The big C - a nightmare in the making.

Glad to see Pete's over the hump, though not out of the woods yet. Made me think of Camel Back Express trucks, remember the logo on the side "Humpin to Please".
Can not find the 3-4 year old Colorado map I have somewhere. Dug in a file and found one of my parents old ones. In pristine condition, a 1963 version. Along with a 1967 state Hunting Guide. Better get a new one before I plan a trip.
 
We went to Lake Valcita (sp?) the summer before I started the 8th grade. It was beautiful up there. The most memorable things about the trip were Dad burning the brakes up on the '81 Dodge pickup on one of those unpaved mountain roads and him threatening to break my arm if I kept making noises by crinkling up an empty Dr Pepper can.
 
oldfat&bald":30qjv9ke said:
Dogface":30qjv9ke said:
Anne":30qjv9ke said:
51eleven":30qjv9ke said:
Butttt, with no eye's how were the worm's seeing the light? Never thought about it before.
Maybe they feel vibration in the ground as you step closer???
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Worms don't have eyes but they do have photosensitive cells scattered on their top layer of skin. Survival mechanism since light=bad for a worm.
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Ya gotta love a woman who's both
Hot and smart!
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Doggy, you may love a woman that's hot and smart, but one with both of those qualities wouldn't have a dang thing to do with you. :-)
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That's kinda funny
but don't chu mean "us".
Come to think of it
I don't think I have ever quite dialed that exact combination. :(
 
"Dad burning the brakes up on the '81 Dodge pickup on one of those unpaved mountain roads"
That's why they make the turnouts.
Some of the paved ones are pretty cool too. Even if meant for smallll cars. The driver's sight seeing is pretty well limited to the road. A cliff or a looong fall before you crash. Get a local that knows the road or a dumbass in a hurry behind you and it can be a harrowing experience.
But it is exhilirating (sp?).
The road from Leadville to Aspen is my favorite of those I've been on. The descent into Black Canyon of the Gunnison (and then ascent) is another. The Million Dollar Highway through Ouray and Silverton to Durango. So named for the content of gold in it's base at the time it was built but not cost efficient to mine out(guess that would be several million in todays $$$).
Some of these have vehicle length/width and trailer towing restrictions.
 
From where I was sitting, it never got to be a harrowing experience. I wasn't driving. :-) We stopped several times to let them cool off, and did a parking lot brake job as soon as we got back down the hill.
 
Ah back in my youthful hippie days I lived on the western slope of Colorado down in Montrose; had some land off of Last Dollar Road between Ridgeway and Telluride, backed up against the Uncompahgre National Forest. We used to all gather round the hot springs and laugh at the Texas hunters/drivers when they came to visit in the fall/winter. Cheap entertainment. Then Telluride got californicated and Ouray went to the tourists and I fled to West Texas where the oil & gas industry was booming - just in time for the crash of '76. Impeccable timing.
 
Sissylue":3iy8cufd said:
Then Telluride got californicated and Ouray went to the tourists and I fled to West Texas where the oil & gas industry was booming - just in time for the crash of '76. Impeccable timing.
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I suddenly feel much younger. :-)
 
Sissy did you have a VW minibus with flowers all over it? We had the '49 ford panel wagon. I had some really awful wide wale green corduroy bell bottoms, paisley print shirt with a white collar. I think I have destroyed all photographic evidence of that decade.....................
 
smokeyjoe53":3cjvy9xc said:
Sissy did you have a VW minibus with flowers all over it? We had the '49 ford panel wagon. I had some really awful wide wale green corduroy bell bottoms, paisley print shirt with a white collar. I think I have destroyed all photographic evidence of that decade.....................
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You better hope you did, because if I can find a picture of you in an outfit like that I'll post it.
 
oldfat&bald":1q5vvk0x said:
Sissylue":1q5vvk0x said:
Then Telluride got californicated and Ouray went to the tourists and I fled to West Texas where the oil & gas industry was booming - just in time for the crash of '76. Impeccable timing.
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I suddenly feel much younger. :-)
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Why would that make you feel younger? You were born in '52...
 
smokeyjoe53":1l99kfva said:
Sissy did you have a VW minibus with flowers all over it? We had the '49 ford panel wagon. I had some really awful wide wale green corduroy bell bottoms, paisley print shirt with a white collar. I think I have destroyed all photographic evidence of that decade.....................
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Mutton chop sideburns and a Fu Manchu Moustache to go with it? (I did)
 
Old Bearkat":29fnpove said:
smokeyjoe53":29fnpove said:
Sissy did you have a VW minibus with flowers all over it? We had the '49 ford panel wagon. I had some really awful wide wale green corduroy bell bottoms, paisley print shirt with a white collar. I think I have destroyed all photographic evidence of that decade.....................
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Mutton chop sideburns and a Fu Manchu Moustache to go with it? (I did)
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More like lamb chops and Ho Chi Minh.................
 
CowboyP":1k5m6lmf said:
oldfat&bald":1k5m6lmf said:
Sissylue":1k5m6lmf said:
Then Telluride got californicated and Ouray went to the tourists and I fled to West Texas where the oil & gas industry was booming - just in time for the crash of '76. Impeccable timing.
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I suddenly feel much younger. :-)
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Why would that make you feel younger? You were born in '52...
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In '76, I was 4 years old. I'm not sure I was aware of an oil industry, much less the health of it at the time.
 
oldfat&bald":2ofeyxxw said:
In '76, I was 4 years old. I'm not sure I was aware of an oil industry, much less the health of it at the time.
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OF&B you're but a callow youth compared to moi.

However, I never owned a minivan, flower-covered or otherwise, and no bell bottoms ... I was more of a jeans and T-shirt hippie who ran marathons and x-country skied a lot, rode my bike up and down those <hills> and even embraced vegetarianism with enthusiasm once I understood that it iincluded alll the spaghetti I could eat. Many was the time I hiked the black canyon of the gunnison.

Then I moved back to west texas and eventually made my way to Houston where I discovered expense account lunches and got really fat, and really old but definitely not bald.
 
My thoughts, feelings on running, exercise and physical activity......... Let's put it this way; my favorite mammal is the sloth. Much can be learned studying this wise creature.....
 
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