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#21
Trapping and Fur Talk / Re: Gotcha!
Last post by Okanagan - September 04, 2026, 10:57:27 AMYou have trapper skills!
#22
The Tailgate / Re: Sooner or Later, but today...
Last post by Okanagan - September 04, 2026, 10:53:40 AMMan, I feel for you.
Our Fall started abruptly three weeks ago, from sunny one day to cold fog at dawn the next day and every day after. It is 47 degrees here this morning, supposed to get up to 62 F. I am cold all the time, and have on a warm coat while sipping morning coffee because I hate to turn up the heat enough to make me really warm.
Stingy is probably the more accurate word.
The best money I ever spent in my life was on a tiny 4500 BTU window mount air conditioner three days after my first baby was born. We lived in a little apartment in Southern California and temps were running a good 110 F every day, up to 121 one day. My bride and daughter were both drenched in sweat when they came home from the hospital. That little AC unit would keep the tiny bedroom cool and they lived in there. It cost me within a dollar of a full week's wages at the time. As said, best moeny ever spent.
Hope you get yours going without emptying your retirment.
Our Fall started abruptly three weeks ago, from sunny one day to cold fog at dawn the next day and every day after. It is 47 degrees here this morning, supposed to get up to 62 F. I am cold all the time, and have on a warm coat while sipping morning coffee because I hate to turn up the heat enough to make me really warm.
Stingy is probably the more accurate word.The best money I ever spent in my life was on a tiny 4500 BTU window mount air conditioner three days after my first baby was born. We lived in a little apartment in Southern California and temps were running a good 110 F every day, up to 121 one day. My bride and daughter were both drenched in sweat when they came home from the hospital. That little AC unit would keep the tiny bedroom cool and they lived in there. It cost me within a dollar of a full week's wages at the time. As said, best moeny ever spent.
Hope you get yours going without emptying your retirment.
#23
The Tailgate / Re: Wandering to Arizona in a ...
Last post by Okanagan - September 04, 2026, 10:36:49 AMQuote from: nastygunz on September 04, 2026, 12:11:40 AMDid you happen to spot the Lone Ranger anywhere near the Tonto basin?
No Lone Ranger, but lots of Zane Grey.
He had a cabin somewhere there and the area is the setting for many of his books. The Tonto Rim formed the skyline on one side of us. #24
The Tailgate / Sooner or Later, but today?
Last post by Hawks Feather - September 04, 2026, 07:03:51 AMWe are having some temps right around 100 degrees and my air conditioner decided to quit making cold air. It is so easy to become accustomed to having air and then you don't. Guy is coming this morning to 'inspect' which cost around $100. Then they will assess which is probably another $100 and finally say that the unit is over 10 years old and needs to be replaced. The handwriting is on their bill already and they haven't even arrived.
#25
The Tailgate / Re: Coyote with kitten in mout...
Last post by Hawks Feather - September 04, 2026, 06:59:09 AMAll I can say is that is one GOOD cat.
#26
Trapping and Fur Talk / Gotcha!
Last post by nastygunz - September 04, 2026, 06:39:07 AM #27
The Tailgate / Re: Wandering to Arizona in a ...
Last post by nastygunz - September 04, 2026, 12:11:40 AMDid you happen to spot the Lone Ranger anywhere near the Tonto basin?
#28
The Tailgate / Re: Coyote with kitten in mout...
Last post by nastygunz - September 03, 2026, 11:44:37 PMI saw a red fox once trotting along with a black-and-white cat hanging from its mouth.
#29
The Tailgate / Re: Run Leroy, Runnnnnn!
Last post by nastygunz - September 03, 2026, 11:43:14 PMHe's like a magnet for Yellowjackets especially 
#30
The Tailgate / Re: Wandering to Arizona in a ...
Last post by Okanagan - September 03, 2026, 09:24:33 PMHome again after 3464 great miles. Fabulous road trip, alone, rarely even turned on the radio. I'm really tired, not yet recovered enough to post a few pics.
I drove mostly state and county roads. Cameras just don't do justice to the vast sage flats, dry lakes, red cliff walls, dry mountains and I didn't try. Antelope, mule deer, whitetails, wild burros, a few coyotes.
Granddaughter's outdoor wedding was an extra pretty setting, 5400 feet elevation in the pine forest of the Tonto Basin, with Tonto Creek running through the middle. A grassy bench beside the creek held the guest seating and dais. Dance floor was on a smaller bench a few feet downstream. A bridge across the creek led to refreshments, a mechanical bull etc. Fun wedding.
I drove mostly state and county roads. Cameras just don't do justice to the vast sage flats, dry lakes, red cliff walls, dry mountains and I didn't try. Antelope, mule deer, whitetails, wild burros, a few coyotes.
Granddaughter's outdoor wedding was an extra pretty setting, 5400 feet elevation in the pine forest of the Tonto Basin, with Tonto Creek running through the middle. A grassy bench beside the creek held the guest seating and dais. Dance floor was on a smaller bench a few feet downstream. A bridge across the creek led to refreshments, a mechanical bull etc. Fun wedding.