Day: May 12, 2012

Do you all look at www.bing.com?  It has great maps and about once or twice a week it posts fabulous pictures that can be used as background or wallpaper.  When I see ones I like, I do the old right click thing and save.

Today’s Bing pic is a favorite.  I recognized it immediately:  Glacier National Park.  What a fabulous place to spend a few days!  The main feature of the park, other than its mountain goats and special tour cars is Going to the Sun Road, which is an engineering feat in itself.

What neat vacation spots can you think of that aren’t your ordinary trip to Ocean City and the Outer Banks?  Leave your secret hideaways here and tell us why we should go.  Meanwhile, don’t forget to check out bing.com.

Additional reading:  Going to the Sun Road

Washington Post:

President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage is energizing Christian conservative support for Mitt Romney in a way that the likely GOP nominee has so far not been able to do on his own, according to religious leaders and activists.

Pastors in Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and other swing states are readying Sunday sermons inveighing against same-sex unions, while activist groups have begun laying plans for social media campaigns, leaflet drives and other get-out-the-vote efforts centered on the same-sex marriage issue. Romney could benefit from a strong turnout among evangelicals and other social conservatives, many of whom remain skeptical of his commitment to their causes.

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