Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Mine Train, April 1966

Here are four photos from the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. It's the next best thing to being there!

Check out the Devil's Paint Pots and the geysers; in the distance you can see part of the saguaro forest. Don't go camping in the saguaro forest, unless you like band-aids. If the wind shifts, Old Unfaithful is gonna soak us and my toupee will be ruined.


I'm thinkin' that this picture might have been taken while riding on the back of a mule. Or maybe from the Disneyland RR? You can see the Mine Train track winding through the Painted Desert; in the foreground, antelope stand near a watering hole (just out of the frame). Just visible in the distance are two coyotes...


... and here's a closer look! " In this tableau, the coyotes have crawled to the desert from the sea in order to lay their eggs, as seen in the magnificent 1956 Walt Disney True Life Adventure, "Coyote Eggs".


Watch that wild cat, lady! Ohhhhh... glad he stayed up there. Ha ha, I do love that old narration!

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9 comments:

  1. TokyoMagic!2:07 AM

    Yes, these truly are the next best thing to being there. Thanks, Major!

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  2. Connie Moreno7:17 AM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for these!!! As a kid, I didn't appreciate this attraction - my dad had to practically force me to ride it. I could not understand why he enjoyed it so much. Stupid kid, ya, I know...

    These are wonderful photos.

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  3. Katella Gate8:39 AM

    You know, when Disney scrapped this ride, if only they had kept some of the tracks, and cut the iron rails up in 6 in lengths, and mounted them on boards...

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  4. Anonymous9:01 AM

    Significant images of the rare Western Oviparous Coyote.

    Thanks for this contribution to biology.

    JG

    I can almost smell the geysers.

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  5. Anonymous11:22 AM

    Well, if you were sitting in the rear car, I would have got you moderately moist depending upon the wind conditions and my timing of the train.

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  6. Sam Towler2:30 PM

    That second shot was taken from the Mine Train; the train just came out of Bear Country and through the natural arch bridge, on it's way to the Saguaro cactus forest. There's a little pond in foreground that the animal are drinking out of (although not pictured). You could even see the DLRR stretch of track in the background.

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  7. Nancy3:38 AM

    oh, what a beautiful day :)

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  8. Chuck5:12 PM

    I wish somebody would build a time machine so I could ride this again. Failing that, I'd settle for a holodeck.

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  9. Chiana_Chat10:05 PM

    Super pics :)

    "Don't go camping in the saguaro forest, unless you like band-aids."

    rofl

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