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crw8sr
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Topic: Happy New Owner Posted: 17 May 2019 at 11:16pm |
That's true lostagain. The aircraft at Offutt Air Force Base shoot flares to knock the skeeters out of the air and buzz the runaway to scare off the buffalo before they land.
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Chuck & Lyn
Izzy, Morkie. RIP
Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie
2018 R Pod 190
2019 Traverse
In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck.
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lostagain
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Location: Quaker Hill, CT
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 8:04am |
I thought so.
How do the keep the prairie dogs from digging up the runways?
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
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offgrid
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 10:37am |
A loaded B52 weighs in at about half a million lbs. Kinda hard for prairie dogs to dig through 2 feet plus of reinforced concrete runway on top of whatever base is under there....
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
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Ben Herman
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Location: Gr Junction, CO
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 1:23pm |
Yikes - never ending snow! We got lots in Colorado but fortunately we are close to Utah canyon country. Heading to Hovenweep National Monument with our 179 next week!
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lostagain
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 4:08pm |
We're heading to Great Basin Ntl. Pk. next week, but the stormy weather pattern looks like it may last a while longer. I hope we don't get snowed on.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 4:32pm |
Originally posted by offgrid
A loaded B52 weighs in at about half a million lbs. Kinda hard for prairie dogs to dig through 2 feet plus of reinforced concrete runway on top of whatever base is under there.... |
You have obviously not dealt with the gophers or prairie dogs we have out here.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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offgrid
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Posted: 18 May 2019 at 5:15pm |
Grew up in NorCal, and had a lot of fun with gophers in the day. Saw one disappear a full grown artichoke plant down a hole. But still, I think in a fight between a hardened military runway and some small burrowing mammals, the mammals are gonna lose every time.. Besides, where’s their motivation, there’s no yummy plants to eat under there.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
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tongatam
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Location: Central MA
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Posted: 20 May 2019 at 10:49am |
first trip for Daisy Mae is a music festival... boondocking her first time out! I'm hoping it's not too wet in the field they have us all in.. and believe it's far from a river! Phew! But good point about those hungry mosquitoes... packing extra repellent for sure.
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2019 179 R-Pod ~ Daisy Mae
yesterdays are over my shoulder, so I can't look back for too long.
there's just too much to see, waiting in front of me.
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