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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Road Trip Photos, Minnesota to Nevada

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 Starting with Birdland...
As you can see, they're really eating it up.
Nevada Bob with photographer Gary Firstenberg.


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A Brief Visit with Photographer Gary Firstenberg

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