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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:17 pm
by andy
My daughter Charley took the shots and the camera had too much dust in it by that time of night.

Wildlife, included, lizards, buzzards, one coyote close to Glenn Springs, 3 pairs of scaled (blue) quail, some mournig doves, a bunch of LGBs (little grey birds) and I think one red racer snake, plus one snake that looked like some kind of grass snake on the main park road.

I don't think anybody has been doing any donkey or wild horse shoots for years. PETA, et al has fits if the critters are rounded up, but in all honesty I don't have any idea.

It was a good time with good people. If we can find a time a little earlier in the year to do another one when the weather is cooler and school isn't a factor it would be better. Big thing was; no accidents and no break downs, therefore it was a success, at least in my book.

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:49 pm
by springhill
Glad you guys had a great time. I'm sorry I had to miss this one! Hopefully next time I will be able to join in.
There are some nice looking pinz's, except for the weird contraption that Shawn is driving :lol: :lol: .

john

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:54 pm
by andy
Shawn's only looked weird because the paint is fresh and it wasn't dirty.

I'm sorry you couldn't make it too. Would have been really cool to have some more trucks and people. Ranchin' doesn't leave a lot of room for idle days though.

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:28 pm
by mjnims
Looks like you are getting vids up on youtube

Thanks for all the work you did on this outing Andy

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:44 pm
by andy
Yeah, finally. Popped something in my back Sunday evening and spent most of yesterday sort of hunched over after the chiropractor visit. Saw him agin this AM and can do something besides shuffle along like a 90 year old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzlYqowiYaw

Hope this works. Speaking of work, it was a pleasure more than work and all worthwhile when folks actually showed up.

Andy

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:07 pm
by andy

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:59 am
by pinztx
Andy, thanks for the knife and doing the pre-run. Also thanks for helping me with getting photos posted. You have been a lot of help. It was great meeting everybody.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:38 pm
by andy
Here's one more shot at this. Besides the ersatz video there are 312 pictures in the album. Enjoy.

Image

I-10 Pinz, pm me an email address and I'll send you some pictures.

Andy

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:27 pm
by pinztx
Wow that was great Andy.

Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:32 pm
by texas pinzgauer
The photos and videos were all great Andy and everyone else who took them.

As Andy shared with me of-line, it was HOT down in the park. By comparison, I was in Fort Davis this weekend cycling and we had temps at 7:00 am under 60F! It warmed up considerably as the sun came up bit I was thinking about you guys and how brutal it must have been down on the border.

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:59 pm
by Bryn Pinzgauer
Some great pictures there. Looks like really fun country to drive. I'll show my ignorance by asking how far from Plano is the park that you were driving in?

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:46 pm
by texas pinzgauer
I can't give you specifics from Plano but it's roughly 600 miles from Houston to BBNP.

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:03 pm
by mjnims
It was only 750 miles from Mesa, Az. to BBNP and it will be 780 miles to Leadville, co for the RMP Treffen in a couple of weeks.

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:54 pm
by andy
Bryn, My Yahoo map says it's 598 miles from Plano to BBNP. From my house it was only about 225 miles. Quite a bit different than Hadrian's wall.

I was on the tractor today and it either drizzled or rained most of the time and it caused me to think of your last pictures. We are still a long way from being anywhere close to as green as your stomping grounds are.

By the way, what is a "Green Lane"?

Regards,

Andy

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:58 pm
by Bryn Pinzgauer
Thanks. Big place Texas (as if that wasn't stating the obvious). I live pretty far north in England. My wife's family live in Dover in the south-east. Door to door it's about 350 miles!

Green lane is a term used for an unsurfaced road with a vehicular right of way. Green lanes can be parts of the historic road network that have, somehow, escaped being surfaced.