Sunday, June 16, 2013

Burning Cabin & Elk, 1957

There's something very comforting about a blazing wood fire, don't you agree? It makes me want to grill some bratwursts. Or maybe toast some marshmallows. Sure, it's a pain to have to rebuild your home every time, but it is worth it. From this angle you can see the dead settler's crops just to the left of the cabin... something that quickly got lost from view because of the foliage. We can also see the tip-top of the castle, and what might be some rock formations from the Mine Train ride.


A noble elk makes for an impressive sight, if you like that sort of thing. I am more into nitro-burning funny cars.

9 comments:

Nanook said...

Ahhh - such bucloic scenes. Disneyland - we hardly knew ye.

Chuck said...

Judging by the stumps, it seems as though the settler picked the only stand of mature trees within a 10 acre radius to clear for his home. No wonder the locals were a bit miffed.

K. Martinez said...

It looks like fresh dirt at the top in the second image. I guess the vegetation hadn't grown up there yet. I wonder if that elk is still in the same spot or has moved around since.

HBG2 said...

Where's the burning elk??? That's what I came here for!

Anonymous said...

Was there a Mine Train ride in 1957??

Nanook said...

@Anonymous-

Yes, indeed, the Rainbow Caverns Mine Train, as it was known then, was there in 1957. It opened in July, 1956.

Alonzo P Hawk said...

I think Mike Fink overcooked the Jiffy Pop and set his house ablaze. It just recently got put out and fixed up. You know the backlog of repairs around that place.

Major Pepperidge said...

Nanook, "bucolic" is a good word, you get an A+ and a smiley face!

Chuck, those trees were jerks anyway, nobody was going to mourn them.

K. Martinez, I'm sure Frontierland still had lots of raw areas in '57; that skyline looks surprisingly mountainous.

HBG2, I suppose I need to learn to write gooder.

Anon, Nanook has done my job for me!

Alonzo, Mike Fink does love his Jiffy Pop. Those 1850's microwave ovens were the size of Buicks, which didn't exist.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Nanook. You seem to know all things Disney.