LosDosSloFolks wrote:Seeing as I have no life

You should join Dull Men's Club on FB like I have. You will be with your people.

We saw lots of those yellow ground cover flowers popping up where we camped at Mas Agua Caliente. I went to google them and it seems yellow flowers is a bit broad.

@hikeaz
I knew that.

A bison steps into a cauldron is nature because it's family isn't calling Goldberg and Osborne. That and it's been proven that many animals there have a difficulty reading signs, apparently in any language.

The Mrs. and I are camping by Fourth of July butte a ways off of Agua Caliente rd. We got our wish about rain. About 2 am last night a nice drizzle. At 3 while lazing listening to the patter I suddenly saw the veins in my eyes and also the faces of my ancestors. The thunderhead started here and last...

@Jim
How cool, we'll be out there via the Aqua Caliente rd. Getting some rain on a desert camp would be great.

" and carry a few Colt 45s."
Ah the sports drink of champions.....Still a frikin pardon?

3.02" at the airport since Thurs. Which means the Valley got about 18"

After the last deluge I discoverd some moisture incursions. I'm tarred up and ready to go now. Although I do see a quart of Ceiling White in my destiny.

Chums did you have anything to do with this?

@xsproutx I don't know the margin, but they are almost a loss leader for everything else in the store, like ammo, lots of ammo. For many years I wouldn't shop at REI because an "outdoor" store sold guns and fishing stuff. Then an REI opened by us and we shifted our clothing needs to there...

@chumley A friend of ours was at the gun dept. at Cabelas. Very small profit margin on guns and ammo. It was all the accessories plus those places also sold fishing gear. So kind of one group eating their camping experience and the other watching it. The demographic difference between Sportsmans Wa...

@xsproutx
I read that happens eveyday at the same time, except holidays and Sunday.
Pretty cool and proof we can't outrun them.

@LosDosSloFolks
She came to see us and thankfully we could still get her autograph.

SpiderLegs wrote:realizing that giant sucking sound was all of their money being removed from their wallet.

Wow, welcome to the small biz retail world.

I keep thinking of our camping trip to Anderson Mesa in May. A lightning caused fire was close enough to where we were to camp concerning us due to Deb's asthma. Chums posted up a link to what was to be the Blind Fire. The Blind Fire was a 5,500 acre prescribed fire in May. The lightning struck fire...

@Pivo
Interesting, I myself like to track the saguaro "tree" line here in AZ.

chumley wrote:or the HHS secretary?

RFK Jr., Camelback, 92 degrees....

This could be interesting.
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/07/30/sco ... thin-herd/

@FOTG
The hummer photo is great,