Saturday, April 22, 2017

Happy Earth Day

It's cold in Dallas today. Winds gust to 31MPH;North wind, High only 60's;Low tonight 40s! AARGH! And in three days it will be 90 degrees or more! Too, early!!!
Will try to get some good Earth Day Shots today but no guarantees with the weather conditions.
Enjoy the activities in your area.


UPDATE 
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Well, I encircled Fair Park twice today. The funny thing is that Fair Park is a 177-acre complex. Of that, two-thirds is basically parking. There were only two gates open and they were a fair distance from the Hall of State Complex and the Halls used for booths etc. It was very clear that the three day event that is billed as free, was, indeed a one sided afair. Take the train and you get in free less your train fare. Bring your car and it the free event becomes a minimum  ticket price of $10.00. The thing about that is I have always boycotted events that charge for parking when they bill it as free. The reason is that one, there are a lot of low-income families that attend this type of event. They will pay bus, train or parking. But the big issue for me has always been ethics. No one minds  nominal parking fee, but $10.00 even today, is a bit much. Drive ins for years would charge $1.00 a car load. or  $2.00 tops.

So, doing as I did with Deep Ellum, also a three-day event, I checked it out on Saturday and then shot the event on the following day. The difference this time is that for Earth Day, I'm not going back. I have shot previous Earth Days throughout the city before--not just one location. It didn't take me long to decide that I would do the same this Earth Day. So, from Fair Park, it's straight up Grand Avenue to Garland Avenue to White Rock Lake. Here's a couple of Earth Day events from the Rock.
Some Event from Winfrey Point. People were not talking.

A beautiful way to spend a chilly day with a cold north wind. The horses love that.

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