Canoes & More
We're continuing our look at a series of scans (generously shared with us by the Mysterious Benefactor), mostly featuring the Canoes, along with two additional views. Hopefully you've seen the previous installments!
First up is this view through the reeds along the shore; the little girl in the middle looks surprised because she has spotted the photographer, who dressed like a mallard duck in an attempt to blend in. But, you know, a six-foot tall duck is hard to ignore. Mom's paddling technique is admirable - the three girls behind her, not so much.
The photographer's trout costume didn't work any better than the mallard costume, but it least it gave grandma a laugh.
As you can see, a river trip in a canoe could provide some lovely views. At first I thought that the CM at the back of the Canoe was wearing a t-shirt rather than the standard frontier-style garb, but realized that a guest is eclipsing the actual cast member from this angle.
As I write this, news (now old news to you folks in January of 2025) was just dropped about the removal of the Rivers of America in the Magic Kingdom in Florida. I am crossing all of my fingers and toes in the hopes that such a thing never happens in Anaheim! It would hurt too much.
Perhaps those reeds along the river's edge are the same ones that our giant mallard hid behind in the first picture! I appreciate the beauty and theming of our river more than ever before, and that's saying something.
THANKS SO MUCH to the Mysterious Benefactor!
4 comments:
Major-
That 'laughing Grandma' reminds me of Ann B. Davis (Alice, from The Brady Bunch. A special shout-out to the young Asian gent with the ultimate bowl haircut-!
Thanks to the MB-!
Yes. That is definitely the expression of having seen a six foot mallard duck. (No other expression is quite like it!). The little girl's outfit is pretty cute with the ruffly trim on the collar and sleeves. The teenage boy, in front, seems to be 'in the zone'.
In the second pic, there is water splashing up next to grandma. Given the number of little kids in this Canoe, I bet most of this crew got pretty soaked by the end of the excursion. Is that the Mark Twain behind them? It looks awfully close!
3) Wow, these Canoers are really paddling hard! I can't tell what that is in the background behind the Raft landing.
4) I wonder why so many Rafts are lined up on the left, near Fowler's Harbor? Major, even more painful than "crossing all of my fingers and toes"?
That last photo looks great! Deep, saturated colors and sharp focus. Nice view of the waterwheel and the sluice supplying the water. The lady on the right is too busy looking at cat videos on her phone to notice the beauty all around her.
Hmm, speaking of mallards, I don't think there was a single one in this batch of photos; neither real ones nor the exploding kind. The six foot mallard is only implied, not seen. And we won't even mention the six foot trout.
^ I meant to add "Thanks, Major" to the end of that last paragraph.
Nanook, now that you mention it, I do see Laughing Grandma's resemblance to Ann B. Davis, but from the later years like, "A Very Brady Christmas." Initially when I first saw Laughing Grandma, I thought she looked like Alice Nunn who played Helga the maid in "Mommie Dearest" and Large Marge in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure."
Thank you, M.P. and M.B.!
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