Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa: Sunday September 27, 2020 Racing/Roldanillo

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Sunday September 27, 2020

Gosh, I was up at 4:30 this morning and still had to rush through chores to be able to make it to David's by 7am to watch Formula 1 from Sochi in Russia. David got the time wrong and the race was already half over by then so it was a tad anticlimactic. I could go into a big song and dance about yesterday's qualifying, where Ferrari's Vettel crashed in the 3rd Qualifier causing many drivers to scramble to get in their best time with little time to spare. Championship leader Hamilton was on soft tires to be able to salvage the pole position so that is how he had to start the race. They are fast, but deteriorate quickly so his team pitted him early much to his ire, and it cost him a possible win, still placing a very respectable third. His partner Valterri Bottas grabbed the lead and never relinquished it. Red Bull's Verstappen came in second. My guy, LeClerc floundered and was sixth.

So we switched to catch the start of the MotoGP race from Spain. That was very exciting again with crashes costing the exit of favourites Rossi again, and Dovioso, and Espargaro. The pole sitter Morbidelli had a podium position up until 2 laps to go but could not hold it. My #1 guy Marc Marquez is still out with a broken arm. My #2 guy Dovioso crashed early. My #3 guy, Fabio Quartararo, snaked through the pack to win today and increase his Championship lead. Congrats.

A quick nap was in order when I got back home and then Cristina wanted to go out for a drive, so I suggested Roldanillo because it is only one toll booth away. I also wanted another look at the town where she has lived for 40 years. Frankly, I like the town but hate all the "sleeping cops" we have to drive over. They are everywhere, and not signed, or painted, often.

I brought the Nikon and put on the polarizing filter to help eliminate a lot of haze and to give definition to the clouds. Honestly, I remembered where I set it last time and never changed it all afternoon. Most of the early shots of the trip are through Lizzie's tinted windows so some are extra colourful.

Cristina wanted to go to the top of a mountain behind Roldanillo to a town called La Tulia at the peak on a very narrow road with many potholes. She had not been there since childhood. I did not mind the drive but seriously the views could have been a lot better. At the peak there are banana plantations and loads of greenhouses, ... not very picturesque. My altimeter app says it was 1,863 meters (6,112 feet). It is neat though to look across part of the Valle de Cauca from the coastal cordillera to the central cordillera on the other side.

For me the most interesting thing was a brass statue of a naked man with 6 digits advertising some art school on the mountainside....

Because I have 49 photos today I am accustomed to uploading in batches, backwards, to get the results I need. However this new Blogger seems to want to reverse my order of each batch. Grrr. So I take the chance and upload all 49 and it does it easy peasy. I hope it continues that!

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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