Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Carla is a member (in fact is the founding and current queen) of the New Mexico Roadrunner Chapter of The Red Hat Society, which as you may know is a social order for "mature" women. It is headquartered here in Alamogordo, N.M.
But she also belongs to a chapter known as Miss Kitty's Social club, which is a floating chapter, without a fixed geographic base. It has members from all over the U.S. (and a few from outside), and has one adventure each year, in locations all across the U.S. (mostly so far in the western states).
This year's adventure was in the Black Hills region of western South Dakota. It was only a long weekend in length, but included many wondrous events, including:
a. A visit to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the girls got to see the stirring lowering of the U.S. flag at dusk.
b. A visit to the site of the Crazy Horse Memorial, where a colossal statue depicting the famed Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse, perhaps best known for his victory in the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn, is under construction.
c. A ride on an antique steam train, drawn by a unique locomotive.
d. The girls donning period costumes (two different kinds) and stunning the civilian patrons of a restaurant and a saloon.
I'll cover (a), (b), and (c) in some detail in later messages in this thread. But I'll open with a shot of Carla at the entryway to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial:
Kimberly Gugliotta: Carla at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Canon PowerShot G16, ISO 80, f/2.8, 1/60 s
Here we see Carla and two of her friends in one of their sets of period costumes:
Carla and two of her friends, Kathy and Myrna (from Maui, Hawai'i) in their period costumes
Canon PowerShot G16, ISO 100, f/2.0, 1/20 s
[to be continued]
But she also belongs to a chapter known as Miss Kitty's Social club, which is a floating chapter, without a fixed geographic base. It has members from all over the U.S. (and a few from outside), and has one adventure each year, in locations all across the U.S. (mostly so far in the western states).
This year's adventure was in the Black Hills region of western South Dakota. It was only a long weekend in length, but included many wondrous events, including:
a. A visit to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the girls got to see the stirring lowering of the U.S. flag at dusk.
b. A visit to the site of the Crazy Horse Memorial, where a colossal statue depicting the famed Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse, perhaps best known for his victory in the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn, is under construction.
c. A ride on an antique steam train, drawn by a unique locomotive.
d. The girls donning period costumes (two different kinds) and stunning the civilian patrons of a restaurant and a saloon.
I'll cover (a), (b), and (c) in some detail in later messages in this thread. But I'll open with a shot of Carla at the entryway to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial:
Kimberly Gugliotta: Carla at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Canon PowerShot G16, ISO 80, f/2.8, 1/60 s
Here we see Carla and two of her friends in one of their sets of period costumes:
Carla and two of her friends, Kathy and Myrna (from Maui, Hawai'i) in their period costumes
Canon PowerShot G16, ISO 100, f/2.0, 1/20 s
[to be continued]