Ringtails Stole My Riverboat
and other mostly true stories from a lifetime of
blindly fortunate personal escapades
stories and photographs by Willis Greiner
Endnotes/Pertinent Links
Authors' Notes
Lion Encounter, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (not recommended, see text!) -- https://lionencounter.com
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize -– http://visitcrookedtree.com
Boquillas, MX -- https://www.saveur.com/boquillas-mexican-border-town/
Section One – Outdoor Experiences
Grand Canyon Tides -- https://rrfw.org/RaftingGrandCanyon/Tide_Tables
Wolverines in Colorado -- https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/Wolverine.aspx
Keli Mahoney obit -- https://www.akfatal.net/Mahoney%2005-28-03.htm
Desert Solitaire review -- https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/22/desert-solitaire-edward-abbey/
Wonderful storytelling by Roger McGuinn -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SdiSjpOdyU
Zephyr review of Desert Cabal -- https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2019/07/30/edward-abbey-needs-no-defense-a-response-to-amy-irvines-desert-cabal-by-tonya-audyn-stiles/
Jim Halfpenny's website -- https://www.tracknature.com/x/home.php
Christopher Brown's Grand Canyon book -- featuring great photography and a frightening rescue description in Crystal, one of the most feared rapids within the Grand Canyon https://chrisbrownphotography.com/about/path-of-beauty/
Section Two – Significant Events / Encounters
Delaware Brick –- https://www.delawarebrick.com/about-delaware-brick/
Classic Labor Day tune -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0
. . . still pertinent today ("and the straw boss said, "Well, bless my soul") -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aqvKY6zLc
PTSD -- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967
McAfee -- https://www.cnn.com/2012/11/18/world/americas/belize-mcafee-enclave/index.html
Bitcoin conversation -- https://theconversation.com/bitcoins-rebound-3-reasons-this-bubble-may-not-burst-150731
Lacandon people -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacandon_people
Bonampak murals -- https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/maya/home/the-bonampak-murals
Taos crazy signman Jeff Northrup -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgpZIvWPbUo
Festival of El Cedral -- https://www.cozumelvillas.com/cedral.html
On bloodless bullfights -- https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/on-the-border-a-family-of-matadors-tends-the-bloodless-bullfighting-tradition/
Canyon Country Zephyr UFO story -- https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2020/03/31/ufos-desert-nights-and-late-night-radio-by-tonya-audyn-stiles/
MUFON -- https://www.mufon.com
John Schuessler -- https://www.mufon.com/history.html
Author Tim Cahill interview on dying in Lava Falls (see Outdoor Experiences) -- https://rolfpotts.com/podcast/tim-cahill/
Section Three – Music
Author's note – upon reviewing some of these performances on YouTube (what an excellent resource!), I am more than re-convinced of my musical choices -- most especially the Marvin Gaye selection. I urge readers to click around -- the 2019 reinterpretation of Gaye's undisputed masterpiece is especially poignant, linked here –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEp7QrOBxyQ
Claudine Clark "Party Lights" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LKnf4XtG30
Belafonte's Ed Sullivan performance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1ow6zKapQ
Delaware Garage bands -- link from my high school site, and written by the participants -- make sure to scroll down for the complete picture, truly remarkable and fascinating -- http://www.kevin67.com/Remembering%20the%2060's%20Wilmington%20Garage%20Band%20Era.htm?fbclid=IwAR0MJFlWRIktZzZ_Yq7V5lYarvhE-mvY5G_PYcx24wV17NwZFujHR5rcjwE
Thorogood returns to Delaware -- https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/george-thorogood-and-the-destroyers-return-to-wilmington/
Miles'/"So What"/Kind of Blue recording performance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c
Paul Simon, in total disregard to American policy, collaborates with legendary African musicians and creates his masterpiece Graceland, and performs it here in the capital of Zimbabwe -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0A
B.B. King, undisputed king of the blues, Live at the Regal -- click down the list for all the songs -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSZuwTZaTjk&list=PLB84F8A739CC73580
Hendrix -- Electric Ladyland -- https://vimeo.com/498506925
Marvin Gaye -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s
Nation of Islam (still radical, check it out) -- https://www.noi.org
Pretenders -- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chrissie-hynde-pretenders-new-album-1029689/
Pretenders – "Message of Love" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STy8FWhQPwU
Clash -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjUOtfZDmcM
Enter the '80s -- Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-1PXYM135I
WBWC -- https://www.wbwc.com
Pat St. John -- https://www.patstjohn.com
Review of Bruce's new album -- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/24/bruce-springsteen-letter-to-you-review-a-sledgehammer-of-succour
Bruce Springsteen w/ original E Street Band "Party Lights" live audio -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CqYpjOqG80
Section Four – Origin Stories
Theories on the closing of the Straits of Gibraltar -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclean_flood
Geologic history of Mount Kilimanjaro -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro
Geologic history of the Nile River -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
Hominid footprints on Crete, >5 million years old -- https://greekreporter.com/2021/03/02/hominid-footprints-on-crete-could-change-evolutionary-theory-for-good/?fbclid=IwAR35u4L5tuulFxLouthQ94-BQ50FDmQ2CKccZBW0JNOB2M2Maa21qoNnMCs
Grotte-de-Font-de-Gaume --
https://www.dordognemaison.com/en/more-information/recreation-sports/grotte-de-font-de-gaume
Greatest comets -- https://skyandtelescope.org/uncategorized/the-greatest-comets-of-the-past-century/
Leonids -- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/leonids/in-depth/
Cosmic origins -- https://www.space.com/40166-cosmic-collisions-give-earth-life-one-strange-rock.html
Final Thoughts / Epilogue
Park City Arts Festival -- https://kimballartcenter.org/event/park-city-kimball-arts-festival/
Denver’s Mob Family, the Smaldones -- https://www.flagshippublishing.com/blog/post/smaldone-denvers-mob-family
Author's Websites
Original astronomy site (quite dated) -- http://www.astrophotographs.com
New astronomy site -- http://www.taosastronomer.com
General photography site -- http://willisgreinerphoto.com
Book on Botswana safaris -- http://www.deserttodelta.com
Travel and experiential book of Christmas greetings (stories and photographs) -- http://www.ghostsofchristmaspast.net
Book concerning the challenge of locating and photographing Yellowstone's large animals -- http://www.yellowstonemegafauna.com
Contact Information
willisg@rmi.net
willisgreinerphoto@gmail.com
taosastronomer@gmail.com
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