jdmidwest

I did bring up the fact that it will surely mess up the fishing. This has been one goofy season this year. But pleasant. Sure is nice driving around with the windows open in the nice fresh low humidity. It could stay like this all year round as far as I am concerned. Till duck season, then it needs to get to the point water almost freezes and I would be good with that.

I would think that it was professionally drilled and either the previous owner never put a pump in it or pulled it out. It just had a simple cover on it. Most new wells have a pump and long intake inside that casing with lines for water and electric coming out of it. Did the previous owner not have any info on it?

How about some photos of the bunk area? That is a great looking build. I am still dreaming up my design and any more ideas will be great.

Was it really against the will of the people of the state or a group of special interest people that was pushing this? I did not see a vote on a ballot or participate in any election that wanted my view on the matter. I know at some of the meetings, the ones that wanted the MDC to control it overruled the ones that were for the Dept of Ag. Of course the meetings were held at MDC offices with MDC armed agents controlling the meetings. At least that is what went on locally. The only reason it is considered political is the fact that the ruling party of elected officials was the ones trying to put it over on the Dept. of Ag. Trout are a different situation, they are raised from native stock, and released into the wild. They are wildlife in all sense of the meaning, Captive deer are being raised with genetic manipulation from other captive deer much like cattle. They are kept in pens and hunted in pens. They are not to be released into the "wild". They are not wildlife any more, just livestock.

Ahh, 53 degrees this morning with a 19 percent humidity. A far cry from Sunday's 105 heat index. This is nice.

Having been here 50 years plus, I remember jackets of a night on or around the 4th of July many times. But this much cool weather in July is great. I also remember jackets and frost in Sept., and snow of greater amounts of a foot on a regular basis in the winter. Maybe we will get some of that too. I really hate hot humid weather. It just saps the life out of you. I would rather freeze to death than die of a heat stroke.

Look for one of the PVC traps, they work wonders. No mess or smell and you can take it swimming with you. I personally would not trust the tarp thing if the trap is big enough to get its tail up. And, upon death, they sometimes will release the odor. I doubt if you want it in your water tank. If you kill them under the house, you will have to deal with the smell of death for a while unless you can cap it off. If it is an adult in a den, there may be young inside. You get the adult, the young ones will probably come out in a while to look around. Then you will have to deal with them too. http://www.snareshop.com/prodinfo.asp?number=ADC6

Chances are it will test ok. I have seen people filling drinking water jugs at Lasseter's boat ramp on the Spring River After I chased the ducks off and cleaned a few fish. They were in their 70's, so the water must be good, right? Note: It is about a half mile from the spring source. The spring is fed by one collapsed cavern system and many sinkholes in the area that are all sterile. It passes thru a lake of ducks, geese, muskrats, and other vermin. Pass the Warm Fork that flows thru cattle country and the town of Thayer along a railroad line. I am sure the spring water is pure. I have seen people by the dozens flock to an artesian well that was drilled for uranium exploration near Marble hill. It just flows out of a casing over some moss that I know for a fact that has had urine and other contaminates from time to time on it. What does not kill you will make you stronger, you will develop antibodies for it. Water is just water.

Surely we need more info. Is it a professionally drilled well, it will be a 8 or 10 inch pipe with pump down in it. If it is larger, it may be a hand dug shallow and you may have issues with the water. Professional drilled wells are drilled deep and cased to prevent shallow water that may be contaminated to leak into it. They should be fine as long as the cover has been on and no back wash has entered into it. Local Health Dept or even a well company should be able to help you get up and running.

Nothing rare happened here. There was a copperhead in a campground that sits out in the woods. HE PICKED IT UP. It bit him in self defense. He did not seek medical help. He died. The article I read in the local paper stated that deaths are rare from copperheads, because most people can easily recognize them. And if they get bit, they realize they need medical attention quickly to save their lives. He failed one and two and became number 3. Well, technically, they state he did recognize that it was a copperhead. Any poison snake is a hazard not to be taken lightly. Leave them alone. Seek medical attention if bit by any snake if you don't know what kind it is. Surely get medical attention if there is any swelling, pain, or problems.

I was sitting outside in shorts awhile ago grilling some brats and enjoying a cold brew and got kinda chilly. Came inside and took a nice hot shower. Sitting here wondering if I need to cover the maters tonight. Might have to switch over to heat tonight or grab a quilt. 2 weeks out of the last three with nights down in the 50's, low humidity. Nice cool breezes. AC is off. I know I have been pretty hard on POTUS the past few years, but it looks like he has solved the global warming problem. Or maybe it is some of the predictions some were saying back in 08 finally coming true, Hell is freezing over! I will take this weather any July. But, I bet this will really screw up the fishing for a few days.

If you can find a trap made out of a solid pvc pipe, they are the best. Not enough room to let the tail come up to spray and easy to transport. Check with local pest control to see if they have one. Cat food is good bait. Smaller live traps are better for them, more confinement. I like to crawl in holes. Shooting them is always an option. Since it has already sprayed the area once, there will not be much difference it he does it again. But, if you shoot, there is a high chance he will spray again. A trap will prevent that.

Gonna cost him an arm and a leg to ship all of those filets home. One great thing about a trip to Alaska, all of the beer batter halibut you can eat for about the price of hamburger here.

Yum, garlic powder and parm cheese. That sounds good. If I am camping, I will shuck it and toss it into the fish fryer after the fish. Fried corn is pretty good too. When I grill it with the shuck on, I just toss it on the grill whole minus the silks off the end until the shucks are dry and burnt on the outside. Then peel and butter. I skip the foil.

I remember when it was for sale. I wondered how they figure acreage on that bluff. The sign was by that little cabin that has always sit by the access point on river. I looked up the bluff and wondered if the 20 acres. or whatever it was, was measured vertically or horizontally. If so, there are several acres of rock that is pretty worthless unless you a rock climber. The actual property at the base of the cliff could be measured in square feet.

Atta boy!

That is right, forget about that 3 limit add on 2013. I don't have a spare tag around my house yet.

Maybe you were not smelling the right ones. White Castle has an old ad from the 50/s promoting the health gains you get from eating their all beef burgers. All along it was the after effect that was curing people.

That is a pretty neat little spot. I have been there a few times with the guy that owns Cape Electric. Interesting little club they have there. Nice and comfy.

But it was generated to promote an agenda.

Interesting little blurb from a website that dregs up worthless information. Seems like the hydrogen sulfide gas in farts lowers cancer, stroke, and heart disease. http://theweek.com/article/index/264585/speedreads-study-smelling-farts-is-good-for-your-health Have a belly bomber and live better.

I stopped buying the traps too and have not noticed them either. 2 summers ago, I was running 3 traps and filling a yard sized garbage bag full of them a week. I have not even seen one in the yard this year. And I live next to a vineyard that seems to attract them.

And I believe that you don't pick up a dead one unless his head is removed from his body. He can still strike out of reflex.

My ducks were gone a long time ago. I have to figure out how to stretch 12 out for a whole year.

My tomatoes are running small this year too, but the plants are huge. My small tomatoes like the cherries and the grapes have vines over 8' tall and spindly. Goliaths and Better Boys are pretty tall too and the tomatoes are not going to be much bigger than a half of a baseball from the way it looks. Dad is having the same problem at the farm, I am blaming it on all of the cool nights and rain last month. We are dry now and watering every other day in the raised beds. Corn is going to be small, Okra is only about knee high and took two plantings for it to come up. Cucs are putting on as well as the zucchini.