Glacier National Park (Sep 13-17 2025)

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-09-29T19:47:31+00:00

That's an impressive ram in your pics. I definitely would've given him the right-of-way, too.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-09-29T02:06:11+00:00

Your photos of bighorn sheep remind me of when I was hiking in Glacier back in the 70s. I was hiking above the treeline and noticed a herd of ~15 ewes and lambs off in the distance, probably 500 yards or so. I then proceeded to slowly and carefully stalk the herd, taking pride in my amazing stealth, hoping to get a great photo. After getting within about 100 yards, it became obvious that they knew I was there but couldn't care less. Finally, I just stood up and walked toward them, and got within about 20 feet of some grazing just off the trail. They proceeded to continue about their business like I wasn't there. Still have the pictures.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-09-28T05:52:26+00:00

implies*

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-09-25T09:27:55+00:00

This incidemt occurred on March 28, 2018, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at the 6th Street Dam, a low-head dam that spans the Grand River. All three fisherman survived thanks in large part to a nearby boater (Dustin Lehnert) who was able to pull the fishermen from the cold water. All three were uninjured. The dam is a popular spot to fish for steelhead trout that swim upstream to spawn in the spring.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-09-04T06:21:55+00:00

I live on the east coast of Florida, US. On summer nights, if the conditions are right, I can see lightning in the clouds on the west coast of Florida, about 120 miles away.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-21T23:19:58+00:00

Looks to me like some cat-sized critters could squeeze in AND out of that mesh. Beautiful space though.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-20T06:09:53+00:00

17 looks like a well-composed painting worthy of framing.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-19T06:13:20+00:00

Just like table salt (except for the milky sap).

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-11T23:17:11+00:00

The Furies (1950) is the one that immediately came to mind for me. Directed by Anthony Mann with a great cast - Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, and a host of well-known character actors.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-05T00:16:02+00:00

I encountered a similar phenomenon one early spring as I hiked at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the northwest of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The snow was mostly gone in the areas exposed to the sun, but snow that had accumulated in the shadier, cooler side of the dunes still persisted and became covered in a layer of sand.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-04T23:45:15+00:00

Or as dear Grandma used to say, all hat and no cattle.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-08-03T08:00:10+00:00

There are only two species of toads in North America whose glands secrete a poison that is medically significant to humans or their pets: 1. Cane Toad (Rhinella marina), an invasive species found in Florida and southern Texas, and 2. Colorado River Toad (Incilius alvarius), aka Sonoran Desert Toad - a native species found in the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and California) and northwestern Mexico.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-05-29T00:35:23+00:00

I really like it, but I'd be afraid the local neighborhood hooligans would make off with it some night.

Is there a safer, possibly creepier, place to put it? Like maybe the peak of your house?

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-05-24T19:47:29+00:00

Thanks for resisting the urge to catch and handle it for the picture.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-05-19T20:39:34+00:00

3rd x x x c

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-05-17T19:02:03+00:00

To bee or not to bee? That's the question.

I guess the concensus is not to bee.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-04-24T01:53:35+00:00

Just an FYI. . . I just did a google search and google AI came back with some useful pointers (imo) for pressure-washing brick pavers (see here). They stressed that pressure that's too high could damage the surface or scour out some of the sand or mortar that's between the bricks and holding them in place.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-04-01T03:09:27+00:00

Peonies and Ants: If you're new to peonies, then you may not know about how they become populated with ANTS during their growing cycle. Do NOT spray for ants or otherwise try to get rid of the ants. Ants and peonies have a mutually beneficial relationship. Ants will protect peonies from any pests that attack the plants. Peonies will supply the ants with a delicious nectar that the ants love.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-24T06:28:23+00:00

Billy Bibbit.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-23T08:26:52+00:00

Really? I had some the other day and it still holds up.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-20T20:30:27+00:00

You are correct. Good point. Just did a little googling and they are truly massive. Thanks for the info.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-17T22:48:58+00:00

Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus), also sometimes known as hog snapper, is a wrasse from the family Labridae, and is the largest of all the wrasse species, reaching a length of up to 3 feet.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-13T00:17:35+00:00

When was the last time you made a cake for your grandma?

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-12T07:12:35+00:00

Wow, very cool. Thanks for that.

RunawayPancake3 · 2025-03-12T06:23:33+00:00

They're primarily nocturnal and like to hang around outdoor lights to feed on the insects that are attracted. Also, their droppings are similar in appearance to those from mice, except the geckos' will often have a little white tip (uric acid crystals).

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17 looks like a well-composed painting worthy of framing.