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ozm...@gmail.com
Nov 15, 2012, 4:35:59 PM11/15/12
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Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
(google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
Thanx for letting me babble.
oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
Mostly just wander blue highways, smelling the roses, playing music with whatever locals let us in, dancing, fishing, irritating grand kids, and slowing down the Corvettes on the windy two-lanes along the way.
Thought we would introduce ourselves with a "trip report".
( didn't see threads dedicated to this, yet )
We do an annual "Leaf Trip" -- going up to the top of a river and following it down as the leaves change.
This year, we began where IA, IL, and WI come together, at De Soto, WI. State park cg, rainy, good hookups, lots of eagles,.........great color.
Wandered down river for three weeks, ending up in the MO Bootheel.
Along the way, stopped in the little river towns for cg's, garage sales, local food, local scenery, and just talking with folks.
Just had to stay at one of our favorite places -- Sabula IA, the only town on an island in the MS river, and a VERY nice campground with lovely views. Eagles, pelicans, egrets, (you may have guessed we are birders, also). And...on the Illinois side, in Savanah, we dined at another favorite: Poopies.
(google it) Sounds horrible, but families eat there.
SUPER car show in Quincy IL, with great food near the cg.
Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
Thanx for letting me babble.
oz, whose passions are fly fishing, single malt......and the hillbilly love of my life.
Tom J
Nov 15, 2012, 5:22:02 PM11/15/12
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posts!!
Tom J
MaxD
Nov 15, 2012, 5:31:04 PM11/15/12
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guessing that means a University Professor) wasn't a little more
elaborate in his tales of wander. Some of us do like detail.
There once was a time of need for brevity in internet palaver but I
think those days are mostly gone. Do come back and fill us in.
Max (Retired Fire Chief, combat veteran)
Ron
Nov 15, 2012, 5:37:40 PM11/15/12
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oz,
For winter birding try the lower Rio Grande Valley. Lots of species down
there and some can't be found in other parts of the US. They have 39,000+
RV sites, so you should be able to find something you like!
For summer fly fishing try the Yellowstone River. We stay here
http://www.mtrv.com/
A number of fly fishermen spend from a month to the whole summer fishing the
streams in this area.
Ron
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news:74a81045-8f9d-4d49...@googlegroups.com...
oz,
For winter birding try the lower Rio Grande Valley. Lots of species down
there and some can't be found in other parts of the US. They have 39,000+
RV sites, so you should be able to find something you like!
For summer fly fishing try the Yellowstone River. We stay here
http://www.mtrv.com/
A number of fly fishermen spend from a month to the whole summer fishing the
streams in this area.
Ron
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K Miller
Nov 15, 2012, 5:58:46 PM11/15/12
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ozm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with
> friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
>
> After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
I'm a WA guy so if you need some help there let me know.
>
> Spent 25-28 Oct, pickin', grinnin', dancin', and laughin' with
> friends, old and new, in Mt. View, AR at the Bean Fest.
>
> After the holidays, plan the TX-CA-WA trip.
>
> Thanx for letting me babble.
>
> oz, whose passions are fly fishing,
catch 'em?
>single malt......
Yech.
>and the
> hillbilly love of my life.
around here...
nothermark
Nov 15, 2012, 6:22:10 PM11/15/12
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bothering to say much about their travels. OTOH there is a good
amount of knowledge to be tapped if wanted. There is an even bigger
base of opinion, good and bad. ;-) If politics bother you set a
filter for OT as anthing off the topic of RVing should be tagged that
way.
nothermark,
resident agitator
;-).
Elliot Richmond
Nov 15, 2012, 6:31:10 PM11/15/12
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>Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
>
Welcome and keep posting. Old codgers like me don't mind reading long
>
posts so feel free to be verbose. If you are ever in central Texas,
I'll treat you to two fingers of Laphroaig. (Islay malt)
Elliot Richmond
I AM Exercising! My nose is running!!!
--Mooch
David "The Hamster" Malone
Nov 16, 2012, 8:44:23 AM11/16/12
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On Nov 15, 5:58 pm, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
to do some fly fishing... but back in those days if I didn't catch any
fish, I didn't get to eat. So I sold my split-bamboo fly rod and
regressed to fishing plastic jigs for walleye and smallies - almost as
much fun and I catch more fish.
David "The Hamster" Malone
yahoo.com> wrote:
> > oz, whose passions are fly fishing,
>
> Do you use a dead hamster for bait? What do you do with the flies after you
> catch 'em?
Might work for northerns... a live hamster would work better. I used
> > oz, whose passions are fly fishing,
>
> Do you use a dead hamster for bait? What do you do with the flies after you
> catch 'em?
to do some fly fishing... but back in those days if I didn't catch any
fish, I didn't get to eat. So I sold my split-bamboo fly rod and
regressed to fishing plastic jigs for walleye and smallies - almost as
much fun and I catch more fish.
David "The Hamster" Malone
ginger
Nov 16, 2012, 9:21:01 AM11/16/12
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On Thursday, November 15, 2012 4:35:59 PM UTC-5, ozm...@gmail.com wrote:
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
>
> ... (you may have guessed we are birders, also).
> Retired USAF and Univ Prof, living deeeeep in MO Ozarks, inside the Mark Twain National Forest. Wife and I travel extensively in a big Ass(pen) pulling a SS bumper pull, though intend to swap for a MH soon.
