{"id":13649,"date":"2021-12-16T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13649"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:43:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T17:43:25","slug":"skywatch-friday-rainman-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=13649","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday &#8211; Rainman Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mLzmrz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51700261187_df3c107168_c.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0280\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago after dropping Logan off at college I revisited the small Oklahoma ghost town of Cogar. It&#8217;s claim to fame is that a scene from the 1988 Movie <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0095953\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0095953\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rainman<\/a> was filmed here at a local gas station. The film stars Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. I can&#8217;t believe that it has been 33 years!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mLGPeF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51701717109_5c33a94021.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0277\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The gas station is still standing, kind of, and it looks like a brand new sign is up. Cogar has become somewhat of a mecca for bloggers, instagrammers, and camera bugs. Abandoned stuff is big these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mLDrY7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51701060226_ac1ca36262.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0279\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12551\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted about it<\/a> last January. Nothing much has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mLzpKZ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51700272347_2e02319ac1.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0290a\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Logan is out of college now so I may never visit this place again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mQMpHU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51747879554_52413ee285.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news this week, Heather had a birthday, so the three of us celebrated with a hike among the venomous snakes of Turkey Mountain. We didn&#8217;t see any. I always get the feeling though they could see us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2mNC9cu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51723438330_47161d4f00.jpg\" alt=\"DJI_0348\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And closing with a drone shot up over my back yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skywatch Friday<\/a>. Come join the party!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago after dropping Logan off at college I revisited the small Oklahoma ghost town of Cogar. 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