So sad to see the glorification of the killing of trophy animals. The hunting of animals
of sucks, especially ones that won't be consumed. Next time you plow into a deer out
on the highway, you can thank the hunters of Mountain Lions. Mountain Lions are practically the only predator
that can naturally keep the deer populations in check. No pictures from me on this thread.......
Saw two bobcats on today's hike! Unfortunately, they look like specks on my cell photo....they were curious, and sat above me, watching. I stopped and stood a few minutes, then wondered if momma was around...and slowly backed down the hill and went another way.
Agree about the lame hunting image. Nothing to be proud of!
In other news, here's another reason to travel to Portland,... lines have been around the block.... but OG northwesterners don't need a retail storefront.
Cool Newport sign, but it's been there for a several years.
Since 1956 I've always lived within a few miles of US 20 - grew up by the eastern end and now near the other end. From 1979 to 1984 our address was ON Hwy. 20.
My brother drove the entire length of the highway a few years ago from E. to W., although it took him two years. We drove with him on the final leg from Corvallis to Newport, since we live only a few hundred yards from 20. He took a selfie with that sign just after he dipped his tootsies in the Pacific.
I had a dream I got banned from the Zone for posting that picture.
Decided to just let it go but I am not one to upset people on porpoise.
Since it was brought back up and it's been bugging me, let me explain.
I don't hunt. I never have and never will. No one in my family hunted growing up so I've never been around guns.
In fact I even stopped catch and release fishing. I felt bad at what the hooks would do to the fish...
As a teenager in upstate NY deer hunting was a rite of passage for my friends.
So I started getting exposed to it. And started paying attention.
In California I met wild boar hunters that keep their pack of dogs hungry and mean.
In Alaska I met folks who eat bear and moose they kill.
In northern Idaho I was invited to go "tree" a cougar with his dogs(I declined) but he had a lynx in his freezer waiting for the taxidermist.
Horrified I educated myself:
To "tree" mountain lion means training a pack of dogs to find and chase the lion up a tree so you can walk up and shoot it trapped in the tree.
Totally legal!
But I call bullshit. That ain't fair at all. You should have to hunt the animal on its terms without the help of dogs.
Oh, But they are SOOOO proud of their dogs.
Where I live now a big part of the local economy is people flying in from all over the world to kill shit. Hell my first friend here grew up a taxidermist's daughter(believe it or not Little Feat used "taxidermist's daughter" twice in a the song Representing the Mambo)
So a kid I worked with for a month years ago became facebook friends. We haven't interacted with each other since then but every now and then FB will share his pics. I stole it from him.
Again it was a legal hunt in an area where there are to many mountain lions. In fact since I moved here the Wildlife Department has killed 3 in the neighborhood that got too used to humans.
Hunting guide books available for free at Cabelas:
These people are as fanatical about killing shit as we are about chasing music. They will fly to Africa, Alaska etc. spending big money to pursue their dream. A friend of a friend just spent $75,000 to shoot exotic animals in Tanzania.
I apologize if I offended anyone. I selfishly thought I should expose the Zone to how a different set of humans chase their joy.
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1947 near Sawpit, CO (15
1947 near Sawpit, CO (15 miles downvalley from Telluride)
I'm pretty sure these photos are being colorized by someone.
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US 30 about 20 miles east of
US 30 about 20 miles east of Astoria Oregon
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Noodler, I read what you
Noodler, I read what you posted on Fb, so happy to read that the driver was okay.
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Me too!
Me too!
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This year's holiday card.....
This year's holiday card......
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Weir and Ramblin' Jack, last
Weir and Ramblin' Jack, last night. Bob came out for about half of Jack's hour long set. Really fun time. Only 166 years of experience between them.
(Photo by Mrs LCL)
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Iceland
Iceland
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The view for the next few
The view for the next few days
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Train depot at the Ophir Loop
Train depot at the Ophir Loop (Colorado)
October 11, 1945
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old badass broads for the win
old badass broads for the win
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that time Alex's 2 pumpkins
the one on the right is Gilda and she is tattoed on my right calf, with some of his mom's (RIP) fave flowers surrounding her
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An oldie but always great!
An oldie but always great!
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Lol^ ......Aveeno is
^Lol ......Aveeno is wondering how to break the contract.
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So sad to see the
So sad to see the glorification of the killing of trophy animals. The hunting of animals
of sucks, especially ones that won't be consumed. Next time you plow into a deer out
on the highway, you can thank the hunters of Mountain Lions. Mountain Lions are practically the only predator
that can naturally keep the deer populations in check. No pictures from me on this thread.......
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Yeah, cougar killing is weak.
Yeah, cougar killing is weak. Bad photo.
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good weed....
good weed....can't remember which strain....from a while ago.
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Yea there is def better
Yea there is def better things to do with cougars
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Saw two bobcats on today's
Saw two bobcats on today's hike! Unfortunately, they look like specks on my cell photo....they were curious, and sat above me, watching. I stopped and stood a few minutes, then wondered if momma was around...and slowly backed down the hill and went another way.
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Agree about the lame hunting
Agree about the lame hunting image. Nothing to be proud of!
In other news, here's another reason to travel to Portland,... lines have been around the block.... but OG northwesterners don't need a retail storefront.
The story is a good read, too: https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/12/06/whos-behind-a-west-burnside-storef...
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SR72 Darkstar is pictured
SR72 Darkstar is pictured above, but I prefer the more primal Dark Stars vs. the 72s
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bobcat
bobcat
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Coming in this evening from
Coming in this evening from the gulf
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Freshly back from Shore Acres
Freshly back from Shore Acres Holiday Ligths
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Freshly back from Shore Acres
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and lungs too...
