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["Don Bowen" <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

I made it to the Flying J in Winslow AZ.  Looking at my plans I see that I 
expected to make only Kingman on the first day.  That was when I planned to 
leave around 10 AM but I left around 3-4 AM.  The road from Kingman to 
Winslow is up and down with at least one 7000' pass and several 6000'.  A 
long slow crawl up one side and a fast slide down the other.  Down to 30 mph 
at times on the way up.   I thought it was killing my gas mileage but I got 
the best of the day.  
 
On one grade just before the crest there was a large wooden support right in 
the middle of the lane.  I had to cut off a truck behind me but when he saw 
the reason he waved and not with a one finger salute.  Another time they road 
was down to one lane for repairs.  I was in the correct lane when a car shot 
around me, just barely missing the orange cones.  Suddenly he saw a truck in 
front of him and hit the brakes.  I am very glad my pickup choose yesterday 
for the brake booster to fail and not that moment 

Time for a bit of supper and some sleep.

Don Bowen      KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
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Our deer *are* afraid of the cats.  Funniest thing you ever saw.  The cats
aren't paying any attention to the deer, simply doing their thing trying to
find Mickey or Minnie for lunch and when they pounce, the deer take off for
parts unknown.

We do have the queen beeoutch of all time, Kahlua a tortie point Siamese.
She even does whoop arse on the raccoons.  As DH says, she has tude!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>
>
> We have Hobbes. He's a golden 'tiger' stray cat we adopted six years ago
> as
> a kitten. He's the sweetest, most natural born killer of a cat I've ever
> had
> the pleasure of keeping. He's an outdoor/indoor cat. My husband often says
> that Hobbes is the hardest working animal in our farm. Birds, rabbits,
> mice,
> moles are just toys to him. Mere playthings. Just the other night he
> killed
> a woodchuck. No kidding. A couple months ago we bought one of those
> tear-away collars (so the cat can't hang themselves on a tree limb or
> fence)
> with a bell on it, boy he hated that thing and it disappeared in under a
> week. We were trying to protect the birds, we like to actually preserve
> some
> of the wild life around here.
>
> So we've tried to have Hobbes go after the deer, we're sure he could scare
> them away with his bravado, but no such luck. He also does the best
> version
> of Cat Yoga I've ever seen. If only my spine would twist like that. I
> might
> be enlightened.
>
> Lisa
>
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