dewey02
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Re: Bicyclist/RV Death
whjco wrote: azdryheat wrote: When you step foot in the ocean you become part of the food chain. Kind of the same on a roadway. Like it or not, as aggravating as they can sometimes be, a cyclist has the same legal rights to most roads as we do with our RVs. There is a difference between having legal rights and being stupid. On a bicycle, you have a foam helmet to protect your head and are traveling around 5-10 mph. An RV is a 10,000 pound hunk of steel traveling at 50-60 mph. Accidents happen and people (both cyclists and RVers) can be inattentive. Which vehicle and driver do you think runs the greater risk of being injured or killed? If you lose your life while exercising your legal rights on a bicycle, only your ghost can stand there and yell "but I have a legal right to the roadway!" Turn the Page's comment listed above makes sense. Personal safety should be a higher priority than legal rights...at least it is for me.215Views0likes0CommentsRe: Campspreading
I've got a different version of camp spreading. It was at a USFS campground. The people pulled into the site. Immediately, they got out a pole saw and started cutting branches off trees. Then they got out a weed wacker and started mowing down vegetation that wasn't tree sized. I'm not talking just grass, but vegetation that was waist to shoulder height. Probably doubled the open area of the camp site. This was a forested campground with lots of vegetation between sites (which we prefer so as not to be a big open area). Of course, there was a site and trailer for a campground host, but he/she was not there the entire time we stayed at the campground. The camper must have been somewhat local, because he came back and started unloading firewood at his site and stacking it between trees. He probably had a full rick of wood stacked up before he was done. Fortunately, we were leaving the next day, so we didn't have to contend with whatever other modifications or actions he took on.450Views0likes0CommentsRe: Fall trip to Kentucky
We stayed at Big Bone Lick state park when doing the Ark. nice campground, herd of buffalo, and interesting archaeology (site of ancient bison and mastadons). The ark is very impressive. Enjoy your visit to KY. Very nice and friendly people here. We are northerners and moved here permanently last year. Couldn't be happier!569Views0likes0CommentsRe: Feds open 1.4 million acres to hunters and fishermen
dave54 wrote: dewey02 wrote: ... By almost every metric private commercial forestland (owned by big greedy capitalist timber companies) are in better health, more biodiverse, and more resilient to disturbance than the adjacent federal forestland.... Everyone always says they want federal forests managed according to the best available science. Yet Congress keeps passing laws forbidding the Forest Service from using the best science. While I don't completely disagree with your post,, please don't quote and respond to your own posts and attribute them to me. I agreed with, but never said or wrote what you have quoted. Those are your words. Thank you in advance for either changing or deleting your post522Views0likes0CommentsRe: Duluth, mn
Within Duluth: Indian Point; Spirit Mountain (beautiful overlook of the city and Lake Superior, but not from the campground) Near Duluth: Burlington Bay on L. Superior in Two Harbors -30 miles away; Koa in Cloquet, -19 miles away; Spafford Park in Cloquet-20 miles My recommendation - spirit man in Duluth or Burlington Bay in Two Harbors326Views0likes0CommentsRe: How long to return to camping after open heart surgery
My first major trip out of the house after bypass surgery (cracked chest and 5 bypasses) was to a home & RV show, where we bought a new travel trailer. We took it out about a month after purchasing it. However, after having your chest plate opened, you are severely limited in what you can do for many, many weeks - they tell you you shouldn't even lift a gallon of milk, or you can tear you chest back open. Once you heal your chest, every thing else is pretty minor. Glad to hear you are doing ok, and enjoy the rest of your life. God and the doctor have given you more time on the planet. Enjoy it.324Views0likes0Comments
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