Same thing in my area. Instead of seeing one around the fringes at dusk or early morning, I've seen multiples in my yard every day since spring began, once as many as eight of various ages. The hawks are having a heyday, as are the song dogs.
Pollution was so bad when I lived out there (mid 70's) that it was illegal to remove any water from the Platte, according to the Adams County coroner. With the growth the area has experienced since then I can't imagine there has been a great deal of improvement.
I have floated a sizeable...
Many of those battlefields can be extremely emotional experiences. The horrors of Gettysburg can't be fully appreciated unless one views all the photos of the carnage that are available. Madness!
My great-great grandfather died in Richmond in 1862 during the Richmond Campaign I believe. He lies...
"There is a time for us to wander
When time is young and so are we.
The woods are greener over yonder
The path is new, the world is free."
- Maggie Peterson Mancuso
Stuck is when your tires are in contact with Mother Earth but you can't get traction (Think wet and sticky Bentonite clay so prevalent out West). High centered is when they no longer are in contact with anything, brought about usually by too much throttle or bad decision making.
I had the shortened version, a '78 Bronco, same color and outfitted the same as yours except I had Posi and dual block heaters. Got thirteen MPG no matter how it was driven, and never got stuck. I got high centered twice, but never stuck.
Hard to beat "The Quiet Man" with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. I've probably watched this movie 25 times since I first saw it as a preteen at the drive-in from the bed of my Dad's stake sided pick-up.
Was just thinking how intoxicating the smell in there would be. All it needs is the occasional puff of sagebrush fragrance and maybe a little horse sweat.
Congratulations Dave. Similar situation here, only mine is my first great granddaughter, born on Jan 30th. My late wife was named Rose, named after her grandmother, and the kids named our new generation Gemma Rose. I'll call her Roisin (pronounced Rosheen in the Irish) which translates to...