Nice, Mike & John. Now fire up the barbie for rattler appetizer and gator main.

Hmmmm, which wine?

it was a great hike and really epic in that we were way off trail and deep into the part. The water parts were cool but reeked havoc on my knees and feet.

 

That rattler was not amused with our group at all 

Just returned from taking my 6 yr old grand son to a county fair.  Animals, rides, corndogs, rides ... well, you get the idea.  Great fun. 

Sounds more fun than slogging through the swamp, Al! Did you have any fried dough?

corn dogs: fried dough, filled with cock

What she said! Eww!

Triple eww. Did you have to get up at 6am to slog through the swamp? If so quadruple eww.

Edited September 8, 201313 yr by raffy

As long as there were no Pacu present ....

Samuel Jackson popped into my head.....Mothafuckin' snakes and muthafuckin' gators on the trail!

 

And damn muthafuckin' pacu's

What a bunch of little girls.

What a bunch of little girls.

On a tamer note watched the sun rise while drinking coffee on the beach followed by a short swim... 

 

Mike if you are up for it maybe 9 miles at JD next weekend early am isn

If it's Saturday, I'm in.

yup 9.5 miles saturday with the intent of feet on trail at 8am 

Edited September 8, 201313 yr by jp11801

Cool pictures guys.

I don't know about gators, but snakes don't go out of their way to attack humans like movies would lead you to believe.

When I was a kid in Georgia, I used to run around in a patch of zudzu vines sometimes.

One year, my dad caught a bunch of Copperheads in that patch to sell to some lab. He filled a 55 gal drum about 1/4 of the way in just a couple of days!

In my kid-bliss, I'd never even seen one there.

Congrat! I know I would be really unhappy if I couldn't get my favorite (Frantoia).

I've been meaning to try that olive oil ever since you mentioned it a while back, Reks, but have had no luck thus far. I'll remember to look at Kosher and organic sections next time - never thought to do that.

I've had Frantoia, and it's very good, but I think Halutza is on another level, if you can find it.  Desert climates really ratchet up flavor density in fruit, and while much of Italy is semi-arid, it doesn't quite do what the desert in Israel does.  Of course, ratcheting up the flavor density in fruit isn't always a good thing (I've had a few really weird wines from Israel and Lebanon, though also a few rather nice ones), it works nicely for olives.

I'll look for it.

Started the morning with no power.  Received 4.9 inches of rain between 5:00 a.m - 8:00 a.m. at home and 5.63 inches at the office. Many new streams and small lakes across local road ways on the way into work this morning.  Crazy detours to get to the office.

 

Between the April flooding and this storm, it has been a very wet year.

I've had Frantoia, and it's very good, but I think Halutza is on another level, if you can find it.  Desert climates really ratchet up flavor density in fruit, and while much of Italy is semi-arid, it doesn't quite do what the desert in Israel does.  Of course, ratcheting up the flavor density in fruit isn't always a good thing (I've had a few really weird wines from Israel and Lebanon, though also a few rather nice ones), it works nicely for olives.

 

For those interested, you can buy their organic version at Amazon.  It's just a bit pricey.

 

Or you can buy the non-organic version at Zabar's for a more reasonable price.

For those interested, you can buy their organic version at Amazon.  It's just a bit pricey.

Sorry, for $120 I expect free shipping.  

 

Also, I would be a little worried buying olive oil from a place called "cosmetic solutions."

Edited September 9, 201313 yr by shellylh

I like how they put the price per ounce in a paranthetical aside, just in case you thought it was a typo.  ("No, we meant to do that.")

 

Cosmetic Solutions == money laundering front?

Tried to sell something on Craigslist. Fucking scammers.

 

Cosmetic Solutions == money laundering front?

That certainly is one way to do it.

 

Chris, I hope the attempted scam was not successful.

Chris, I hope the attempted scam was not successful.

Aye, since you posted same day, here's to hoping you picked up on it before rather than after.

Went scouting around the local bike stores on DA9000 pricing. One of them "looked up" their pricing and gave me....MSRP.

Aye, since you posted same day, here's to hoping you picked up on it before rather than after.

It is so. I reported it soon after he started talking about a third party doing pickup and paying with certified check...