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This years summer vacation

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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
    wrote on last edited by
    #34

    Yes indeed. Aren’t the redwoods in Sequoia and Kings Canyon spectacular?

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • CopperC Offline
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      Copper
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      #35

      Yes, nice pictures. You could see most of that on Google Earth, but it's not the same as knowing the photographer.

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

        Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

        And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

        Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

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        @LuFins-Dad said in This years summer vacation:

        @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

        Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

        And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

        Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

        Isn't that a dozen rattles on the tail?

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • B Offline
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          blondie
          wrote on last edited by blondie
          #37

          Really nice pics. Please post more!
          Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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            Horace
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            #38

            Beautiful pics! I hope you enjoy yourself. I remember those sequoias from our camping trip around there a few years ago. Don’t hike to exhaustion like we did.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • B blondie

              Really nice pics. Please post more!
              Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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              Renauda
              wrote on last edited by Renauda
              #39

              @blondie & @bachophile

              I have sent a copy of the snake photos to someone in Calgary who ought to be able to identify that snake with high certainty. Hopefully he is not out in the wilds right now and can get back to me soon.

              Elbows up!

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                Doctor Phibes
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                #40

                Great photos, Mr. B.

                There's nothing like the US for just jaw-dropping canyons and what-not. We went to the Grand Canyon and Sedona a couple of years ago, and I was really just struck dumb by the experience. I'm hoping it's reversible.

                I was only joking

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                • MikM Offline
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                  Mik
                  wrote on last edited by Mik
                  #41

                  I haven’t noticed any further deterioration, Phibes. Wasn’t a lot of room for it anyway

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • RenaudaR Offline
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                    Renauda
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                    #42

                    @bachophile & @blondie

                    My contact in Calgary got back to me and said that it was a beautiful example of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus helleri )

                    What really impressed him was the perfect condition of his tail for a snake that has undergone twelve sheddings.

                    Good call blondie.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • bachophileB Offline
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                      #43

                      So, currently in Grand Island Nebraska.

                      As I said going fast over the plains. Here there be…basically just cornfields.

                      Some catch up

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                      The south west deserts are just beyond spectacular. Every turn was a new canyon, a new mesa, colors unbelievable.

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                      But fraught with danger.

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                      Four corners

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                      Joshua trees

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                      Ouray Colorado

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                      Scottsbluff Nebraska.

                      Tomorrow booked a hotel overlooking the Mississippi in Iowa.

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                      • MikM Offline
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                        Mik
                        wrote on last edited by Mik
                        #44

                        Nice trip!

                        Our drive from North Carolina to Las Vegas last summer was kind of a survey of American deserts. Quite spectacular.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • markM Offline
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                          mark
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                          #45

                          Are you passing by Northern IL, Southern WI?

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                          • bachophileB Offline
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                            bachophile
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #46

                            No sorry. Swinging fast in abit more southerly route across Indiana and ultimately toward Pennsylvania and New York, I’d like to visit the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. And maybe Amish Pennsylvania.

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                            • bachophileB bachophile

                              No sorry. Swinging fast in abit more southerly route across Indiana and ultimately toward Pennsylvania and New York, I’d like to visit the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. And maybe Amish Pennsylvania.

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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
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                              @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                              No sorry.

                              Damn...

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Mik
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                                #48

                                Damn. I wonder if Krogers will let me return the matzoh and brisket.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  #49

                                  Gettysburg is fantastic. Enjoy!

                                  And again, take Route 40 if you can, though 30’s nice as well and will take you past the Flight 93 monument.

                                  The Brad

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    Gettysburg is fantastic. Enjoy!

                                    And again, take Route 40 if you can, though 30’s nice as well and will take you past the Flight 93 monument.

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                                    bachophile
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #50

                                    @LuFins-Dad I see 30 running through Gettysburg towards Lancaster but I don’t see 40, what towns does it run through?

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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on last edited by bachophile
                                      #51

                                      New update from Muscatine Iowa on the Mississippi.

                                      First some thoughts on Nebraska vs Iowa.

                                      Western Nebraska was very much like Colorado east of the Rockies, lots of prairie grass, and grazing herds of cattle. Eastern Nebraska was just plain boring and not particularly beautiful.

                                      On the other hand, crossing into Iowa I was struck on how simply beautiful the landscape was. Sure, lots of corn fields but just stunningly green, verdant. Also not flat pancake like Nebraska but rolling hills.

                                      a52e7ab6-56bd-4004-9e28-2cda4aed847d.jpeg

                                      This doesn’t do it justice but really a very relaxing drive. Stayed off the interstate and drove the small country roads through the fields. Also Mennonite country.

                                      Eventually ended up at Iowa border on the Mississippi.

                                      DSC_3124.jpeg

                                      Signs of recent flooding.

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                                      Ol’ man river

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                                      Huge barge being pushed upstream

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                                      Another huge barge just sitting askew I guess waiting to be also moved.

                                      (For those with long memories, barges will now always remind me of an unpleasant exchange about “the barge” with a certain former forumite. )

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                                      • bachophileB bachophile

                                        New update from Muscatine Iowa on the Mississippi.

                                        First some thoughts on Nebraska vs Iowa.

                                        Western Nebraska was very much like Colorado east of the Rockies, lots of prairie grass, and grazing herds of cattle. Eastern Nebraska was just plain boring and not particularly beautiful.

                                        On the other hand, crossing into Iowa I was struck on how simply beautiful the landscape was. Sure, lots of corn fields but just stunningly green, verdant. Also not flat pancake like Nebraska but rolling hills.

                                        a52e7ab6-56bd-4004-9e28-2cda4aed847d.jpeg

                                        This doesn’t do it justice but really a very relaxing drive. Stayed off the interstate and drove the small country roads through the fields. Also Mennonite country.

                                        Eventually ended up at Iowa border on the Mississippi.

                                        DSC_3124.jpeg

                                        Signs of recent flooding.

                                        DSC_3129.jpeg

                                        Ol’ man river

                                        DSC_3147.jpeg

                                        DSC_3142.jpeg

                                        Huge barge being pushed upstream

                                        DSC_3160.jpeg

                                        Another huge barge just sitting askew I guess waiting to be also moved.

                                        (For those with long memories, barges will now always remind me of an unpleasant exchange about “the barge” with a certain former forumite. )

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        #52

                                        @bachophile

                                        For those with long memories, barges will now always remind me of an unpleasant exchange about “the barge” with a certain former forumite.

                                        I see too many, as my apartment overlooks the hudson. When I see the word written out, though, it’s another story.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          #53

                                          Cool photos and trip.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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