you can mail it to 725 Broad St., Augusta, GA 30901.
TODAY'S JOKE: It was a small Southern town in which the county's sheriff was also the local veterinarian. It was different, but everybody seemed to get used to it.
Late one afternoon, the phone rang at his house.
"We need Bob," the voice on the other end told the sheriff's wife.
"Well," she asked, "do you need him as the sheriff or as a veterinarian?"
There was a pause, then the voice answered, "Both. Our dog won't open his mouth and there's a burglar in it."
Bill Kirby has reported, photographed and commented on life in Augusta and Georgia for 45 years.
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Picture this: Augusta readers send back their views of America
