Archive for the ‘Ramblings’ Category
Inaugural “Jump in the Lake”, Polar Bear Plunge
The Inaugural “Jump in the Lake”, Bayview Idaho’s Polar Bear Plunge is set. When: Friday, Jan. 1st, 2010. 2:05 PM Until ? Where: Bayview Public boat launch – Floating Patio Why: Why Not? Join the Facebook group and RSVP Here ( recommended ) Or just show up!
Helicopter blows deer off frozen lake
Legendary Lake Pend Oreille
Jane Fritz’s new book “Legendary Lake Pend Oreille” would make a great gift for any Lake Pend Oreille lover. Experience Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho’s wilderness of water. Sprawling 43 miles long with 111 miles of shoreline, Idaho’s largest natural lake is truly awe-inspiring. At more than 1,100 feet deep, it’s the fifth-deepest lake in the [...]
Only in Montana
There a many things I love about Montana, my wife being from Montana topping the list of course, but there are many little things I love about the Big Sky state. A classmate of my wife posted this photo on Facebook and it made me think that would be the kind of sign I might [...]
The Daylight Fireball of August 10, 1972
Did you see it? It was thirty seven years ago, yesterday. I was driving truck during wheat harvest that summer. I remember the day. It was hot, over 90 degrees and the sky was a washed out blue. Then all a sudden, from the south, I saw a huge ball of flame. It appeared to [...]
Yellowstone N.P.
I have wanted to visit Yellowstone N.P. all my life but I just never seemed to get it done. I have never lived more than a eight hour drive from there either. I have watched hundreds of programs on T.V., and taken college courses about the geology of the park, but I had never gone [...]
Billy Mays Image seen in Yellowstone N.P
I was in Yellowstone when Billy Mays died. I think I saw an image of him on a tree stump at West Thumb, Yellowstone Lake. What do you think?:
Michael Jackson Dies
Just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50. Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. [...]
Marcel Marceau’s top hat hits Paris auction blocks
“PARIS – Marcel Marceau’s battered top hat, embellished with a single red flower, goes up for auction this week in a Paris sale of more than 900 personal objects and souvenirs that once belonged to globally celebrated mime.” I will just assume this will be a silent auction. Bob
I hope their parents are proud!
By BOB MOEN, Associated Press Writer Bob Moen, Associated Press Writer – Thu May 14, 7:34 pm ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Two seasonal Yellowstone National Park concession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser. Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man on Tuesday was fined [...]