I was always very disappointed in this photo.  At the time I didn't know what a dolmen is, and when we paddled by it, I just snapped a quick photo that isn't really very well in focus.

Dolmen:  (per Merriam Webster)
: a prehistoric monument of two or more upright stones supporting a horizontal stone slab found especially in Britain and France and thought to be a tomb

Later on I heard that there are people who actually paddle the Kelso River specifically to see and photograph the dolmen, and find it fascinating.  We were clueless.  I just thought it was intersting and whenever I see something interesting I take a photo.     We might have stopped, and I might have done a bit better if I had realized that it had some conversational significance.

We are leaving on a cruise Thursday.  Will be sailing through the Panama Canal and then spending 9 more days in the western Caribbean.  I am sure I will see many interesting sights and snap more photos.  Because of my neck issues and also to save bulk and weight for the flights, I will not be taking my larger camera equipment.  Hopefully the little Nikon waterproof camera will do OK and I will have at least a few images that I like.

I guess if you get out and walk around it, the big rock is supported by three smaller rocks and you can see light underneath.  We didn't do that, though.

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They call it the Viking Dolmen, and I don't think the Knights Templar were big in Viking lore.    

Obviously I wasn't super-impressed, as I didn't get out of the canoe to take pictures anyway.  But it does catch your eye as you paddle by on a quiet river.

pine_knot wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2023 at 1:40am:


Prized targets for the ancient Anishishanabe, those Canadian manatees!  I was paddling around their Florida cousins just last week and I can clearly see the family resemblance in that dolmen.

By the way, PK, just how strong ARE those painkillers your surgeon put you on?

Jimbo 

Great reflective shot today 

That's funny, Karl!!   Grin  I actually DID send you psychic brain waves this morning when I saw that you had the POD--I said to myself, "Boy, I wonder if Karl knows he has the POD today."  I thought about contacting you, but I didn't do it.  Or maybe I did, but it was just on another plane.   Roll Eyes

Thanks Spartan2,  I don’t know how to do the quote thing. I just know how many times that I call someone on the phone and they say, “I was just thinking about you!”  It’s eerie! .

Starwatcher