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[Alum-Ni]

Welp, I'm feeling poor tonight as I spent a "boatload" of dough on Mrs. LHR today; we booked passage on an Alaskan cruise for our upcoming 30th anniversary next month. In a fit of fiscal stupidity at the travel agent's office this afternoon, I upgraded us all the way to the Baja Stateroom Suite, but the radiant smile from my lovely bride at my gesture was worth it. I figure we're probably only going to do this once, so 1st class it is.

It's really not the trip I wanted (thanks, Canada for ensuring us filthy Americans cannot grace your country with our presence), but at least we're checking this one off of the bucket list while we're still young enough to enjoy it. We're traveling with good friends of ours who are also celebrating their 30th anniversary this year (Tim and I were "Best Man" for each other at our respective weddings), so I know we'll have plenty of laughs to go with the scenery and the journey. Departs from Seattle with stops in Juneau, Skagway, cruising through Glacier Bay, then Ketchikan and back to Seattle. I should weigh roughly 350 lbs. by the time we debark based on the quantity and quality of the food that's apparently going to be available to me. C'est la vie.

Grats on the future Arctic sex.

 

[BushAK]

We got reservations for the whole trip in April. I believe we’re in Flagstaff one night. I’m looking forward to the hikes and outdoors. I’m not looking forward to Cirque du Soleil. That’s my sisters idea. I hope I’m surprised. Aren’t kodiak brown bears a grizzly with a different type of food source? I don’t know. @BushAK

Brown bears and grizzlies are the same species. Brown bears are typically coastal while grizzlies are interior. The abundance of coastal food allows the brown bears to get much bigger. I’m pretty sure Kodiaks are considered a subspecies because of their size.

 

[Black5hirt]

Brown bears and grizzlies are the same species. Brown bears are typically coastal while grizzlies are interior. The abundance of coastal food allows the brown bears to get much bigger. I’m pretty sure Kodiaks are considered a subspecies because I’d their size.

Thanks

 

[God is a Husker]

On the subject of the Black Hills, I have a question. Have any of you been to Wounded Knee or traveled across the Rosebud or Pine Ridge Reservations? I'm not really that concerned about safety but would an outsider be welcome if you're just passing through. In Arizona, the Hopi and Navajo Reservations were swarming with tourists and it was no big deal. Just curious about the Sioux Reservations.

grew up going to both about once a summer (my Dad would cover call at the hospital for a week so their CRNA could get a vacation)


my family has a history with the Rosebud Sioux, my Father's side homesteaded East and Northeast of Valentine. My great Grandpa's family founded Sparks Nebraska and today the rest of my extended family lives/farms/ranches the area from Smith Falls to North of Sparks.

For people who have been, my family homesteaded the land all around Smith Falls. Eventually gave it back to the Gov. to make the State Park and in exchange were given enough money to buy more (and better) land north of Sparks along the South Dakota/Rosebud Rez border

my great Uncle (Dad's uncle) has a team of Clydesdales and since the 70s has taken the body of every dead elder of the Rosebud for burial via horse drawn wagon, the tribe gave him the name Jim "Tin Horn" and he almost exclusively uses that name


all that being said, safety on the Rez (or in Valentine, Chadron, etc. after dark and when they come to town in large numbers) depends on the individuals involved. Some kids (young bucks) are looking for trouble because they are insecure (same as any teenage boy acting out) and then of course like anywhere the truly dangerous people are those who are drunk or high or looking for money to get there


PS: if you are just driving through on the highway you don't have to worry, there won't be any roadblocks or IEDs

 

[God is a Husker]

@scotchfrost9697 @Woodrow F Call

 

[Woodrow F Call]

@scotchfrost9697 @Woodrow F Call

I'm ready for a 2" rain and 2 weeks of 85° for a high

 

[Adolph Coors]

daughter about to be a 4th of july champ

 

[Black Dean]

Shitting my brains out again this morning. Gonna have to take another shower

 

[Black Dean]

Brown bears and grizzlies are the same species. Brown bears are typically coastal while grizzlies are interior. The abundance of coastal food allows the brown bears to get much bigger. I’m pretty sure Kodiaks are considered a subspecies because I’d their size.

 

[Woodrow F Call]

30 year old tractors and their AC problems can suck a Carlos Polk sized cock. Had it working 2 days ago, went down today.

This heater should keep me alive

 

[God is a Husker]

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30 year old tractors and their AC problems can suck a Carlos Polk sized cock. Had it working 2 days ago, went down today.

This heater should keep me alive

 

[Woodrow F Call]

things are looking up

 

[HCFord1]

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30 year old tractors and their AC problems can suck a Carlos Polk sized cock. Had it working 2 days ago, went down today.

This heater should keep me alive

Broken AC should be fun tomorrow and Thursday.

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Broken AC should be fun tomorrow and Thursday.

parts should be in by 8am tomorrow.

Definitely not looking forward to the girls softball games tomorrow and Thursday though

 

[God is a Husker]

Broken AC should be fun tomorrow and Thursday.

I had concrete poured today (expanded parking lot) and the Mexican crew is just finishing now because they want to get it done tonight and not work at all tomorrow and Thursday.

 

[bbenson67]

grew up going to both about once a summer (my Dad would cover call at the hospital for a week so their CRNA could get a vacation)


my family has a history with the Rosebud Sioux, my Father's side homesteaded East and Northeast of Valentine. My great Grandpa's family founded Sparks Nebraska and today the rest of my extended family lives/farms/ranches the area from Smith Falls to North of Sparks.

