Citrus & Boulder RR at Kathy's Memorial

Photos by Larry Kuck, WB7CRK

In the fall of 2008 I got my first chance to see the world-famous Citrus & Boulder Railroad during a mermorial ceremony for Kathy Gurley, Steve's (KY7W) dearly departed.  And also my first chance to try out a digital camera.

I was trying to get focused and ready to shoot, sometimes shooting instead of focusing to be ready to shoot, and shooting out of focus.  That resulted in some missed shots, but I think I got a few decent views.

Citrus & Boulder Railroad at Kathy's Memorial

Set against a steep cliff that resembles a backyard block wall, the Citrus & Boulder Railroad survives the rain as it winds around a large lake, which resembles a swimming pool!

The C&B RR garden-scale railroad has been growing in size, filling both the back yard and some rooms of Steve's house.  Steve has added shelves to add sidings and a second deck of expansion in at least one room, from my monitoring on the 147.12.

Sounding Rocket

I had this picture on my computer desktop for a few years before I lost track of it a few years ago.  Steve shot this picture in the eastern sky in Tempe one early predawn A.M.  These trails were caused by a sounding rocket launched from White Sands, New Mexico.

Love Birds

These Peach Faced Love Birds (actually African Parrots) breed in the Phoenix Metroplex.

Gila woodpecker.

"Gila" is a Spanish word pronounced as if it were spelled as hee-la.

Which reminds me of a guy who went to California from the east coast.  He struck up a conversation with one of the locals, who asked him, "Where are you staying?"

"I found a good motel in El Ca-john," replied the visitor, adding that he was also planning to take in Yo-seh-might Valley.

The local, more aware of local names such as El Cajon, told his new friend the town is called El Ca-HONE.  And that the valley is called Yo-SEM-it-tee.  "You see, around here the J is pronounced as an H."

The Easterner thought it over for a moment, and figured if the J is an H, then the H must be a J.  He said, We are jeer from New Herzy, and were thinking of coming again next Hanuary!"

The tourist next visited Phoenix, and found a motel in Temp, Arizona......