Tonight (10-8), my DU friends, is my last in the lookout for the 2010 fire season. (DIAL-UP WARNING)

DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:04 PM
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Tonight (10-8), my DU friends, is my last in the lookout for the 2010 fire season. (DIAL-UP WARNING)

It is bittersweet. I'm ready to head back to the east coast, but I love this lookout. Not to worry: I signed on for another season (2011)!

Early this morning at the lookout tower. Where's Nick?

Some old fart in my lookout tower. BTW: The whistle is for the cougars.

Adieu, summer place .. adieu.

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sandnsea

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:06 PM
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1. Thank you for keeping our forests safe

And mostly for keeping those kids on the ground out of the thick of it. Have a nice drive home!

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oldtime dfl_er

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:06 PM
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2. Good work, friend!

Nice pics!

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Suich

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:07 PM
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3. It's been a blast, Mac!

Thanks for all your great posts and pictures!

Looking forward to next season!

:hi:

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:12 PM
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10. Blast indeed!

:hi:

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TheBigotBasher

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:07 PM
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4. I love your pics.

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GodlessBiker

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:09 PM
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5. Wow! Great pics!!

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madrchsod

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:09 PM
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6. enjoyed the pictures...

been all over the east coast and south but never been west of iowa.

thanks for the pictures

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:10 PM
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7. Over and out friend, until next year if you decide to this

again.

Give nick a nice good boy, job well done. I mean HE DID keep you alive.

Our four paws hero.

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:14 PM
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12. I'll be back.

Thanks for remembering that Nick most likely saved my life on 5/22/2010! I'll give him an extra hug tonight.

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greatauntoftriplets

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:11 PM
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8. Have a good trip back East.

That must be so much fun. And doing a good deed for the environment.

:D

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:16 PM
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16. Thanks!

:hi:

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handmade34

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:12 PM
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9. Beautiful pictures!

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phasma ex machina

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:14 PM
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11. It seems like the season opened just yesterday ...

:kick: & R

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tabatha

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:15 PM
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13. Thanks for sharing.

It was wonderful to be able to enjoy the beauty of that area through your lens.

A little slice of rare goodness in mostly mundane daily life.

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Solly Mack

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:15 PM
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14. Thank you so very much for sharing this experience with us!!!!

As always - Picture Perfect!

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spanone

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:16 PM
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15. great work and great pics....

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blue sky at night

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:18 PM
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17. hey what a guy!

love your posts...love your photos...but I want some panoramas that you shot this season...and now you will go home and merge them together and wow the world with! right?

BTW, do you drive all the way across the states on your way out and back then?

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:29 PM
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21. Yep. Drive the entire 3000+ miles.

I'll post my route soon, but it will approximate Bend to Reno and US-50 east to a drop-down on US-191 to Moab. Then south to the Devil's Highway (US-666), connecting to I-40. I-40 to Amarillo, then off the interstates on US-287/82 to Wichita Falls and Sherman and Texarkana. Down to I-20 to Vicksburg and east from there. Probably. Maybe. Depends on the weather.

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whistler162

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:20 PM
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18. Hmmmm..... cougar, older woman dating younger men......

does the whistle work?

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Sedona

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:23 PM
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19. Thanks to you and Nick

for sharing your little piece of heaven with us!

Safe travels

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demmiblue

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:27 PM
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20. I think I am not alone in this.... you should publish your exeriences.

Your pictures are breathtaking!

Thank you... I look forward to next season.

:hi:

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leftstreet

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:31 PM
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23. +1

Beautiful photos!

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cilla4progress

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:30 PM
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22. Thank you for your summer photos, DemoTex

I'm a fellow northwesterner, and it's great to have this connection. I think we live in one of the most beautiful places in the country! Safe travels.

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CherokeeDem

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:35 PM
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24. Thank You...

Everyone had enjoyed your amazing photos and stories about your amazing work to keep our forest safe. Have a wonderful "off-season" and look forward to more adventures of Demotex and Nick next summer!

Thanks...

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sufrommich

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:39 PM
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25. Thank you Demo Tex. I thoroughly love your pics and

comments. Same time next year?

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struggle4progress

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:43 PM
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26. Always read these posts! Many thanks!

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dixiegrrrrl

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Fri Oct-08-10 09:53 PM
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27. But..but..you just got there only last week, it seems.

Summer is gone already?????

I DO enjoy your pics very much.
If I were younger I would be much more envious, too!

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:04 PM
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29. Well, I ain't no spring chicken.

At 62, I was the oldest person on my fire battalion.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:02 PM
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28. My dear DemoTex...

I'm always sad to see your end of season pics...

These are wonderful, as always.

Thank you for your considerable service to Oregon's forests every year...And please tell Nick how much we enjoy his presence too...

I look forward to seeing more installments next year!

Take care and godspeed...

