Comments on: Stuff we see in Colorado

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:36:43 +0000

Almost all of the old growth forest hereabouts, for hours and hours driving, is gone. The legacy of life in a nickel mining town which processed ore by roasting it in open fields for months on end within a forestry industry region: heavily acidified soils that continue to require aggressive remediation. *sigh*

The next time I get over to the Lower Spanish, I will definitely share pictures of some of the stretches of old growth forest because they are awe-inspiring!

By: Z

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:08:24 +0000

I envy this voyage.

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:17:34 +0000

“Fratguy hat” makes a lot of sense; I’ve got an entire drawer full of those fuckers!

By: Digger

Digger — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:08:34 +0000

Wow. That shot of Cliff Palace is amazing, and leaves me totally lost for scale. Bet those antlers are off to souvenir shops!!! And Janice: Yay Sudbury! Took a tour of the Big Nickel mine many many moons ago.

By: Western Dave

Western Dave — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:54:33 +0000

Wait, there’s old growth in the UP? I thought it all got cut to a) build Chicago and b) for copper mine timbering.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:52:25 +0000

And CPP: lesbians call that a Fratguy hat.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:40:08 +0000

Janice: show me some of your original old-growth forests. That would be totes worth seeing. I need to get up to the UP of MI to see some of the old growth stuff they’ve got up there, but it’s kind of a schlep from my family’s Michigan compound.

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:15:25 +0000

On the other hand, Fratguy looks like a really handy fella to have around the campfire. Definitely a male lesbian, as I expected and declared.

He’s certainly got a lesbian-style beanie on!

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:40:28 +0000

So I suppose I need to do a “stuff we see in Northern Ontario” post, soon? With a shot of the Big Nickel?

Great pictures, by the way! We don’t get so much elk up here as moose, but nobody’s collected that many moose antlers in one fell swoop, far as I know.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:39:16 +0000

Jackson Hole, Wyo. has a town square with an enormous archway in the middle all built with elk and deer antlers.

They’re really a lot less impressive when you realize that elk are farmed out here for meat! But, hey: never let something useful go unused. We must respect the sacred gift of protein and use the animals thoroughly if we’re going to eat ‘em.