Quick Trip to Telluride Co

Traveling down the road next to the Arkansas River, saw this out of the side of my eye, turned around twice .

Off road anyone

Our non- hunting dogs

I am editing pictures and video this morning:

Our newest addition Charlie (a rescue dog)

We are trying to add to our carbon footprint, since all the tree huggers are conserving we can burn more....... yeah.... Could not resist a video of Libby

Charlie trying to find a mouse she thinks

Planning a turkey hunt in April

A fellow (Denny Breen) stopped by yesterday to purchase an aeration system for his mother in Nebraska, we got to comparing notes and he has a couple spots on the North Platte River to hunt wild turkeys.

I hope to go and do some spring turkey hunting if I can get away for a day. (hope--Hope)

Here is a link to their web site

We use FedEx in our business

March 18: Fedex driver Jay McMullin helps 78-year-old Odell Bunch into the delivery truck after Bunch's Ford Ranger was swept off of Hwy 34 by flood waters. Torrential rains that hammered southern Missouri caused widespread flooding Tuesday that left at least four people dead, hundreds homeless, closed nearly 200 roads and sent propane tanks and debris spiraling down lowlands turned into raging rivers.

Pheasants Forever southwest nebraska

Left home about noon on Saturday, high temp of 80 deg.
Nice break from the cold of winter.
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I arrived a little early, took picture before the sale
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Dart game popping balloons for prizes for the kids
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Some stuff for the house
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I won the auction price for the sculpture on the left for 150.00
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Silent auction for Pheasant items
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Every one participating in the auction
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Checked out Sunday morning, temperatures in the low 30's snow and blowing snow.
Snow sticking to the coats of the buffalo on the trip home.

Going to Pheasants forever banquet

I will be taking pictures and additional information and this worthwhile event taking place in Imperial Nebraska

Changed the look of the blog

I hope it is easy on the eyes to others, let me know what you think

Kirk

Last Hunting adventure of the season

Traveled to south of Memphis Texas for a hog hunt



Information I got was we were to have clean cabin accomidations this is it.... The fridge worked .... They must have stored gasoline for the vehicle in the trailer... Very strong smell all weekend...Not sure what year of manufacture it was But, It is a holiday rambler..











Transportation provided, skybox seats included, it is a wild ride especially at 5:30am in the dark and about 40 deg.






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This picture shows a game feeder, they are solar powered and have timers to spread corn arount to entice the game.. The blinds are set anywhere from 60 to 130 yard away for clear shots of the pigs






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If you zoom (click on the picture) in on this picture you can see an white-tail deer buck enjoying the corn that has been deposited on the ground, eariler there were 5 doe white-tail deer enoying the corn also. During the stay at this blind only wildlife I saw was deer and doves .. lots of doves..




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This shows a windmill and abandond place the named Hermit Bob's after a fella that lived here in the past. This place is just right of the feeder in the picture above



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The video below was taken approx. at 8 am on Feb. 10th. it was a very calm and warm morning if you turn up the sound you can hear the birds singing, the video is almost 1 minute long



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Camp dog named "Red",

They thought we would track hogs ..

did'nt work out, nice dog though

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Large firepit, notice the easy chairs for serious campfire watching !

Yuma Az

Did a little exploring while camped in Yuma/California

Traveling north out of Yuma Past Ogilby is a ghost gold mining town of Tumco.







View of the road leading into the town, to explore the town ruins walking is required. No vehicle traffic allowed




















The only remaining signs of the gold processing are the large steel tanks used in the "heap Leaching Process" of extracting the gold from the ore using arsenic to remove the gold.








Sign showing the past..








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After visiting the gold mine site I decided to check out the Salton Sea since I had never been there before.

I traveled on Interstate 8 west to California hwy 111 and went north through the imperial valley where farming is big business.



Ca hwy 111 going north to the beaches on the sea











Dry camping right on the sea..





Salton Sea is below sea level









View from the beach

Yuma pictures

The scene at an exit stop north of Raton New Mexico








Valley Quail, the residents are feeding the birds there are quite a few of in the covey, they come out every afternoon for food







Fellow from Main pulled in to stock up on stuff from Mexico,

70,000 lb rig with a garage in the rear, all electric, batteries went dead, had to get a jump from another camper.









Example of artwork on a satellite dish done in Mexico

In Yuma

I am at an Indian reservation (sleepy hollow) just west of Yuma Arizona, in California, about 800 feet from the Mexican Border.

Arrived last Tuesday afternoon and Jim had a spot reserved for us (me and the camper).

I have visited with a wide variety of folks here, many Canadians.

The next post will have pictures that I took during the last few days.