The only difference would have been the fact that she had her stacks folded down at the time, in order to fit under the bridge. That's pretty cool to watch happen too.
Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Ah - cool :~)
That camera sure has a great zoom on it.
That was an easy one for me. I was rooting for the baby.
Well yeah, but the lions have babies at home too.
That’s a nice zoom you have!
And that wasn’t even full zoom either. But as it was I still had to get out a folding ladder and rest it on one of the treads to get it to focus. I took about half a dozen shots first, trying everything from holding my breath to holding it against the porch post to keep from shaking it before I settled on the ladder. It was kinda fun though.
I missed another really cool picture on my way home too. I was about to drive onto O’Neal bridge, there at McFarland Park, when I noticed that the Mississippi Queen riverboat was about to go by. I LOVE watching those things! They had the Caliope going full blast too. I could even hear it inside the car with the windows rolled up. So here I am, scrambling in my purse for a camera while driving across a bridge. I got it out, rolled down the window and was trying to look at the viewfinder without side-swiping either the bridge railing or another car beside me. But I never could get a decent shot off because of all the bridge girders whizzing by. :-{ Pissed me off Royally! What I should’ve done was to whip into the parking lot of the railroad bridge and run to the end of it. I almost turned around and did that, but that thing is LONG and I didn’t figure I’d make it before the riverboat got into the barge channel leading to the dam.
Back before 9/11 you could actually go out onto the dam and watch them lock through. That was really fun because they played the Caliope throughout the whole lockage and all the passengers would come out onto the balconies and watch and wave and the dam was usually full of people who stopped to watch it go by. Those were the good old days. They’ve got all the dams locked up tighter’n Fort Knox now. You can’t even get onto the property, much less out onto the dam itself. :-(
The only difference would have been the fact that she had her stacks folded down at the time, in order to fit under the bridge. That's pretty cool to watch happen too.
Woah! That’s awesome!
Well yeah, but a hunt doesn’t end with a catch every time. It’s ok, for one to get away occasionally. She (and only a she could have survived that:’)must have a hide of steel or some serious bites though.
I probably would have wanted to check her out.
Good morning:)
My brother is in town for his yearly visit, we are heading up to visit my dad today.
Becky
Well I hope y’all have a nice visit and a safe drive!
Yes, have a good visit :~)
The riverboats are so cool. There was an article about the RV's riding the barges, in the paper a few years back. This was on the Ohio River. It sure looks like fun.
Still very hot here. I guess the whole Midwest and East are above average temps. Sure glad I had my new AC installed. It would have been miserable with this humidity.
Our AC had been out all last week, we finally got it fixed yesterday, phew was it miserable. We are having record breaking temps here this week. Yesterday was 100, to day it is supposed to be 101 with a heat index of 114! Hey but good news Frog, it will be down to 97 on Sunday when we ride!
Fencing looks great Hair. We have that type fencing on 3 sides or our pasture and had to put T posts in every 10 feet between the wooden posts.
Yeah - that’s about where I ended up. It’s expensive stuff, I want it to look straight and tight!
Hey, the fence looks great! It really looks like a professional job. Y’all do good work.
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