@Pivo
Interesting to learn the botanical garden has a full time "Chief Experience Officer". Who knew? Good work when you can get it!

@overthehillsfaraway
There are ruins everywhere. Not just this area...the whole southwest. :-)

@overthehillsfaraway The XXX rated "happy couple" is the hard one to find on top and I haven't found it yet...only photos. :-( As @mazatzal stated, there is a very nice spiral right on trail 248 just north of the self closing gate on 247. Regarding Chalk Canyon, there are many panels and ...

@chumley
Can you even fathom the total cost of these EIS drafts and summaries? I guess if they don't spend every penny of their budget they won't get it again next year...or be able to ask for more.

Half a mile long and high enough for a helicopter to hit? That's Flying Wallenda Family level difficulty.

@chumley
Those $100 surcharges are going to add up to a lot of $$$. I wonder if that revenue will stay with each individual park or get sent back to the swamp.

@Pivo Seeing as I have no life at the moment and have lots of time I Googled several professional birder sites and the consensus seems to be that it is the same bird with the same plumage. Many blamed a current woke movement to rename birds and urged everyone to "resist". :D In truth it s...

@Pivo
"ugh" is not in tibbers vernacular.

@outdoor_lover
Cathy had four pairs of Salomons, but all had a conventional lace system which we both prefer as well.

@outdoor_lover
FWIW, Cathy always liked her Salomon WP shoes... the mids and the low cut. Lightweight and comfortable.

@chumley
A quick search shows that Judge Stephanie Hambrick has a history of using judicial rulings to keep folks on the trails. In 2024 she fined actor Pierce Brosnan (Bond,James Bond) $1000 for stepping off the boardwalk in Yellowstone NP and endangering "thermal areas".

@chumley
"U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie Hambrick found him guilty in a 51-page opinion..."
I'll bet that's a real page turner.

@chumley
Indeed. Well over an inch and a half, but the lightning strikes were the star of the show. I can't remember having as many strikes where the flash and boom were simultaneous. Still sprinkling and rumbling as I write this. The creek is certainly flowing well.

@xsproutx
As you know, retail profit margin is not determined by how much you mark something up, but by what percentage of the total sale is profit.

@xsproutx
Between 8 and 15% depending on specific product demand at any given time.

@chumley
The unannounced visits by ATF to "audit" your logbooks are extra special.

@chumley
Unlike antique (pre 1898), and collectable historic pieces there is a very low profit margin in modern and new firearm sales. However, prices have doubled and sometimes tripled in recent years so a dealer doing high volume can bank some good money. Same with ammunition.

@Nighthiker
Don't forget Yates. :-)

@RedRoxx44
There is a 60-90% chance I can predict local weather more accurately by looking out of my windows.

@outdoor_lover
I hope you remain the same person you were prior to this fame and fortune...many can't handle it.