The 747 jet that became a waterpark attraction in McMinnville, Oregon

Update for June 25, 2010:

My image of the 747 jet used for a waterpark at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum on Flickr was selected as an illustration for the Schmap Portland [Oregon] Guide.

You can also see what the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch version of the Schmap Portland Guide looks like with my photo displayed.

Update for June 15, 2010:

One of my images of the 747 jet on Flickr was shortlisted as a potential illustration for the Schmap Portland [Oregon] Guide.

I recently visited the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. I was last there in July 2007. At that time the Space Museum building had yet to be completed and there was no firearms or armored vehicle collection. Nor was this bizzare and unique use of a 747 jet yet built. Here is an Evergreen Aviation branded 747 being used as the launching point for a waterpark attraction on the grounds of the museum. The day I arrived it had just been set on top of the structure that houses the rest of the waterpark. According to the model inside the Aviation Museum building, you will launch yourself from simulated emergency exit slides inside the aircraft!

You too can get Behind the Scenes at the Royal BC Museum

You too can enjoy the privileges and pleasures of going Behind the Scenes at the Royal BC Museum. Part 1, on the Natural History collections, opened this morning, a great ceremony capped off by young Master Jack Campbell who looks to be destined for childhood stardom on screen or stage perhaps. The exhibit is an impressive testament to the natural history sciences within BC and all the people who have managed those treasures since 1886. Congratulations RBCM!

Warriors in the City public art fundraising campaign for 2011-2012, how about it BC Lions Society?

Update of June 24, 2010:

A highly reliable source in the Royal BC Museum confirmed for me today that the BC Lions Society has taken up this suggestion, which was also made by a RBCM staffer, and that the Warriors in the City will be standing guard in Victoria probably some time in 2011 to coincide with the exhibit.

Original post of January 29, 2010:

The Royal BC Museum is one of the four Canadian venues in the exhibit The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army that begins at the Royal Ontario Museum on June 26, 2010. Visitors to the Victoria Bay Centre, a downtown shopping center, may recall the shopping mall version of these clay pieces. This touring exhibit, however, is the real deal courtesy of the Chinese government. The RBCM will host the army of clay in late 2011-early 2012.

As part of that exhibition I'd like to encourage the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities, who are currently sponsoring the Eagles in the City fundraising campaign, to consider the possibility of replicating either a warrior or perhaps a horse for a Warriors in the City fundraiser. Previous public art exhibits of this nature by the BC Lions Society included Orcas In The City and Spirit Bears in the City (the URL http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com/ gave a MySQL database error when I tried it on January 28, 2010). The RBCM had sponsored the Eternal Egypt Orca which was decorated by staff member and artist Adrienne Aikens.

Outdoor Photography Canada photo caption winner

Looks like a caption I submitted for a humorous photo won the day at Outdoor Photography Canada.