My final post for a while: really this time, it's 10:30 at night and the computer must be disassembled almost immediately. I had wanted to say something intelligent about the rumours of a Tintin movie, but that's not going to happen. But fans may wish to check out the translations of the names Thompson and Thomson ("Thompson with a p as in psychology", "Thomson without a p, as in Venezuela"; originally Dupond et Dupont) into other languages: Hernandez and Fernandez, Kadlec and Tkadlec, Skapti and Skafti, and so on.

I'll predicatably leave you with some photos, from a blessedly untrammeled mountain range in western Wyoming last August:

A peak we climbed:

Surreal and spectacular limestone terraces at 10,000 feet:

The view from high up:

An unusual perspective on the Tetons:

Mrs. Peculiar taking a break on a typical section of trail:

The hike out (with Mrs. Peculiar for scale center right):

So long! Hold down the fort, Odious! I'll do my best to check in from time to time.