Close call for Dora the Explorer

I walked upstairs earlier this afternoon and was horrified at what I saw. Dora was pinned helplessly beneath a laundry hamper that had somehow tipped over on top of her. She certainly didn't have the expression of someone in dire straits as she lay there wide-eyed with her normal, infectiously huge smile.

"She must be in shock," I thought to myself as I dialed 911 after snapping a couple shots with my iPhone camera. The paramedics and the local fire department were able to remove the laundry hamper and Dora walked away, miraculously unscathed! A close call for sure. Much too close for my liking.

Hubba Bubba

What did you do with your gum after you finished chewing it last time? You'll either think this looks really cool or really gross!This is a huge log that serves as one support of a footbridge in Itasca State Park in Minnesota where the Mighty Mississip begins. You can wade down the stream that is the headwaters of the Mississippi River as they flow out of Lake Itasca for several hundred meters before you make your way back to this bridge that you crossed walking to the lake in the first place. This image was shot while standing in the stream, marveling at this memorial to used gum.
Check out Itasca State Park in Wikipedia and you'll see two more photos they have of the headwaters.

Mic check

Is this mic on? Can anybody hear me? Is this mic on?!

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Jeremy