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I cannot sleep, it is night you know. Ackh! I went online to see about taking the hunter's safety course for Utah that way, but I must first sign up for the practical course (shooting, some more testing, and such), which I can only do during "office hours". Still, that will be more convenient than sitting in a class. And, I can do it at my pace. As I may have said, I have a hunter's certificate, which I believe would work here, but backtracking through my childhood to find the school where I obtained it, getting a copy, and such would take a good deal of time, effort, and might not work even then. This is the shortest and easiest way, plus my certificate turns into a hunting license (small game, which is fine by me, this year). No dice on that tonight though.
So, I started looking over the photographs I loaded onto this machine. There were two I had not put in that were goodd, and another of my Xterra. So, since I seem to have this picture to blog thing down, and I have gotten better and attempting to size the photographs, I thought I would put my hands to it and finish what I started. Here they are, if they probably end up above my typing! I will figure that out, too, in time. Perhaps.
The last picture is the view heading to the gravel pit, one of the shooting ranges we use. That mountain, or large hill depending on how you view things, reminds me of a headless sphinx or something. And though it is narrow, sort of, it is several miles long on the side view. I have learned to get out there easily and on my own. Actually, I had to get there on my own the second time I drove there. In spite of the numerous back roads and false ways, I made it flawlessly. Again, today, I got there without needing directions from my neighbor who went along. The next picture is of the mountain view coming back from that same shooting range, facing the opposite direction as I was when taking the first picture, and parallel to the long side of the first photograph. (that was just practice in describing position, scrub it from your mind if need be:P). And the first picture, of course, is of the little buggy that gets me where I am going. I have already done more off-roading, if it is still of the simpler variety, in a month here than I have since I purchased the first Xterra, 3 years ago. Nice:)
(sorry if I seem to get my pictures messed up a bit, Blogger adds them the opposite way in which I put them in. I am just learning, folks. Give the poor gimp some space!)
Well, that is it for pictures. If I can get more and the proper film, I will try to find more views to offer you all. If nothing else, you cannot say I am not trying, and doing more than I ever thought I could. This time without the little magic pills the doc likes to hand out. I still wonder, what would happen if I took the blue pill now? Then again, I might make more money selling plasma, and that might help more than the blue pill? Decisions, decisions, decisions.
*blink*
*poof*
For someone living in flat Florida, mountains are phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteYou are living in a mountain bowl ...surrounded by them. How cool!!
Thanks so much for posting all of these. And, yes, remembering that they load to the page in opposite order sometimes makes me scream *g*.
Nice job.
*smile* It took almost as much doing on your part to get me to do something I had never done before as it did me to take, transfer to my computer, and then upload the pictures. I am glad you enjoyed them. Being from, for the most part, lowlands and flat lands myself, they awe me too. Being large and tall can sort of go to my head, just because people move aside and treat me differently. But the mountains are humbling, and they do not yield or nod or anything. I feel gratifyingly humble among them.
ReplyDeleteYes, right in a mountain bowl, excellent way to put it. And I live right on the rim, so I can just hop in the Xterra and slink away finding shadow, elevation, and a little more elbow room at the drop of a hat. I will try to get some mini cds that work, and get some pictures of the canyons and rivers. And, hopefully before too long, some trout.