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Post by nowyo on Mar 18, 2016 21:10:49 GMT -5
Dang, hope you two can make it, Tommy. We'll have 4wd and a back seat if anyone needs a ride'
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 17, 2016 7:43:27 GMT -5
Myself, I do both. It depends on what task I'm working on. Mostly sitting on a stool I built with 4 caster wheels. The seat is the drivers bucket seat from a 1979 IH Scout. Comfy, and I can just roll myself around. Getting lazy in my old age, should probably motorize it.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 17, 2016 6:41:55 GMT -5
Good to know that others get skunked occasionally, too. Don't know unless you look, though.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 12, 2016 23:23:47 GMT -5
Very cool. We did get to Death Valley, but no aliens. Drat.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 12, 2016 23:09:41 GMT -5
For ID's I'm going by what I'm seeing in the guidebook. Let me know if I'm wrong, or if there is another local name for something. Desert Gold Desert Five-spot Gravel Ghost Creosote Bush Pebble Pincushion Notch-leaf Phacelia Desert Daisy ? Some sort of aster. Critters eating the pretty flowers This last one is kind of different, and has a tiny yellow flower which I was unsuccessful at getting a decent picture of Notice how I made sure there were rocks in all the pictures? Pretty cool, huh? Not sure it's possible to take a picture in Death Valley without rocks. Colors would have come out better but it was an overcast day (03/05/2016) ahead of the storm system. It was pretty, and it was flat crowded. A couple of people I talked to said they'd never seen so many people there. Only my second time there. I do know that the Park Circus people had been hyping it pretty good. For folks familiar with the area the pictures were all taken in the Beatty Cutoff/Muddy Canyon area. We stayed in Beatty that night-every motel room in town was full of people there for the flowers. Headed north the next morning on 95 and found this at Goldfield. Had a few more pics from our little journey, try to get some posted tomorrow. Just saw Jean's flower thread. On the way south 03/02/2016 the occotillo were just starting to bloom south of I-40, and down by I-10 the Beavertails were just starting. Thanks for looking. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 12, 2016 22:02:17 GMT -5
Been kind of busy around here the past couple of months. We did make it to Quartzsite for a few days, although too late for Pow Wow and the barbecue. Got home from that, thought things were rolling along when we had to make another run to SoCal and Las Vegas for family stuff. Finally got home again Thursday evening. Since we were so close we took the time to run over to Death Valley to see the "super bloom" everyone had been carrying on about. Took a few pictures and thought I'd share. A few of these I know what they are, others I have no idea without looking them up. Hopefully Jean will chime in with some help identifying some of these things. Well, photobucket is acting weird. I'll post more pics later or tomorrow. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Feb 22, 2016 9:25:09 GMT -5
We're in, Memorial Day? Looking forward to it.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 24, 2016 22:29:29 GMT -5
That is pretty neat. I've been playing a little with something similar, guess I should take a couple of pictures.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 24, 2016 0:32:42 GMT -5
BTT. We'd love to make this one if/when it happens.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 24, 2016 0:30:30 GMT -5
Wish I'd seen this sooner. We missed Pow Wow and the BBQ at Tony's but we'll be in the area in a week or two. We could be there the 28th but that's pushing things, another week would make it a done deal. Our deal has been changing daily but should be settling down now. How long will people be set up at Desert Gardens? Be in touch.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 23, 2016 23:48:27 GMT -5
Yep. Seems like there are lots of people dying lately that never died before. The news about Bowie left me at meh. The Eagles liked their early stuff and drove countless miles listening to the Desperado album.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 23, 2016 23:26:22 GMT -5
Today in the Rocky Mountain West-at least this part of it-40's, partly cloudy. Not so bad for January. You folks back east take care-been through that kind of crap before many times.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 12, 2016 23:20:42 GMT -5
Don't really give a crap about hot or cold but when the rocks are covered with snow it kind of shuts things down.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 12, 2016 23:18:20 GMT -5
Well, doesn't look as though we're going to make it. The weather isn't really cooperating, Cyndi had some work stuff come up and I've got some work I really need to get finished up and moved out. We'll try again next year with hopefully a better plan. The past year has been kind of a disorganized mess anyways, just regroup and hi ti again. You all have fun.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 23:37:35 GMT -5
Is it normal to zoom in on the picture with the rocks to look for agates? Umm......Yes it is. It's those people that don't that are weird. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 23:22:34 GMT -5
Oh thank you. It helps so much to find I'm not the only one who does that.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 23:20:18 GMT -5
Cool, I keep hearing good things about those. Still a fan of JMB's invention, myself, if only because it's what I have. Let us know what you think after playing with it awhile.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 23:07:14 GMT -5
Sounding better all the time. Had hoped to get to Quartzsite before this, and head over there for a day. Hoping to pull out of here in a couple of days. You going to be at Quartzsite? Every thing I do these days is bucket list stuff.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 22:42:17 GMT -5
Necro-thread deluxe! Ya know, though, I spend a fair amount of time reading through old threads. There is some interesting stuff there.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 10, 2016 22:30:21 GMT -5
Oh. My. Glad to see you posting, that is a gorgeous cab.
Russ
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