Hiking the Blue Dot Trail - merged threads

DaddyDett said:
Cholla, oh just owwww.
My Dad was a Doc,
so, Into the kitchen I hobbled, and here come the pliers. Over and over and over. Man, that was NO FUN!
Mother nature has an eye on those cactus fruit, and sure doesnt want em messed with.

DaddyDett
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Yikes! At least your Dad was a Doctor. Mine wasn't but he still wielded a mean pair of pliars and, when necessary, a large sterilized sewing needle. He grew up as a self reliant farm boy in the Piney Woods. Home medicine was just a way of life.
 
bwray said:
Yeah, do you think my 20" Kumar Kobra would work here? Like they say, it's fast. But is it long enough?
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For people with long arms short legs like me just perfect. :D
 
Thanks for posting the pics. My wife just got back from visiting that area. She went to Bandolier. It's nice to see the area.
 
Beautiful Bill. How jealous am I now? Its hard for you to know.;) :thumbup:
 
Beautiful pics. I've never been west of Austin Texas. The vegetation looks similar, but the scenery is vastly different. My uncle lives there. He used to live out on this old unused ranch. Just down the path from his house a little stream, maybe 15' across and only 5' deep at the deepest ran. We swam there. Late in the afternoon I borrowed an old fly rod with no working reel and cought a grasshopper for bait. In 30 minutes I cought a big old mess of blue gill. I was catching fish as fast as I could catch grasshoppers. Big ones too. You should have seen my grandfathers face light up when I struggled up with that stringer of fish. Next day we sat there all day catching them he and I. He loves fishing crappie and bream. That evening he fried them up nice and crispy. MMMMMMMMM MMMMMMM.
 
aproy1101 said:
Beautiful pics. I've never been west of Austin Texas. The vegetation looks similar, but the scenery is vastly different. My uncle lives there. He used to live out on this old unused ranch. Just down the path from his house a little stream, maybe 15' across and only 5' deep at the deepest ran. We swam there. Late in the afternoon I borrowed an old fly rod with no working reel and cought a grasshopper for bait. In 30 minutes I cought a big old mess of blue gill. I was catching fish as fast as I could catch grasshoppers. Big ones too. You should have seen my grandfathers face light up when I struggled up with that stringer of fish. Next day we sat there all day catching them he and I. He loves fishing crappie and bream. That evening he fried them up nice and crispy. MMMMMMMMM MMMMMMM.
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I grew up in Texas and have still found nothing to beat the taste of fresh pan fish (blue gill, red ear, etc.).
 
Astrodada said:
For people with long arms short legs like me just perfect. :D
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I guess it truly would be appropriate to use a kobra on a rattlesnake. Neurotoxin trumps hemotoxin.
 
hollowdweller said:
Really great pics! I have never hiked in that sort of territory. Looks really neat:thumbup:
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Thanks HD. I have enjoyed your woodsy posts and inviting trails myself.
 
Astrodada said:
And snakes taste like chicken. :D
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That's what my Brother with "Texas Parks and Wildlife" tells me. He has eaten everything that walks, crawls or slithers in the state. I haven't had rattlesnake, but he says it's good and I am willing to try.
 
hollowdweller said:
That's funny. Josh always says he is amazed at the green ness here.
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And I would agree. To me "woodsy" means lots of trees with accompanying green foliage. I was thinking in particular of your post showing a fallen tree across a trail that reaches out, takes you by the arm, and says "hike me". I kept bumping my nose on the monitor. You are from Appalachia, I note, the most lush and diverse ecosystem in the USA.
 
Those are beautiful pictures from a part of the country I have never seen.

Fascinating desert.
 
Steve Poll said:
Those are beautiful pictures from a part of the country I have never seen.

Fascinating desert.
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Thanks Steve. Glad to see you back.
 
bwray,

I merged the two threads so they will stay together and there will be no more need to keep bumping one up.
 
Thanks Howard. I know the limits now so this won't be necessary again.
 
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