Somewhere in Arizona or New Mexico there is one, not nearly as bad, but similar. Brother and his wife crossed it at night, no problems. Returning during the day, my SiL screamed for about ten minutes after they were past it.
Are you talking about the Apache Trail?? I've been on it, and it does have its moments. I remember seeing atleast one truck that plummeted off a cliff and you can see it further down the mountain. But, it in no way compares to this shit in #2.
Depends on the chickens. A little leghorn can fly quite a ways, but I've got a naked neck that can't fly at all because of weight and lack of feathers, and a rooster that's so fat he can't jump, much less fly.
#8 Would you believe that's a little one? They can get up to 4' across, and live for hundreds of years. Alligator snappers, look 'em up. Also reptile, not amphibian. Amphibians breathe through there skins, causing them to dehydrate quickly and be extremely sensitive to poisons. It's one of the reasons toads are so harmful in Australia, the toad tadpoles poison all the native species tadpoles, kill 'em off.
#10 FTW. A buddy of mine just lost six hens to raccoons in a single night on Sunday. Helping him build a raccoon-proof sleeping porch/coop this weekend. His remaining three are camped out in the bed of his F250 under a canopy.
#1, friend had a Boxer pup, about 10-12 pounds, who was let out to meet everyone at a party. I was scratching him and noticed we were right on one edge of the smooth wood living room floor, so got him on his side and gave him a big push. Slid clear across the room, bounced up, ran to me and fell over to do it again.
This continued until she decided "That's enough of that" and put him in his cage for the night.
#8 - I caught a bunch of snappers when I was young (there's a joke there somewhere) and I can't believe I still have all of my fingers. They're scary and delicious.
I have only caught 2 in my life. Both about 25 inches across or so. And yes, they are delicious. But they are well equipped to protect themselves. I can't remember exactly how thick the branch they can cut through with their beak, but I know it was big enough to make me scared to get my hands near one. We used a stick to get the neck out, so we could cut the head off to start cleaning the thing. They used to say that the turtle tastes like 7 different types of meat, depending on where you got the meat from, leg, neck, etc. I know that they are delicious.
I was on a few roads like #2 in Austria during the 80's but I don't think the foliage is right nor did I see any of the ancient stone work that seemed to be worked into the mountain side. This was 40 years ago though. Hard to say what the place looks like today though but one of them was the only road leading up to a place called Fiestnal and you could almost look straight off the side down into Salzburg the entire trip. As a passenger I was scared sh*tless.
#8 looks like an alligator snapper. They lure fish into their jaws by wiggling their tongues like a worm. The babies make great aquarium pets. But then they grow. A lot.
#4 that motion is how she got that way. #8 Seen those in the water reservoirs when I was stationed in Ct... they are Skeery.#10 had to double check to make sure that was not Link with a Cucco.
#2: The road up to the top of Pike's Peak in Colorado is about like that - but with switchbacks. I've driven up and back down twice. OTOH, no one has to drive that road except for recreation, and you aren't sharing it with trucks. Don't be in a hurry, just keep it in low gear and don't overheat your brakes on the way down and you'll be fine.
Then there are some roads I remember from sixty-some years ago, when I was little and lived in Flagstaff, Arizona. First, Oak Creek Canyon. Oak Creek runs south from Flagstaff and drops down a mile-high vertical rock wall. Over millions of years, it's eroded a narrow notch in the wall. The Phoenix to Flagstaff stage coach once ran right up the creek bed, IIRC at about a 45 degree angle. They must have hitched extra horses to their lightest wagon to go up, and I have no idea how they held it from running away on the trip down. It was only possible because horses' hooves get much better traction than any wheels or caterpillar tracks.
So for a motor road, they cut ledges into the sides of the canyon, with frequent switchbacks to get to the next ledge up or down. In the family Oldsmobile, it was a little scary - but truckers also drove semis on it, and every year several of them jackknifed and died.
Eventually, they cut a new road into that rock wall, no switch backs or excessively steep grades, just a 2 lane road on a ledge cut into the rock, and descending for many miles. (Down was westward, IIRC.) If you were headed for Sedona or Phoenix, it added up to 20 miles distance, but the easier drive was worth it. That could be the road in #2, but I remember it as safer looking. Or maybe that was because it wasn't Oak Creek Canyon...
Going down, they used a large tree as an anchor point and winched them down. I've seen dead trees up in the Sierras on emigrant trails with rope and/or cable scars around them.
#4 That poor kid was born with bruises on his head and butt.....
ReplyDelete#8 Snapping turtles love watermelon, who knew.....
ReplyDelete#5 somebody needs to be shot!
ReplyDeleteLike to think that if I had seen him coming I would have found a brick
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Looks to me like a street car, so driver has no real choice.
DeleteStarker here, the title is "Welcome to Russian Winter"
Delete#3 Give that squirrel a peanut for its public service!
ReplyDelete#4 Baby´s first hula-hoop. Must a felt like tumbling in a dryer for the little kid.
#7 Just like my great grandmother used to do.
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Any idea where #2 is? (I want to ensure I never get on that road).
ReplyDeleteReally. I've been on some pretty wild roads but that one gives me the heebie-jeebies.
DeleteMy guess is China, they always seem to have paths, trails and roads on the sides of mountains where other people would say no fucking way.
