Athens, Greece

July 31, 2008    Category: Albino Bowler

    Greek people seem to think it odd that I take pictures of this action figure with their ancient ruins.  They stop and just stare as if I’m doing something weird.  Guess Flat Stanley didn’t make it here.  The Bowler had a ball none the less.  He stood on roads and buildings that were built in the 600 b.c. time frame.  He stood where the Apostle Paul stood when he was at the judgment or bema seat in ancient Corinth as well as on the spot where Paul gave his famous speech to the Greek people about Jesus.  (See Acts 17:22-31 and Acts 18:12-17)

    On his journeys the Bowler visited Poseidon’s Temple in Sounion, Greece.  He saw graffiti carved in ancient marble columns that dates from 200 a.d. to 50 years ago.  Some of it from famous people like Lord Byron.

    The next stop was the Acropolis in Athens which is where the Parthenon and several over temples such as Nike’s still stand.  From the acropolis you can see all of Athens, a city of over 4 million people and not one skyscraper.  He marveled at how they build the Parthenon without one straight line because they knew if they did they would look curved to the human eye, therefore all the lines are curved to make them look straight and the building look larger.

    The last stop for the bowler was the ancient city of Corinth and the Acrocorinth which is Corinth’s acropolis, which apparently in Greek means a very large and high rock that was created for the building of temples.  Today the Acrocorinth has a few ruins and fortress walls built in the 12th and 13th century a.d.

– Chad Quesenberry

If you’d like to see more pictures from this trip, go here: qberryfarms.com (thealbinobowler.com makes no guarantees as to the content of externally linked sites)

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    The Albino Bowler is now on  facebook Facebook, check out his page here.  Also, you can join his Official Fan Club and get notified of new updates and fun stuff like that.  Check it out!

– Dan Thompson

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    The Albino Bowler got a chance to tag along with my wife Holly and I at this year’s Caldwell / Neill / Thompson get together in Bolton Landing, New York.  Awesome time!  It’s always good to get together with family and do some hanging out, especially in such beautiful surroundings.  The Bolton Landing / Lake George area is just absolutely gorgeous.

    Since there is a lake involved, you’d guess there would also be boats involved… and you’d be right, and my cousin Ted just so happens to have some really neat boats in the boat house; one of which was purchased by his family in 1869 (the St. Louis pictured below).  Pretty neat stuff!
– Dan Thompson

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    It’s official!  Chad Q has sent me a picture of the Albino Bowler in Greece, which means we have confirmation now of the Albino Bowler being on 4 different continents!  I’ll let Chad tell the story when he gets back, but the picture he sent me is incredible (quite possibly the best picture we’ve had yet!).  Stay tuned, this will be a good one!!

– Dan Thompson

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The Albino Bowler is in Key West with Zac Mckinney and family!

Albino Bowler at Disney!

July 17, 2008    Category: Upcoming Events   No Comments »

The Albino Bowler will be at Disney with Jennifer Allen and family!

     I guess a lot of places can be referred to as “a land of contrasts”, but in my estimation, New Zealand should definitely be at the top of the list.  On one hand you’ve got the beautiful beaches and flat farm lands, and on the other you’ve got the jagged peaks of the Southern Alps which are chock full of glaciers, amazing vistas, and beautiful fjords (even though they’re named ‘sounds’)… and that’s just on the South Island!

    One such glacier is the Franz Josef Glacier, which is an incredible site to see without a doubt.  This particular glacier is apparently one of the fastest moving on the planet (about ten times faster then typical glaciers), pretty neat stuff!  You can definitely hear a lot of popping and cracking going on when you’re near it.  Another interesting thing about the glacier is that it’s surrounded by rainforest… not what you’d expect to see, but then again, this is a land of contrasts.

    The Albino Bowler got a chance to climb around on the glacier while I took pictures (I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to punch out a notch in a glacier with a rock before… but let me just tell you… it ain’t easy).
– Dan Thompson
If you’d like to see more pictures from this trip, go here: danandholly.com (thealbinobowler.com makes no guarantees as to the content of externally linked sites)

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    So, funny story behind this one… and by funny, I mean tragically sad that this is the only shot I got in Australia (someone will go again, no worries mate).  Sometimes a picture is worth a million words… and sometimes it just says, “I completely forgot I had this thing”.

    My wife and I didn’t have just a whole lot of time in Australia, so we chose to focus our time in the Brisbane area.  We stopped by the beach for a day, hung out with a cheetah (yes, on the wrong side of the fence) at Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo, held a koala at the Koala Sanctuary as well as pet kangaroos and other fury creatures… all excellent opportunities for priceless photos of the Albino Bowler… but alas, I had completely forgotten about him.

    Holly (that’s my wife) and I were rounding out a relaxing day touring around the city when it hit me.  As we walked through the Queensland College of Art campus on our way to catch the train, I thought to myself, “self, this sure is a pretty campus… I should take some pictures”.  Hmmm… pictures.  Oh snap!  The Albino Bowler!

    Obscure? Yes.  The best Albino Bowler picture ever?  Probably not.  Australia?  You bet.  Mission accomplished.

– Dan Thompson

If you’d like to see more pictures from this trip, go here: danandholly.com (thealbinobowler.com makes no guarantees as to the content of externally linked sites)

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Yosemite National Park

July 10, 2008    Category: Albino Bowler   No Comments »

     Ahhh, Yosemite.  Is there a more recognizable landscape?  Okay, well maybe the Grand Canyon (any takers?)… but it’s easy to spot none the less.  Yosemite is known for, among other things, big hunks of rock… namely El Capitan and Half Dome.  Some people may be surprised to know that the Albino Bowler is actually quite the avid rock climber (it apparently helps strengthen his wrists for the bowling alley).  While on a recent trip there, I managed to snag a photo of him climbing a classic route on El Cap.  He is now the envy of all his friends.

– Dan Thompson
If you’d like to see more pictures from this trip, check out: danandholly.com. (thealbinobowler.com makes no guarantees as to the content of externally linked websites)

 

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The Albino Bowler is going along on a mission trip to Greece with Chad Quesenberry and his wife!

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