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Haven't blogged for a while, but thought I would share some Red Bluff Roundup photos with ya all. Found these two kids walking aimlessly around town and so with a little persuasion and a bag of candy I got them to come to the Rodeo. I also told them there would be a clown, just kidding. Tayler and Dylon are Annies kids.











The good looking gal to my left is my daughter Annie. We don't know where her husband, Jason, is but my guess he's down at the beer tent.












Or maybe he went down the chase the Clydsdales and the Budwieser wagon.

















And last, your gratuitous photo of a bull rider. So, there you have it and I promise the next blog will be following shortly.

Nice Rack

Anyone who knows me know that I have a penchant for large racks, deer and elk of course. The first part of the year the white tail deer shed there antlers and soon start growing a new and larger set for the upcoming rut. And yes the female species of deer also believe big is better. A big rack for a large buck is like" bling" to a rap artist. It makes it a lot easier to assemble his herd, or you might say groupies, and flaunt his harem to all the other bucko's.

This, my friends, happens to be the very first antler shed I have ever found in my life. This is exactly what it looked like when I found it and am told that the other half will normally be found within a quarter mile radius of where its mate was found.

I have been back several times to find the match, but I have a strong notion somebody else is looking as intensely as I, who all ready possesses the other half. We will never know.

The elk will start to shed the first of March. I'll be out there even looking for a larger rack. Elk sheds will get as tall as 5 or more feet. Show me your horns. In this last photo I have placed the antler trying to make it blend ( not very well as it turns out). If you click on the picture you can enlarge it, but see if you can find the antler without zooming in. I'll post again after I find my elk rack.

Record Snow

I know I haven't blogged in a long time, but I finally got some pics and info worth sharing. In keeping with a two year tradition, we were fortunate enough to spend Christmas at home and with grand kids from California. Of coarse grandpa has to have everything ready for the usual cold weather fun. But one thing went wrong, my quad wouldn't start, so instead of pulling the kids around in the snow at 30 mph. we hooked up the dogs. It is an unknown fact that a Labrador, or two, will pull a hundred pound kid around at a least 25 mph. We had fun.
On are way home from CDA one day we spotted a cow moose not 10 feet from the roadway chewing what berries were left on a snow burden tree.
And last, but not least, this is a pic Mare sent me when I was still working in Santa Cruz. This day set a 110 year record for the most snow in a 24 hour period. It dropped 36", trapped my wife and paralyzed both Spokane and all of down town CDA. Look at the guard rail which is almost buried, it is 40" high. And by the way this is our outside, bar stool height, patio dining set.