For people who have been, my family homesteaded the land all around Smith Falls. Eventually gave it back to the Gov. to make the State Park and in exchange were given enough money to buy more (and better) land north of Sparks along the South Dakota/Rosebud Rez border

my great Uncle (Dad's uncle) has a team of Clydesdales and since the 70s has taken the body of every dead elder of the Rosebud for burial via horse drawn wagon, the tribe gave him the name Jim "Tin Horn" and he almost exclusively uses that name


all that being said, safety on the Rez (or in Valentine, Chadron, etc. after dark and when they come to town in large numbers) depends on the individuals involved. Some kids (young bucks) are looking for trouble because they are insecure (same as any teenage boy acting out) and then of course like anywhere the truly dangerous people are those who are drunk or high or looking for money to get there


PS: if you are just driving through on the highway you don't have to worry, there won't be any roadblocks or IEDs

Appreciate the advice and history. I've mentioned before that my Dad was a Wyoming cowboy in his youth and rode with a lot of Indian cowboys all over Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas mostly driving cattle and sheep. He said they were some of the best cowboys and were other worldly with their horsemanship and endurance. He had much respect for them and after hearing his stories so do I. But the current locals don't know that so I'll probably pass on Wounded Knee.

My Mom was born in Broken Bow and her ancestors were some of the first white inhabitants of Custer County when they homesteaded in 1867. My grandmother still had some of the household items they used like a couple of spinning wheels and an old foot pump sewing machine. I think we ended up donating them to the Nebraska Historical Society. They had quite the experiences having moved from Indiana to Minnesota and getting caught up in the Indian vs Settler Wars which culminated in the New Ulm Massacre in 1862 which killed 300 settlers. They escaped because they had befriended a young Indian boy who warned them that trouble was coming and to get out. I think the Homestead Act was the reason they ended up in Custer County.

 

[hothouse_corn]

Appreciate the advice and history. I've mentioned before that my Dad was a Wyoming cowboy in his youth and rode with a lot of Indian cowboys all over Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas mostly driving cattle and sheep. He said they were some of the best cowboys and were other worldly with their horsemanship and endurance. He had much respect for them and after hearing his stories so do I. But the current locals don't know that so I'll probably pass on Wounded Knee.

My Mom was born in Broken Bow and her ancestors were some of the first white inhabitants of Custer County when they homesteaded in 1867. My grandmother still had some of the household items they used like a couple of spinning wheels and an old foot pump sewing machine. I think we ended up donating them to the Nebraska Historical Society. They had quite the experiences having moved from Indiana to Minnesota and getting caught up in the Indian vs Settler Wars which culminated in the New Ulm Massacre in 1862 which killed 300 settlers. They escaped because they had befriended a young Indian boy who warned them that trouble was coming and to get out. I think the Homestead Act was the reason they ended up in Custer County.

It's pretty impressive that they made it on the quarter-section allowed in the Homestead act in Custer County. Most of those folks gave it back or sold, while those that homesteaded after 1904 got a full section and were more successful in making a go of it. Of course, those that made it with just a 1/4 section probably expanded their holdings when those that couldn't make it work left.

 

[God is a Husker]

It's pretty impressive that they made it on the quarter-section allowed in the Homestead act in Custer County. Most of those folks gave it back or sold, while those that homesteaded after 1904 got a full section and were more successful in making a go of it. Of course, those that made it with just a 1/4 section probably expanded their holdings when those that couldn't make it work left.

4 Petersons that died at birth filed homestead claims in Custer county only to later convey their land for free to their brothers...

 

[bbenson67]

It's pretty impressive that they made it on the quarter-section allowed in the Homestead act in Custer County. Most of those folks gave it back or sold, while those that homesteaded after 1904 got a full section and were more successful in making a go of it. Of course, those that made it with just a 1/4 section probably expanded their holdings when those that couldn't make it work left.

I didn't know that history of land allocation. I'm curious now. Most of my Mom's relatives I knew when i was kid in the '50s and '60s were in Lincoln, Grand Island, Geneva, Hebron and Deshler. I don't think there were any left in Broken Bow by then.

 

[LoudHogRider]

Appreciate the advice and history. I've mentioned before that my Dad was a Wyoming cowboy in his youth and rode with a lot of Indian cowboys all over Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas mostly driving cattle and sheep. He said they were some of the best cowboys and were other worldly with their horsemanship and endurance. He had much respect for them and after hearing his stories so do I. But the current locals don't know that so I'll probably pass on Wounded Knee.

My Mom was born in Broken Bow and her ancestors were some of the first white inhabitants of Custer County when they homesteaded in 1867. My grandmother still had some of the household items they used like a couple of spinning wheels and an old foot pump sewing machine. I think we ended up donating them to the Nebraska Historical Society. They had quite the experiences having moved from Indiana to Minnesota and getting caught up in the Indian vs Settler Wars which culminated in the New Ulm Massacre in 1862 which killed 300 settlers. They escaped because they had befriended a young Indian boy who warned them that trouble was coming and to get out. I think the Homestead Act was the reason they ended up in Custer County.

My Grandmother was raised on a farmstead outside of Ansley. First kid up in the morning got to shake the rattlesnakes out of the bed rolls. They were far tougher than we are. They had to be.