:hug:

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DemoTex

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:06 PM
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30. Thanks Peg!

Looks like get-home-itis will keep me from my much-desired Cali-Coast drive. Maybe next year.

Mac

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:08 PM
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32. I understand...

We'll be here next year...

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Gormy Cuss

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:08 PM
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31. Another season over, so soon?

I rarely comment on your dispatches from the tower but I read them all.
To next fire season!
:toast:

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Roon

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:12 PM
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33. Thanks for sharing for another season

Still haven't made it to devil's head lookout tower, but I will one of these days.

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Bobbieo

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Fri Oct-08-10 10:17 PM
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34. Great work by a great guy!!!

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Supply Side Jesus

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Fri Oct-08-10 11:37 PM
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35. Thank you for your service

:patriot:

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A HERETIC I AM

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Fri Oct-08-10 11:40 PM
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36. Have a safe drive home.

Don't forget to post about your new Porsche when you get it!

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lillypaddle

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Sat Oct-09-10 04:56 AM
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37. I always enjoy your pictures

thanks for sharing that part of your life. Best wishes away from the lookout!

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grantcart

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Sat Oct-09-10 11:44 AM
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43. +1

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pinboy3niner

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Sat Oct-09-10 05:01 AM
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38. Good on you, Mac! Happy trails...

I hope you gallery showing is a big success. Enjoy your hiatus!

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aikoaiko

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Sat Oct-09-10 05:30 AM
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39. Don't forget to turn off the lights....

Thank you for another season of good work, great pictures, and wonderful posts.

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flying rabbit

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Sat Oct-09-10 05:41 AM
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40. LOVE your posts and pics

So glad you are going back to the lookout next year.
:toast:
:yourock:

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calikid

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Sat Oct-09-10 08:20 AM
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41. Thanks for the posts, hurry back.

Oh yea, where can I get my own whistle?:evilgrin:

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slay

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Sat Oct-09-10 11:42 AM
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42. Awesome as always

thanks for sharing those great pics and your experience up there DemoTex - good stuff indeed. :hi:

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hayu_lol

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Sat Oct-09-10 11:51 AM
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44. Take care on the way home...

enjoyed your weather notices...we got the storms you got a couple of days later. The storms now starting to crank up will come straight out of the arctic, up and over the Cascades bringing in below freezing temps. Sometimes as low as -22F.

Enjoy returning to civilization and we'll look for your stories and pics starting in late spring next year.

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Subdivisions

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Sat Oct-09-10 11:53 AM
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45. Thank you so much, DemoTex, for taking us along with you. I'll miss the lookout too.

And the pics. That first pic in your post is just awesome. Can't wait 'til next year!

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pnorman

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Sat Oct-09-10 03:00 PM
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46. "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America"

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Burn-Teddy-Roosevelt-America/dp/0547394608/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286653414&sr=1-1

DemoTex, It's highly likely that you're already familiar with the above book, but if not, check it out. If you have a Kindle with you (or the Kindle app installed in your computer or smartphone) you get started on it right now. I myself have that book in Audible.com format, and I just finished listening to it yesterday.

And if you have a fire-fighting implement called a "Pulaski" close at hand, you can read about the fire-fighter hero after whom it's named.

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Arctic Dave

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Sat Oct-09-10 03:15 PM
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47. Thanks a million for the photo juornal and the stories. Gives me something to look forward to.

I'm wearing the T-shirt with pride. Have a good season off.

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DemoTex

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Sun Oct-10-10 09:41 PM
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53. I wore my Anchorage FD t-shirt to dinner tonight in Fallon, NV.

Great swap! Thanks again, Dave.

BTW: I am on my way home. I left Bend this morning (Sunday). I saw a Golden Eagle along Oregon-31 near Paisley, a Bald Eagle flew right in front of my truck near Goose Lake at the Oregon/California line, and a big Cougar crossed US-395 in front of me in the desert just south of Alturus, California!

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malaise

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Sat Oct-09-10 03:19 PM
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48. K & R

Until next year. :yourock:

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LWolf

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Sat Oct-09-10 03:31 PM
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49. Thanks for your service,

and have a safe trip home. Next year I'll have to make a meet-up.

:hi:

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onecent

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Sat Oct-09-10 04:32 PM
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50. I'm a cougar!

Thanks for watching out for the fires....what a great job that would be.(I think)

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lunatica

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Sat Oct-09-10 04:45 PM
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51. I hope you use those shots of the tower in your shows.

And I love your self portrait. I'd like to try my hand at drawing it when I get a chance.

You look like Ernest Hemingway

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onethatcares

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Sat Oct-09-10 04:52 PM
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52. you use a whistle to call in the cougars?

just kiddin. I always appreciate your pictures and if I wasn't so damn old, I'd want to do the same thing at least twice.

Thanks for all the posts.

Peace.

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