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Sounds wonderful!
2 years agoSomehow I suspect that you weren't supposed to be flying your plane INSIDE of the gorge!
2 years agoLove that view. Bev and I have motorhomed over it and again, brag, brag, I’ve flown my plane down IN it!
2 years agoI know!
I was thinking about that again yesterday. What did I see? For as close as I was, and as long as I saw it, I sure couldn’t figure it out.
It had longish varied gray fur, was low to the ground, ran really fast, but went in bounds, not smoothly. When it finally turned, it looked like it had long ears. I’d say it was at least two feet long. No tail.
Yesterday I saw a regular little Peter Cottontail, with a cute little white, round tail. Not the same critter.
I don’t t know what I saw. But, it was sleek and fast.
Hmmm - a jackalope?! I think you've one too many adult beverages!!
2 years agoIt's almost impossible to ride anywhere out west these days without having to deal with forest fires. The fires had a major impact on my 2015 Transam ride - so, 6 years later on the Northern Tier I felt sure that the timing would see us get done before the fires kicked up - but not so, they said the "fire season" in Washington state started a month earlier than usual! Watch the fires and stay safe...
2 years agoOne glance at that profile made me since. Erf!
2 years agoNice you brought the right seat pad to go with the blossoms today.
2 years agoPrairie coneflower
https://www.waterwiseplants.org/find-a-plant/prairie-coneflower/
Cane cholla can be spectacular!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindropuntia_imbricata
A Volvo and a Toyota, Vaughn’s two recommendations!
2 years agoGood story!
I bought a used 1971 Volvo 145S (Station wagon) after we got to Germany. Could not get what I thought it was worth when we came back, so I had it shipped. Ran it till late 80s when I was on I-65 going to Indianapolis and it blew a seal and the engine siezed. Loved how it drove. Perhaps the only car I liked better was a used 1984 Corolla hatchback, which could chew through snow like no other. It died of "body cancer."
When our daughter approached driving age, I asked a mechanic what a good first car would be. He answered, an old Volvo or an old Toyota. Buying an ‘80’s ‘brick’ sparked a ~20 year streak of Volvo ownership. The last Volvo I owned was a 2004. The local dealership had closed. When the car quit recognizing the ignition key, I had to have it towed three hours away to Denver for reprograming. Luckily, our insurance covered the tow.
I ended up trading the Volvo in on a minivan long enough to carry my recumbent.
The only accident we ever had with a Volvo was when someone turned in front of my daughter at a stop light. She t-boned them. Our car had the bumper pushed in slightly, and the hood buckled perhaps a quarter inch. A turning light lense cover was cracked, but the bulb was not broken. The car was totaled by instance. We bought it back and replaced the lense cover. The other car was hit right at the rear wheel/axle. It had to be towed!
Our daughter hated driving that unstylish car, but she had to buy into the safety aspect after that accident!
Our last old Volvo is still on the road, with over 300,000 miles on it. I sold it to a local mechanic who enjoys keeping it on the road. We wave wildly when we happen to see each other.
Good memories!
Not so sure how good it is, but it is an old Volvo from the 70s like a friend of mine in Germany had back in '77.
2 years ago
Sounds tasty! Where did you find that?
2 years ago