>
Have you ever visited Pelee Provincial Park in Ontario for the spring migration? It's not to be missed. Pelee is the southernmost point in Ontario which extends down into the lake and serves as an arrival point for thousands of birds on their flight north across Lake Erie. The narrowness of the point concentrates the birds and makes it a bird watcher's dream.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/natcul/natcul6.aspx
Welcome to RORT.
ginger
Janet Wilder
Nov 17, 2012, 12:08:35 AM11/17/12
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If you are coming through Texas, are you aware that the Lower Rio Grande
Valley is a birder's paradise? We just had the international birding
festival a week ago. Folks come from all over the world to see the
birds here. Lots of great opportunities and places.
If you do come through the area, my email address is valid. I have some
birder friends I could hook you up with.
--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
K Miller
Nov 17, 2012, 1:01:17 AM11/17/12
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"David "The Hamster" Malone" <mal...@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
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We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure things
are different up there in the frozen north. Fly fishing with dead hamsters
ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose. The fellow that learned me
always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the
local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
news:743dc436-9473-415e...@j10g2000yqc.googlegroups.com
are different up there in the frozen north. Fly fishing with dead hamsters
ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose. The fellow that learned me
always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the
local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
ozm...@gmail.com
Nov 17, 2012, 12:19:01 PM11/17/12
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While in Micronesia with the Peace Corps, I used flies (home made "cuda killers") almost the size of the DH.
David "The Hamster" Malone
Nov 19, 2012, 2:01:19 PM11/19/12
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On Nov 17, 1:01 am, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
> Fly fishing with dead hamsters
> ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose.
Weak of nose?
> The fellow that learned me
> always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the
> local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
It's all in the wrist. I imagine you're a wee bit limp wristed...
David "The Hamster" Malone
yahoo.com> wrote:
> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure things
> are different up there in the frozen north.
They sure are... our smallies are as big as your largies. Ontario is a
> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure things
> are different up there in the frozen north.
big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
> Fly fishing with dead hamsters
> ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose.
> The fellow that learned me
> always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour at the
> local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
David "The Hamster" Malone
Hank
Nov 19, 2012, 2:26:52 PM11/19/12
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On Monday, November 19, 2012 2:01:20 PM UTC-5, David "The Hamster" Malone wrote:
> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
>
>
>
> David "The Hamster" Malone
> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
>
>
>
Now you're talking like the guy who is going to build a dome home. :-)
Hank
Tom J
Nov 19, 2012, 3:07:27 PM11/19/12
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4 of those suckers can carry off a child if nor watched!! :-)
In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not until I
got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't kill them, but
just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
Tom J
K Miller
Nov 19, 2012, 3:29:30 PM11/19/12
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David "The Hamster" Malone wrote:
> On Nov 17, 1:01 am, "K Miller" <i09...@removethisspamblockerstuff-
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure
>> things are different up there in the frozen north.
>
> They sure are... our smallies are as big as your largies. Ontario is a
> big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
>
> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
Can't catch the wary ones, huh? A lot of you 'Tarions seem to be carrying
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> We always threw the smallies back and kept the largies but I'm sure
>> things are different up there in the frozen north.
>
> They sure are... our smallies are as big as your largies. Ontario is a
> big place, not tiny like, for example, Texas.
>
> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
away unwary sheep and blaming it on the skeeters. I can hear you now,
"Honest, Officer. I was just helping that sheep over the fence..."
>
>> Fly fishing with dead hamsters
>> ain't for the faint of heart - or strong of nose.
>
> Weak of nose?
>
>> The fellow that learned me
>> always said to work the rod between 10 and 2 but that was happy hour
>> at the local watering hole so I gave it up pretty quick.
>
> It's all in the wrist. I imagine you're a wee bit limp wristed...
>
David "The Hamster" Malone
Nov 19, 2012, 4:09:25 PM11/19/12
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On Nov 19, 3:07 pm, "Tom J" <tomne...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not until I
> got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't kill them, but
> just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
Damnright.
> In the south we use to ask for a cold winter to kill the bugs! Not until I
> got up into northern Canada that I found out cold doesn't kill them, but
> just makes them bigger and more vicious!!
Here's a picture of a northern mosquito trap...
http://www.huntsmart.com/App_Themes/hs.com/ProductImages/250/DWT-0469.jpg
and even then, they'll sometimes bite off a leg and escape.
David "The Hamster" Malone
MaxD
Nov 19, 2012, 8:29:05 PM11/19/12
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> On Monday, November 19, 2012 2:01:20 PM UTC-5, David "The Hamster" Malone wrote:
>> Our mosquitoes have been known to carry off unwary sheep...
>>
>
>>
>>
>> David "The Hamster" Malone
>
8200 ft. or so.
There seemed to be very few flies up there.
I wondered why until we stopped at a little store and lo and behold they
had flies for sale. But at the price they were asking no wonder people
weren't buying any.
http://tinyurl.com/bqj87mg
K Miller
Nov 19, 2012, 11:16:44 PM11/19/12
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"David "The Hamster" Malone" <mal...@ca.ibm.com> wrote in message
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http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120208031409/residentevil/images/d/d6/Bear_trap_1.jpg
bill horne
Nov 20, 2012, 12:36:48 AM11/20/12
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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.
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