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Yes, and with all that empty space between the towns I should have plenty of time to think about how to describe them.
3 weeks agoKansas a mistake? No way!
I went on the Bazine Cooperative website to learn the details of their apostrophe-for-g exchange but saw nothing. Then I realized you must have written a bit of absurdist humor, which makes you MY people.
And rightly so!
3 weeks agoTo be sure, I'll be on the lookout for all those things. But none of them scare me as much as the flying monkeys.
3 weeks agoWith route in hand, it looks like you have this trip all lassoed up. Looking forward to following along :-)
3 weeks agoToto!
3 weeks agoLiberal? Sublette? Larned? Kismet? Ransom? You're already off to a great start with the town names. Looking forward to reading about it.
3 weeks agoYour first big mistake is Kansas.
But I googled it and discovered that there if you stop at the Bazine Co-op you can trade in apostrophes for "g's" but you want to do that soon before the spring rush.
Lotta straight lines in that map, and in Kansas.
Also: David Bromberg!!! You are my people.
How now green cow, er dinosaur.
3 weeks agoWatch out for tornados, lions, scarecrow, tin men, and oh yeah-wicked witches.
3 weeks agoYup, Bluegills are my target! Best eating, (and usually easiest to catch) but a lot of work to clean.
By the way, if you Google search water moccasin (cottonmouth) range map, you will find that in Kansas the ones the locals call water moccasins are merely (very similar looking) northern water snakes. (I wanted to be a Herpetologist, but life got in the way)
I heartily agree with Keith. Tornados are all nasty! I have seen 2 and been within a couple miles of a few others, the most recent in 2019. In 1974, a big one blew through Richmond, KY and killed 4. Same day, Xenia, OH got nearly wiped off the map by another big one.
After reading your firsthand descriptions, I'm not so sure I want to see a tornado anymore--not even from afar. Also, thank you for the warnin' about snakes. I didn't even think about that danger.
1 month agoCongratulations on your fishing success. In my opinion, bluegill is among the tastiest of fish.
1 month agoIt's almost like tryin' to look at a solar eclipse, ain't it?
1 month ago
Yes, Toto too. Totally!
3 weeks ago