We just wanted to pass along our congratulations to Rain Bird for winning the Sweepstakes Trophy at the Tournament of Roses Parade. Their float, "Mountaintop Majesty," featured a family of mountain gorillas in a setting inspired by the Virunga National Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This marks the third year in a row that Rain Bird has won this trophy, which honors the most beautiful entry in the parade. This just goes to prove, once again, that gorillas rock.
Check out this video preview from before the parade.
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That's right, this year the Tournament of Roses Parade is going bananas with Rain Bird's entry: "Mountaintop Majesty." Each year since 1997, Rain Bird has entered a float with water use and conservation themes. This year their entry will feature a family of mountain gorillas "lazily basking amid waterfalls and fresh water pools in the cool mist of the mountainous rainforests." In addition to the simian stars, human celebrities Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus (OH) Zoo and Aquarium, and Walter Crawford, founder and director of the World Bird Sanctuary, will be along for the ride.
In order to handle the 1500 gallons of recycled water the float will use, Fiesta Parade Floats had to design and engineer a special chassis. The water is channeled through several waterfalls and misters to provide the exotic effect. The float also uses over 30,000 hot pink Revel roses to frame the scene. Total work time is expected to be some 10,000 man hours. (What about gorilla hours?)
You can check out Rain Bird's Rose Parade page here - be sure to click on and watch the video of the float. If you would like to catch the Tournament of Roses Parade in person, it's not too late to book your travel plans through AirGorilla.com. If you do go, be sure to send us some pictures of the float. We may just feature a few in a future post.
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If there were an opposite to the extroverted AirGorilla faux species of Gorilla it would be the very real "Cross River Gorilla".
Recently Germany's NDR as able to capture new footage of the Cross River Gorilla. It is believed that as little as 300 of these are still existence. The only other footage was taken years ago on a shaky- hand held camera in 2005.
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Coronado,CA- Airgorilla.com core team has decided to issue a TWITTER Coupon code. You can follow Airgorilla on twitter at twitter.com/airgorilla .
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Las Vegas, NV- Interested in heading out to the world series of poker. Recession means that the field will be thinner, the big payouts a little smaller but the side action is always pretty amazing.
I found these cool travel tips article from the Los Angeles Times: These are actually some real solid travel tips from the article...
Seeing poker celebrities — If you’re just interested
in going to the Rio to watch the action, May 28 will be a great time
as the commemorative 40th-anniversary, $40,000 No Limit Hold Em kicks
off at noon. This event will surely bring out the biggest names in
poker, and they will all be within arm’s length in the Amazon Room.
Players go on dinner break most days around 7 p.m., which means you
should eat dinner before or after that time, as the restaurants get
very crowded during this time. Dinner break also offers a great chance
to see some of the game’s greats, who often can be found at Buzio’s
Seafood, or Gaylord, the fabulous Indian restaurant at the Rio. Pros
with less time will often amble over to the Sao Paulo Café, which is a
little closer to the convention center.
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