So I'm sitting here minding my own business, relaxing when I start hearing explosions over the top of my house. Aww yes, the unmistakable sound of bottle rockets. There is one rental house in my neighborhood, two houses down across the alley. It seems to attract loud music playing hell raising punk types. In any event, I get pissed off when this keeps up and go out into the backyard. I find several Bottle Rocket sticks. At this point I am left with three choices...
1.) Go to their back gate, call one of them out, beat his ass. This one is more my style and I would have enjoyed it the most hands down, but I would likely end up in the big house for the night and my wife would not be pleased when she had to come and bail me out.
2.) Call the cops and report the little fuggers. This one is just to easy and I'm not the nark type.
3.) It seems I have a few "bird bombs" left over from "the day." For those of you who do not know what these masterpieces are, they are in a 12 gauge shotgun shell and are basically an M-80 that zips through the air when you fire it out of the shotgun. They go about 100 feet before they explode. These are used by ranchers to run off the geese when they land in the wheat fields and are VERY loud. :-)
I grab the 12 gauge, crack one of my house windows, line it up over the fence and let it rip. The next few moments were priceless!:-) All you could hear were gems like "Jesus Christ!" "Where did that come from?!!"What the fug was that!!! Oh my God!" It seems I still have 24 rounds left if the little cockroaches start again. Bonus......I know as a fact they have no clue where it came from. :-):-) [Reply]
It was a blast.:-) By the end of this month, enough of the snow should be gone to get all the way into Goose Lake without issues. That's one of the reasons I went up, to check the snow line. It looks like there is still a lot above the highline, but other than that, it's intermittent for the first 5 miles. The lake levels are way up as well in the area, higher than I have seen them in years. I was able to cross the arm of Mudd Lake on the ATV, but it was touch and go, almost up to the air intake. BTW, the band at the Minors Saloon sucked as bad as the band that was in the house when You and your wife met us up there. :-) But what the hell, the beer was cold. :-)
Originally Posted by : Originally posted by JOhn :-)
I was up in the Big Horns this weekend, almost all the snow gone there. Other than a few places on the northern faces.
Only managed about 3 hours fishing on the Tounge River, but caught a lot of Rainbow's. :-)
That's one regret I have for the trip, I didn't bring in any fishing equipment.:-) I thought the snow line would be lower and I wouldn't have a chance to get to any of the lakes. I did put 70 miles on the new toy though and I can say without any doubt it is "broken in." There will be plenty of fishing gear on that thing in a few weeks to make up for it. [Reply]
That's one regret I have for the trip, I didn't bring in any fishing equipment.:-) I thought the snow line would be lower and I wouldn't have a chance to get to any of the lakes. I did put 70 miles on the new toy though and I can say without any doubt it is "broken in." There will be plenty of fishing gear on that thing in a few weeks to make up for it.
What are the exact dates you guys plan on hitting the lakes? Still hoping to make it up, and was wanting to reserve a ATV for the day. [Reply]
What are the exact dates you guys plan on hitting the lakes? Still hoping to make it up, and was wanting to reserve a ATV for the day.
Otter, my brother and Crazy Cousin Tony are all flying in July 31st around one in the afternoon. Another guy and I are going to pick them up at the airport and hit the road from there. We wiil be up there three days, fishing drinking and raising hell.:-) [Reply]
Otter, my brother and Crazy Cousin Tony are all flying in July 31st around one in the afternoon. Another guy and I are going to pick them up at the airport and hit the road from there. We wiil be up there three days, fishing drinking and raising hell.:-)
Gonna go ahead and call up to see about reserving one now, so i know I can get it. I believe they have a 48hr cancellation policy. And I should know in plenty of time if I need to cancel. [Reply]
