Pics from Camp

Gus, they won't fit into parking meters or vending machines so they're not going to do me much good. Got any other kind of currency?

How about if I just give you a piece of my property? Couple acres out back, tillable. That work?

(snort)

Got any gold dust? I just finished reading a book about Billy Miner. You robbed any trains, gus, in your travels?

I derailed a train once. Never robbed one.

Not too exciting, gus. But tell me the story anyway. I'm bored.

You're treating me like a cheap trick, Mame.

I wouldn't have thought there'd be parking meters and vending machines where you are, Mame, but I guess that's government and commerce for you.

Fella I heard of one time got him a job way up in the back hills of Arkansas cutting pine trees. He worked about a month and then decided he didn't like and he went to the boss and said "Boss, I quit and you can pay me off right now." The boss said "Okay." and he went around the back of his desk and fiddled with a key in a drawer for a minute and then brought out a really nice mink skin. "There you go, " he said, "and good luck to you."
Fella looks at the mink skin and says "Well, what's this?"
Boss says "Well, up here, that's what we use for money."
"Okay, then," says the fella and he gets his stuff and heads on down the road.
He walks about five miles and sees a place that says "Eat Here." so he goes in and orders up a breakfast of hash browns, nearly burned bacon and three eggs over easy. Oh, and biscuits and gravy. And coffee.

He finishs it all off and go up to the counter to pay.
Says "I want to pay for that breakfast." and he gets out the mink skin and lays it on the counter.
Fella behind the counter looks at the minkskin and then he looks at the fella. He picks up the minkskin and blows the fur back on it then reachs down behind the counter and pulls out two rabbit hides and four squirrel skins for change.

Joe(wish I had my banjo with me.)Nation

That's funny, Joe.

Apparently the martens Mike shot are worth $50 a piece. What do you think this beautiful little guy is worth? Manager Mike is feeding it.




This is the birthday boy




And Smallhead at the water truck:




The Dry where the boys hang their wet, muddy drill clothes:




Clarence, the guy that built the roads and is building the pads, and doing a myriad of other important things:




On the barge - $350.00 or $500.00 each way (less than a ten minute ride):




I read an interesting way to cook a roast yesterday and did it with smashing results. You put your roast directly on the rack in the oven and place a pan beneath it to catch the drippings, in which you later put your veggies to be roasted.

I cooked two 6.5 lbs roasts at 350 degrees for 2.5 - 3 hours and they were perfectly done. I marinated them for about 8 hours before roasting. Today they'll be having beef dip for dinner.

Also made potato pancakes this morning with leftover mashed spuds. Pretty good. Going to try some potato biscuits with the remainder.

I watched a television show, on the Travel channel, called "Survivor Man".
I couldn't help, but to think, of this thread. One of these days..........

That's a great shot of the fox - he's losing his fear of you guys when
he's fed food.

Mame, are you also doing their laundry?

CJ:

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently the drillers wash their oily stuff with a can of coke. Really takes the grease out!

I look at your pics and I wanna go back to the bush.

Then I think of how damned cold and wet and physically tried I used to get.

We never worked in snow so I guess that makes me a pussy.

Ah, there's not that much snow here... and tripping over trees and roots, and slashing your way through brush is worse, not to mention mosquitoes and black flies.

Here's a picture of our mud - once it warms up, you gotta squish your way around:





And here's Clarence bucking the tree that was causing our internet interference:








And here's the new geo, Rob:




And all the campers:

Making anything special for St Patty's day?r is it some more muktuk.

Hmmm... is that tomorrow? Nah, probably not. I'm not sure what I'm serving. Maybe fish?

Three weeks in -- seems like longer than that. Are you thinking it will go closer to 4 or 6 weeks?

I feel like I've been here 6 months already, JPB We are here until the end of the month, anyway, which will be 6 weeks. They are "drilling" an 1100 ft hole - 5th shift so far and very little to show for it. Stuck rods, broken bit, cavey sand... Anyway by Wed we should have the 38, for whatever that's worth. A

nd I think el Presidente will be here then, too. He asked me if I had a passport. Wonder why he wanted to know that? Does he have a project somewhere exotic, maybe? Ohhh, I hope so! (rubs hands with glee)

He's taking you on a weekend to Paris, prolly.

My best friend's three brothers are geos - one's working primarily in China, one in South Africa, the third's all over northern Canada when he's not in South America.

Passports are in order - and plenty of air miles are there to be earned.

Still loving this thread, mame!