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[scatman]

@Rockskipper you'll need to know that I'll be carrying this!



The salt water crocs don't stand a chance against me and my Pentax WG-8! It is adventure proof!

And now I'll leave you with these parting words:

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
"Where's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?",
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive", said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me"
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."
"Oh, You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me."​

 

[Rockskipper]

I used to drive everyone crazy singing that song as a kid, but I only knew one verse, which was apparently one verse too many.

I had to look up the WG-8: "indestructible, waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, crushproof, freezeproof and all-round adventure-proof."

You could probably make a deal with Pentax to test its croc edibility and get a free trip to Oz.

 

[scatman]

Last week, I upped my 2 mile daily walks to 3.73 miles as I walked down into Memory Grove then looped back home via 11th Avenue. Today I increased to 4.73 miles by walking an extra half a mile up City Creek Canyon. My knee was sore at the end, but it held out.


Dropping down into Memory Grove


View of the State Capitol on the way down


We took the trail on the east side of City Creek instead of the road


City Creek


A smidge of snow along our way


More of the creek


And more trail


Snail shell


Some thistles as we are now on the road


At the mouth of City Creek Canyon


Smoky says, "Low Danger."


Always love the red osier dogwood in City Creek


And the contrast of the maroon Oregon grape


And the barren trees against the blue sky


A little more snow up canyon


The turn around point


More City Creek


Looking across memory Grove towards Ensign Peak which I hope to summit in mid-February if my knee allows.


A fallen wasps' nest along 10th Avenue


And you know it is a good day when you take a picture of a lawn ornament and the owner of it pulls into their driveway while you are taking the picture, rolls down their window and asks you if you'd like to have it.

 

[Rockskipper]

Lookin' good, Scattie. Did you take it? It would look good tied to your pack in Hayden Valley, maybe scare a few bears away unless they like chicken dinners.

 

[Bob]

Thats what I was thinking....... Scats new trail mascot to carry along....

 

[scatman]

Lookin' good, Scattie. Did you take it? It would look good tied to your pack in Hayden Valley, maybe scare a few bears away unless they like chicken dinners.

Of course I took it! Can't pass up a rooster now can ya?

I usually take pictures of various lawn art around my neighborhood when I'm out walking and then send the shots to @TractorDoc who just ignores them.

Scatman and Rooster. Sounds like a good movie doesn't it? Will Dooley be jealous?

I'm thinking Hayden Valley just might need a rooster. The question would be where to put it. Maybe at that unnamed lake that @Outdoor_Fool visited that is still on my bucket list? I would need to secure it down pretty good though with all the wildlife traffic.

 

[scatman]

Thats what I was thinking....... Scats new trail mascot to carry along....

It's not very heavy.

 

[Bob]

Top of trident peak would be a good place

 

[TractorDoc]

I usually take pictures of various lawn art around my neighborhood when I'm out walking and then send the shots to @TractorDoc who just ignores them.

Oh, I do not ignore them. I just shy away from supporting behaviors that may result in a trespassing conviction. (Unless we are in Hayden Valley of course. )

I'm thinking Hayden Valley just might need a rooster.

If you are going to introduce a rooster to Hayden Valley you might as well go big. Around Halloween time I've seen these large (6ft?), skeleton roosters on display. It would fit right in next to a bison skull or elk carcass.

 

[Rockskipper]

Scatman and rooster sounds like a punk rock band to me. I think you should tie it up in a tree above a campground, a remote one, of course. A place where people won’t notice it until they’re all comfortable eating their dinner or such.

 

[Bob]

Almost like that old John Wayne movie .....

 

[scatman]

Oh, I do not ignore them. I just shy away from supporting behaviors that may result in a trespassing conviction. (Unless we are in Hayden Valley of course. )


If you are going to introduce a rooster to Hayden Valley you might as well go big. Around Halloween time I've seen these large (6ft?), skeleton roosters on display. It would fit right in next to a bison skull or elk carcass.

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That would definitely go with the skeletal remains in Hayden Valley, but I don't think I could carry it on my back.

 

[scatman]

Scatman and rooster sounds like a punk rock band to me. I think you should tie it up in a tree above a campground, a remote one, of course. A place where people won’t notice it until they’re all comfortable eating their dinner or such.

There are no remote campsites in Hayden Valley. Or are you talking about any campsites in general? Time to let me know what your Plan B is for the rooster.

 

[scatman]

Top of trident peak would be a good place

Not sure I can make it to Trident Peak.

 

[Rockskipper]

There are no remote campsites in Hayden Valley. Or are you talking about any campsites in general? Time to let me know what your Plan B is for the rooster.

Any campground in general, and you should change campgrounds every week or two. You could start a legend - wait, I think you already did that...the Scatman Legend of Yellowstone (kind like the Legend of Boggy Creek, but starring you know who).

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

The Legend of Boggy Creek was awesome, in a screwball way, even to a 10-year-old.

 

[scatman]

Any campground in general, and you should change campgrounds every week or two. You could start a legend - wait, I think you already did that...the Scatman Legend of Yellowstone (kind like the Legend of Boggy Creek, but starring you know who).

The Legend of Boggy Creek was awesome, in a screwball way, even to a 10-year-old.

I was eight years old back in 1972 when The Legend of Boggy Creek came out. I went to see it at the theatre with my brother. It scared the bejeebers out of me. The Fouke Monster!

My dad's ancestors hailed from Scotland County, North Carolina and his aunt, Aunt Jeanette, owned a farm just outside of Laurinburg, NC. The old farmhouse had a porch that wrapped around almost the entire house. When my family would go down and visit from Asheville in the summertime, the bedroom that I slept in had a window that opened out onto that porch, and an old, big, black dog would sleep under my window and snore through the night. I thought for sure it was the Fouke Monster come to get me. The farmhouse also had a millpond which was eerie in its own right. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep down on the farm after seeing that movie. But damn, Aunt Jeanette made the best chicken and dumplings that I have ever had.

 

[Rockskipper]

My brother was just a little kid when he saw that movie (a cousin took him and our mom didn't know), and he came in one night and woke everyone up saying he'd seen a monster out his window. He described its shadow in the moonlight and everything in so much detail we all wondered if it was real. To this day, he says he isn't sure if he really saw something or not. This was on a ranch in NW Colorado, probably the only 'Bigfoot' sighting ever in that area. He's not at all superstitious, holds two master's degrees in science-based fields (one in natural resource management, maybe in case he finds out they're real), and says he doesn't believe in them, but still thinks he may have seen one.

 

[Bob]

Kinda near skinwalker ranch in Utah?

 

[Outdoor_Fool]

Thanks for the date of the movie @scatman I was 12 when it was released. This reminded me of the movie "Frogs", also released in 1972. I remember some scenes from the movie, and it was also cheesy, but that one scared the heck out of me. It'd be great to find them on Netflix.