Montdoug
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rickiesrevenge
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I was wondering how he was doing just the other day.
Rick in Oregon
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Glad to hear he's still with us. At our age (many of us), back issues are part of being into 'geezerhood', myself included. Haven't talked to Doug in a while now. If you talk to him again Ray, see if he'll come here and join us and give him my regards.
Rick I sent him a link to this site, hoping he'll join. In fact he mentioned you last night. He still has your pivot stand he got from you years ago. I mentioned to him if he sold it that they bring good money today. I'd hate to see someone take advantage of him.
Is he still around the Bozeman area? I'll be retiring in about a year, about an hour from there, so was wondering...
Yes Doug still lives in Bozeman with his wife.
If Doug has hung his hat and lived in and around the Gallatin Valley for any amount of time, I'm sure he has witnessed the changes that have taken place over the past several years. Sadly, the Bozeman of today is a far different place from the Bozeman of years ago. I trust he is weathering and taking these changes in good stride.
He always said the greatest sound was all the summer intruders leaving in the fall to avoid winter.
Boy you got that right!! Every time it hit's -30 I hope for beau-coup of em to pack up and blow outta here. One can only hope.
As a matter of fact Rick, just the other day I was be-moaning to my beloved Bride how when Saubier closed up I lost all my phone numbers for most of my Small Caliber friends, you being one of em. My e-mail is "douginmont@hotmail.com". PS- I don't text. Glad to have resumed contact with some small caliber Geezers much like myself.
Glad you made it Doug.
I come from an agriculture background having grown up on a farm and having worked in and around various farming communities my entire life. What the heck you might be asking, does this have to do with Montdoug's recent post? Patience grasshopper... In alfalfa production there is a term called "winter kill" and it is caused by several things: severe cold, ice sheeting, freeze-thaw cycles and poor management. My hope every winter around here is that "winter kill" will cause the recent Birkenstock wearing transplants to suddenly realize they ain't in Kansas anymore and they pack up and return to their safe places and leave The Last Best Place with their tails between their legs. One can dream, can't we?
Bullseye69
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My wife and I had bought a small 21 acre plot on the west side of the Musselshell River aboot 18 years ago. It was a nice piece next to BLM lands on both sides. We were in Petroleum County and next to Garfield County.
Was fun to fish and hunt there.
We never got to build on it as it was to far to travel from Indiana all the time. 1277 miles one way and aboot 20 hours.
Not a fun drive.
Plus the river moves a lot and has already claimed a house trailer and a building.
We did meet some very nice people there.
We stayed at the Hill Ranch Oasis bed and breakfast when we were there.
They have a 20k acre ranch that we hunted yotes and prairie dogs.
But we ended up selling our lot a few years back.
Very beautiful out there, I hope it doesn't get ruined by the infiltrators.
Was fun to fish and hunt there.
We never got to build on it as it was to far to travel from Indiana all the time. 1277 miles one way and aboot 20 hours.
Not a fun drive.
Plus the river moves a lot and has already claimed a house trailer and a building.
We did meet some very nice people there.
We stayed at the Hill Ranch Oasis bed and breakfast when we were there.
They have a 20k acre ranch that we hunted yotes and prairie dogs.
But we ended up selling our lot a few years back.
Very beautiful out there, I hope it doesn't get ruined by the infiltrators.
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Bullseye69
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Having spent my formative years in the Willamette Valley in OR living next to several streams, one flowing thru our farm, I fully understand the power of water over time. From the outside looking in, seeing a meandering stream is often taken as peaceful and harmless. However, they get that way because water naturally erodes the outside bank, causing the bend to grow larger over time, particularly when seasonal rains increase water flow. Sooner or later the outer banks eventually give way, reshaping the stream bed into a winding, snake-like path. Nearby trees, fences and buildings, as bullseye69 unfortunately discovered, often eventually succumb to this meandering flow.
