Members DaveW Posted January 25, 2018 Members Share Posted January 25, 2018 I would love to get to Alaska one day - but I would have to either go twice, or stay a good while, so I could see both these sides of the place. (And I would love to razz around on a snowmobile!) weary warrior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invicta Posted January 26, 2018 Members Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) On 24/01/2018 at 6:27 PM, weary warrior said: "Dogs" has long referred to false prophets. "Beware of dogs" was not referring to pit bulls chained up in the yard while you'e out on Saturday morning visitation. I know that some people believe that refers to men acting as dogs, but dogs are an unclean animal.  Edited January 26, 2018 by Invicta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveW Posted January 26, 2018 Members Share Posted January 26, 2018 51 minutes ago, Invicta said: I know that some people believe that refers to men acting as dogs, but dogs are an unclean animal.  1. This is not the place for a theological argument. Start a thread. 2. You are displaying a total lack of understanding of context..... again. weary warrior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invicta Posted January 26, 2018 Members Share Posted January 26, 2018 13 hours ago, DaveW said: 1. This is not the place for a theological argument. Start a thread. 2. You are displaying a total lack of understanding of context..... again. I was just answering the previous posts, but point taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Popular Post weary warrior Posted January 26, 2018 Members Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2018 The owner of the camp I was staying at in Botswana got a call from the caretaker of his property up north, in the Okavango Delta. The caretaker said that the zebras were coming in close to camp, and the lions were following the zebras, and he was alone and scared. The owner asked me if I wanted to go along to sort things out. I did. We loaded supplies, gear and a rifle and traveled across the Kalahari Desert from Ghanzi to the camp in the delta outside of a village several hundred kilometers north, close to the Namibia border. There was no issue with lions by the time we got there, but there was some sorting out with local who were ... misbehaving. I spent several nights there, listening to the elephants rumble and gurgle as the swished by slowly through the flooded plain outside our camp. During the day I watched zebra grazing, and hippos breaching the lagoon from time to time. This first picture was taken at dawn, and you can see the elephants on the other side the body of water that held the three hippos as they return from a night of foraging. Alan, Rebecca, HappyChristian and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Popular Post weary warrior Posted January 27, 2018 Members Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2018 Alan, you mentioned the full picture of the lion in my avatar ... Alan, Rebecca, HappyChristian and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jim_Alaska Posted January 28, 2018 Administrators Share Posted January 28, 2018 Now that is a truly impressive photo, thanks for posting it WW. Invicta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted January 31, 2018 Administrators Share Posted January 31, 2018 I have always loved lions (well, pictures of them, LOL). I had a stuffed Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion when I was younger. He stood about 3 1/2 feet tall - and if I had him positioned in my bedroom doorway, our German Shepherd/Doberman mix wouldn't come anywhere near the room. heh  This photo was taken by TAO Photography. It is at the Landing in Sequim (a resort). Breathtaking, IMO.  weary warrior, Rebecca, WellWithMySoul and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ukulelemike Posted January 31, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2018 This was taken on the trip from Reno to Las Vegas. I love these mountains, they are beautiful examples of how the flood layered the land and moved it all over, pushed up and over as the waters asswaged. Another sight on the trip to Vegas: me posing at the notorious Clown Motel in Tonopah. One day when I have the time I will stop and spend a night. Alan and *Light* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *Light* Posted January 31, 2018 Members Share Posted January 31, 2018 I think I know the "near" exact location of those mountains. I had got pulled over by the police for driving 12 miles over the speed limit around those areas. I was too engrossed by the splendid view and grandeur of the mountains that I wasn't paying full attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ukulelemike Posted February 1, 2018 Moderators Share Posted February 1, 2018 9 hours ago, (Omega) said: I think I know the "near" exact location of those mountains. I had got pulled over by the police for driving 12 miles over the speed limit around those areas. I was too engrossed by the splendid view and grandeur of the mountains that I wasn't paying full attention. They go on that way for quite a ways WellWithMySoul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weary warrior Posted February 1, 2018 Members Share Posted February 1, 2018 I love to hunt, and I would be thrilled at the chance to hunt in Africa. Especially cape buffalo. But unlike a lot of hunters, I could never hunt zebra. As a horseman, it just does not appeal to me at all. It wouldn't seem right. I snapped this picture in South Africa, somewhere closer to the Botswana border. WellWithMySoul, Alan and *Light* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jim_Alaska Posted February 1, 2018 Administrators Share Posted February 1, 2018 I also used to love to hunt ww. Emphasis on the words "used to"   I don't hunt any more. I hunted so much in Alaska that after a time the thrill of hunting goes out of it once you pull the trigger; after that it is just a lot of hard work. I now live in California and although deer  hunting here is popular, it doesn't interest me. Of course age may also be a factor; at 75 years old I am content to leave the hunting to the young guys. I never trophy hunted, it was always meat hunting. Here is a picture taken when I was younger. This was caribou hunting on Alaska's North Slope. Notice the absence of any trees.  *Light*, weary warrior and Alan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weary warrior Posted February 1, 2018 Members Share Posted February 1, 2018 13 minutes ago, Jim_Alaska said: I also used to love to hunt ww. Emphasis on the words "used to"   I don't hunt any more. I hunted so much in Alaska that after a time the thrill of hunting goes out of it once you pull the trigger; after that it is just a lot of hard work. I now live in California and although deer  hunting here is popular, it doesn't interest me. Of course age may also be a factor; at 75 years old I am content to leave the hunting to the young guys. I never trophy hunted, it was always meat hunting. Here is a picture taken when I was younger. This was caribou hunting on Alaska's North Slope. Notice the absence of any trees.  Oh, I do love a good carbou backstrap! Jim_Alaska and *Light* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *Light* Posted February 1, 2018 Members Share Posted February 1, 2018 Looks yummy! If I had that Caribou, IÂ would be eating steaks for weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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