Blue Ridge Style & Beyond
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Original post March 3, 2022
Where is Smokey the Bear when you need him? I guess since they legalized some things in California the contact high has him a little off his surveillance game.
I posted about the beginning of our California trip previously. Last September we were “Just Walkin Around” at the Golden Gate Bridge.
And here is our first day at Yosemite. We did a smokey tour of the iconic valley. You can barely make out Half Dome at the end of this video. Drought conditions led to fires throughout the area.
But it was still great. More to come from day two of our trip. And a lot less smoke.
Also, I’ve mixed in a few photos of a 2015 trip I took there with Susan. It was her first time at Yosemite. And she loved it.
At one point in the video you will see some hang gliders. They said it takes about 10 ‘weather assisted’ minutes to make it down to the valley floor. Nice.
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Celebrate God’s Beauty
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion movement that some call “Wokeism” is mostly about destroying Western norms and rebuilding a new society. The activists behind the movement are Critical Theory inspired Cultural Marxists. Which is why they speak incessantly about oppression, the marginalized other, & smashing this and that, especially Capitalism & Heteronormativity.
There are plenty of things in the West which need our urgent attention. But tolerance of Race, Religion or Sex differences has never been higher. Which partially explains the invention of a fake category called ‘gender identity.’ (Most of us don’t believe we have a ‘gender identity.’)
I agree with Shellenberger. DEI promotes intolerance and censorship.
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