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Mars Rising Over the Moon -
Mars Rising Over the Moon - Andrew McCarthy
Striped Mackerel - Alex Mustard
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The Portland Shroom Store was
The Portland Shroom Store was busted last night.
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Legendary Seattle Busker Jim
Legendary Seattle Busker Jim Page posted this the other day
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A barista at my fav coffee cart creates these drawings!
She accepts commissions.
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^Beautiful! looks like a
^Beautiful! looks like a photo!
Happy Holidaze :-)
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Lizard Head Pass, Colorado
Lizard Head Pass, Colorado on September 26, 1951.
That's a snow shed in the background. I knew about that, but didn't realize there was a structure too.
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^^looks like the cow catcher
^^looks like the cow catcher on that locomotive has done some business
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oops
oops
thought they mapped routes ahead of time to avoid high voltage lines above
years ago I was part of a crew installing modular housing for UCSC students.
We had these long extension poles with a wye at the tip so we could raise the power lines as the modular untis made their way up Bay Steet to campus.
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https://www.instagram.com/p
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmFkk9YNdEO/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaig...
video of the event above
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New signs put up in Newport
New signs put up in Newport and Boston, at both ends of Americas longest continuous road
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Cool Newport sign, but it's
Cool Newport sign, but it's been there for a several years.
Since 1956 I've always lived within a few miles of US 20 - grew up by the eastern end and now near the other end. From 1979 to 1984 our address was ON Hwy. 20.
My brother drove the entire length of the highway a few years ago from E. to W., although it took him two years. We drove with him on the final leg from Corvallis to Newport, since we live only a few hundred yards from 20. He took a selfie with that sign just after he dipped his tootsies in the Pacific.
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Cool Surfdead, and yes, i've
Cool story Surfdead, and yes, i've been driving by that sign several times a year... but for our non local phriends, there was just a todo about it;
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-route-20-boston-newport-oregon-signs/
And this would be the local news about HW 20;
https://www.sweethomenews.com/story/2022/12/14/news/veterans-walk-the-lo...
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Emek ~ On Top of Ol' Smokey
Emek ~ On Top of Ol' Smokey
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No 461 is pulling a 22 car
No 461 is pulling a 22 car stock train, southbound on the Rio Grande Southern near Bilk, Colorado ~near Vance Junction, Colorado
Photographed Otto C Perry on October 4, 1947
(You can see where lift 6 and Gold Hill runs are in the background before the runs were cut out of the forest)
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These will be available in
These will be available in 2023
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to my disappointment, the
to my disappointment, the Zamboni did not run over and kill any zombies. Lightning win 4-1
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powderhorn
powderhorn
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Noodler, interesting collage.
Noodler, interesting collage.
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Santa has three hands?
Santa has three hands?
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Who says Santa can't be/isn't
Who says Santa can't be/isn't black? WTF - as far as tall fables go, it sounds like "jesus" wasn't white either.
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Last night, beautiful night..
Last night, beautiful night...
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I know I've posted this
Seasons Greetings, Zoners. Wishing everyone a safe and healthy Holiday.
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Ophir Loop October 25, 1940
Ophir Loop October 25, 1940
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Depoe Bay Sunset yesterday
Depoe Bay Sunset yesterday
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I read a study that said most
Imagine smiling proudly and posing in a picture with a bloody mountain lion corpse and thinking that's cool. Y'all should be ashamed.
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I had a dream I got banned
I had a dream I got banned from the Zone for posting that picture.
Decided to just let it go but I am not one to upset people on porpoise.
Since it was brought back up and it's been bugging me, let me explain.
I don't hunt. I never have and never will. No one in my family hunted growing up so I've never been around guns.
In fact I even stopped catch and release fishing. I felt bad at what the hooks would do to the fish...
As a teenager in upstate NY deer hunting was a rite of passage for my friends.
So I started getting exposed to it. And started paying attention.
In California I met wild boar hunters that keep their pack of dogs hungry and mean.
In Alaska I met folks who eat bear and moose they kill.
In northern Idaho I was invited to go "tree" a cougar with his dogs(I declined) but he had a lynx in his freezer waiting for the taxidermist.
Horrified I educated myself:
To "tree" mountain lion means training a pack of dogs to find and chase the lion up a tree so you can walk up and shoot it trapped in the tree.
Totally legal!
But I call bullshit. That ain't fair at all. You should have to hunt the animal on its terms without the help of dogs.
Oh, But they are SOOOO proud of their dogs.
Where I live now a big part of the local economy is people flying in from all over the world to kill shit. Hell my first friend here grew up a taxidermist's daughter(believe it or not Little Feat used "taxidermist's daughter" twice in a the song Representing the Mambo)
So a kid I worked with for a month years ago became facebook friends. We haven't interacted with each other since then but every now and then FB will share his pics. I stole it from him.
Again it was a legal hunt in an area where there are to many mountain lions. In fact since I moved here the Wildlife Department has killed 3 in the neighborhood that got too used to humans.
Hunting guide books available for free at Cabelas:
These people are as fanatical about killing shit as we are about chasing music. They will fly to Africa, Alaska etc. spending big money to pursue their dream. A friend of a friend just spent $75,000 to shoot exotic animals in Tanzania.
I apologize if I offended anyone. I selfishly thought I should expose the Zone to how a different set of humans chase their joy.
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Oh goody, JR drops in to cast
Oh goody, JR drops in to cast aspersions.
What's shakin', JR? Happy? Healthy? I hope so.
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More here:
https://www.tor.com/2011/12/22/picturing-winter-a-solstice-celebration/
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