About Them Carp, I Told Ya So

About Them Carp, I Told Ya So

I got this hunting knife for Christmas '98 from my Mom.

My buddy, Rit, said, "What do you need a hunting knife for? You don't hunt!"

I told him, "You never know. I might decide to go fishing and be attacked by a large carp."

Turns out there is a fish called a Bighead Carp. According to recent news stories, it can jump six feet high out of the water. It can weigh up to 100 pounds. It has broken bones on people while jumping in their boat. It's here in Colorado.

Told ya!

Camel Ride

Camel Ride

Nancy rode this camel August 20th at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, Wy.

Thanks to Hedrick's Camel & Pony Rides
Nickerson, Kansas

My Old Webpage

Just saving my old webpage here: http://www.geocities.com/magnumlk2001

Click on MY VIEW on that page gets you to:
http://www.geocities.com/magnumlk2001/MyView.html

Dog Days

Dog Days, Google and Cicadas. The cicadas are here. They fly like overloaded cargo planes. Sound like the Weather Bug alarm on my computer, except a higher pitch and more insistant cycle. WREE WREE WREE.

One glowered at me while pretending to be part of a chokecherry tree. But didn't wait for me to go get the digital camera. I suppose the neighbors will wonder about me over the next few days as I skulk (see definition below) around the yard, camera in hand, trying to digitally capture one.

I went to the computer, typed in "noisy insect" and learned about the life cycle of Dog Day Cicadas, the conjunction of the DogStar and the Sun, and that the Dog Days of Summer started July 3rd and end today, the 11th of August.

Now, to get a good pic of one!

skulk. 1. To lie in hiding; lurk. 2. To move about stealthily. 3. To evade work or obligation; malinger. (Must be my wife's definition since she asks what I did all day.)

Didn't Even Get Rain Here

Brush likely safe; flood channeled Water moving slowly; flood intensity drops

High Water

The Fort Morgan Times says: County flood biggest since 1965

High Plains View

View: 1 : the act of seeing or examining : Inspection also : Survey 2 a : a mode or manner of looking at or regarding something b : an opinion or judgment colored by the feeling or bias of its holder 3 : Scene, Prospect 4 : extent or range of vision : Sight 5 : something that is looked toward or kept in sight : Object 6 : the foreseeable future 7 : a PICtorial representationsynonym see OPINION- in view of : in regard to : in consideration of- on view : open to public inspection : on exhibition (Merriam-Webster)

High Plains --- North-Eastern Colorado