Jfet
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So You Think Your Travel Experience was Bad
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Kinda reminds me of my childhood. In spring mud season the road we lived on was a quagmire and we had to either walk the mile to the main road or go by horse and wagon. We did this for about 10 years until the town got around to graveling the road.
In winter we were one of the last roads to get plowed so it was walk in and out again. Lots of fun for us 5 and 6 year olds to meet the bus. Many was the time we wallowed through a foot or 2 of snow to get to the bus or get back home. There were no snow days back then. When we went to town it was by horse and pung (sleigh). Lots of blankets and heavy clothes. Looking back now, it was sort of fun on a clear winter night with sleigh bells and bright stars or a full moon, the swish of snow under the runners, hoofbeats and the creak of harness. Poor mollycoddled kiddies today don't know what they're missing.
In winter we were one of the last roads to get plowed so it was walk in and out again. Lots of fun for us 5 and 6 year olds to meet the bus. Many was the time we wallowed through a foot or 2 of snow to get to the bus or get back home. There were no snow days back then. When we went to town it was by horse and pung (sleigh). Lots of blankets and heavy clothes. Looking back now, it was sort of fun on a clear winter night with sleigh bells and bright stars or a full moon, the swish of snow under the runners, hoofbeats and the creak of harness. Poor mollycoddled kiddies today don't know what they're missing.
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Newboomer, today it would take some looking and a small fortune to go on one of those nighttime sleigh rides.
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Tintin wrote on JNevada's profile.
Hi Jay,
Hope you're well.
I'm headed your way in January.
Attending SHOT Show has been a long time bucket list item for me.
Finally made it happen and I'm headed to Vegas.
I know you're some distance from Vegas - but would be keen to catch up if it works out.
Have a good one.
Mark
Hope you're well.
I'm headed your way in January.
Attending SHOT Show has been a long time bucket list item for me.
Finally made it happen and I'm headed to Vegas.
I know you're some distance from Vegas - but would be keen to catch up if it works out.
Have a good one.
Mark
Franco wrote on Rare Breed's profile.
Hello, I have giraffe leg bones similarly carved as well as elephant tusks which came out of the Congo in the mid-sixties