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Somewhere in Arizona or New Mexico there is one, not nearly as bad, but similar. Brother and his wife crossed it at night, no problems. Returning during the day, my SiL screamed for about ten minutes after they were past it.
DeleteAre you talking about the Apache Trail?? I've been on it, and it does have its moments. I remember seeing atleast one truck that plummeted off a cliff and you can see it further down the mountain. But, it in no way compares to this shit in #2.
Delete#1- Wouldn't it be wonderful to have that little guy's energy?
ReplyDelete#2: Nope.
ReplyDelete#2: NJ Resident wants to know where the toll booths are.
ReplyDelete#4: Now we know. That's Fetterman's mother.
#9: That a gay pride PETA promotional?
#6 is McCarthy & McConnell. Change my mind.
ReplyDelete- WDS
No argument here. They're both real Dog and Pony shows.
DeleteNew KFC dinner delivery? Who needs drones, Amazon?
ReplyDelete#8 I wouldn't mess with that amphibian, they be Uber nasty and can do serious harm. #10 And there are those who believe chickens cannot fly.
ReplyDeleteDepends on the chickens. A little leghorn can fly quite a ways, but I've got a naked neck that can't fly at all because of weight and lack of feathers, and a rooster that's so fat he can't jump, much less fly.
Delete#8 Would you believe that's a little one? They can get up to 4' across, and live for hundreds of years. Alligator snappers, look 'em up. Also reptile, not amphibian. Amphibians breathe through there skins, causing them to dehydrate quickly and be extremely sensitive to poisons. It's one of the reasons toads are so harmful in Australia, the toad tadpoles poison all the native species tadpoles, kill 'em off.
DeleteI’d have to sedate my wife for #2. I’d drive it.
ReplyDelete#10 FTW. A buddy of mine just lost six hens to raccoons in a single night on Sunday. Helping him build a raccoon-proof sleeping porch/coop this weekend. His remaining three are camped out in the bed of his F250 under a canopy.
#2 Let me be clear, No fuckin way.
ReplyDelete#1, friend had a Boxer pup, about 10-12 pounds, who was let out to meet everyone at a party. I was scratching him and noticed we were right on one edge of the smooth wood living room floor, so got him on his side and gave him a big push. Slid clear across the room, bounced up, ran to me and fell over to do it again.
ReplyDeleteThis continued until she decided "That's enough of that" and put him in his cage for the night.
#8 - I caught a bunch of snappers when I was young (there's a joke there somewhere) and I can't believe I still have all of my fingers. They're scary and delicious.
ReplyDelete#10 - KFC home delivery?
I have only caught 2 in my life. Both about 25 inches across or so. And yes, they are delicious. But they are well equipped to protect themselves. I can't remember exactly how thick the branch they can cut through with their beak, but I know it was big enough to make me scared to get my hands near one.
DeleteWe used a stick to get the neck out, so we could cut the head off to start cleaning the thing. They used to say that the turtle tastes like 7 different types of meat, depending on where you got the meat from, leg, neck, etc. I know that they are delicious.
I was on a few roads like #2 in Austria during the 80's but I don't think the foliage is right nor did I see any of the ancient stone work that seemed to be worked into the mountain side. This was 40 years ago though. Hard to say what the place looks like today though but one of them was the only road leading up to a place called Fiestnal and you could almost look straight off the side down into Salzburg the entire trip. As a passenger I was scared sh*tless.
ReplyDelete#8 looks like an alligator snapper. They lure fish into their jaws by wiggling their tongues like a worm. The babies make great aquarium pets. But then they grow. A lot.
ReplyDelete#4 that motion is how she got that way. #8 Seen those in the water reservoirs when I was stationed in Ct... they are Skeery.#10 had to double check to make sure that was not Link with a Cucco.
ReplyDelete#2: The road up to the top of Pike's Peak in Colorado is about like that - but with switchbacks. I've driven up and back down twice. OTOH, no one has to drive that road except for recreation, and you aren't sharing it with trucks. Don't be in a hurry, just keep it in low gear and don't overheat your brakes on the way down and you'll be fine.
ReplyDeleteThen there are some roads I remember from sixty-some years ago, when I was little and lived in Flagstaff, Arizona. First, Oak Creek Canyon. Oak Creek runs south from Flagstaff and drops down a mile-high vertical rock wall. Over millions of years, it's eroded a narrow notch in the wall. The Phoenix to Flagstaff stage coach once ran right up the creek bed, IIRC at about a 45 degree angle. They must have hitched extra horses to their lightest wagon to go up, and I have no idea how they held it from running away on the trip down. It was only possible because horses' hooves get much better traction than any wheels or caterpillar tracks.
So for a motor road, they cut ledges into the sides of the canyon, with frequent switchbacks to get to the next ledge up or down. In the family Oldsmobile, it was a little scary - but truckers also drove semis on it, and every year several of them jackknifed and died.
Eventually, they cut a new road into that rock wall, no switch backs or excessively steep grades, just a 2 lane road on a ledge cut into the rock, and descending for many miles. (Down was westward, IIRC.) If you were headed for Sedona or Phoenix, it added up to 20 miles distance, but the easier drive was worth it. That could be the road in #2, but I remember it as safer looking. Or maybe that was because it wasn't Oak Creek Canyon...
Going down, they used a large tree as an anchor point and winched them down. I've seen dead trees up in the Sierras on emigrant trails with rope and/or cable scars around them.
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