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MalibuSheriff

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  1. Rabbit Ear Mountain. Love that country out there…Rabbit Ear from the top of Black Mesa a couple of years ago (about a 100 yards from Mountain Time too).
  2. Just came across this interview:
  3. RIP Zoob. I was there last month and it was the same as ever. Hope it stays the same.
  4. I’m thankful (and surprised) this was not in Oklahoma.
  5. I had to have driven by that at least a thousand times and never noticed it.
  6. I thought you burnt orange aficionados would like this photo (taken by some storm chaser) from the backside of the storm last night near Grit, TX:
  7. I was just talking with my buddy who has a place out there early today. He was worried about his tanks running dry if this storm didn’t come through. Very happy for all the folks about in the Hill Country.
  8. Hope all my Hill Country homies are watching this storm. This one is wicked. South of Mason, looks like it will track north of Fredericksburg.
  9. I had no idea my wife had a sister…
  10. Lake Murray south of town is nice. Dornick Hills CC is a great track if you get a chance to play golf there. A buddy of mine lives not too far from Ardmore and says Cafe Alley has excellent food. Aforementioned Turner Falls north of town is cool. Other than that, I’ve got nothing. I’ve driven by there several hundred times but rarely stopped.
  11. The kid and I got out a couple of times in April to some lakes and streams about an hour east of Tulsa. Early in the month, we hit one of my old haunts that pours into Fort Gibson Lake looking for some sandbass with none were running. However, we were surprised by smallmouth in a stream that I had previously only caught spotted bass and LMB: The prior Sunday, we tried again looking for hybrids and sandbass. There were a few small male sandbass but no larger females and no hybrids. We tried a nearby lake and caught a drum on a fly. First one for me in freshwater. We’ve had a shitload of rain this month and all the streams were running. Lake Hudson about 8’ high:
  12. That is a blast from the past. We had a Monterrey House in Tulsa around 18th and Sheridan we’d eat at least once a week.
  13. Bills Jumbo Burgers, east of downtown Tulsa. Cash only. Greasy brown paper bag for free.
  14. Our very best family vacations were various rentals between Leucadia and Del Mar, CA. Always feels like home whenever I’m out there.
  15. Finally made a close facsimile of one of my favorite dishes at Madam Mam’s - Guay Teaw Nuer Sub, or F12 on the menu at Bee Caves. Damn it was good to nail it after several misfires (Tulsa Thai scene is virtually non-existent).
  16. My daughter and I were back in Austin last weekend and she requested one of her favorite restaurants from her childhood - Tuk Tuk on south Manchaca. Unfortunately, since Covid they are only take-out but allowed us to eat at one of the front waiting tables. Still very, very good. Tulsa’s Thai food scene sucks, so thoroughly appreciate the abundance of great Thai choices.
  17. Just seeing this thread, Brisket. I’m very sorry to hear of your loss. Your dad sounds like a wonderful man who I would have loved to have met…and of course, go on a fishing trip with. I lost my dad (who adopted me when I was fifteen) in 2020. They were of similar age and those guys of that vintage had to persevere through a lot in life - not many like them anymore. I’m immensely grateful that my dad chose my mom and me. I have no idea where I’d be in my life if he had arrived just at the right time. I hope you get out to the Llano soon and have a full weekend of wading around, fishing, eating a Big Chop, listening to classic country, and thinking of memories. The tears will subside in time and will be replaced with laughs and joy. Trust me. We will see them again, no doubt in my mind. 1 John 4:8 Psalms 126 Revelations 21:3-5
  18. Just finished Annals of the Former World, John McPhee’s Pulitzer Prize winning collection of five books on the geology of North America. While sounding dry as toast, it is very readable. Simply amazing history of our world, along with biographies of impactful geologists who contributed greatly to knowledge of North America’s Deep Time. The middle book, Rising from the Plains, about Wyoming geology and Dr. David Love were my personal favorite. David Love, and especially his parents, led lives that few of us can even imagine.
  19. 100% agree with the above. It could be 70F in that part of the world in March or it could be a blizzard. Good weather - no problem. If you were traveling in summer, I could give you dozens of places to camp that are awesome. Spring with kids, weather is too unpredictable.
  20. I’ve been wanting to cook them since my son and I had our first in Leakey a few years ago while we were on a fishing trip to the Nueces and Frio. It was much easier than I expected - I mashed out two roughly 1/4lb hamburger patties in a rectangular shape, layered with diced fresh jalapenos with grated Colby/Jack cheese. Also, I had some shallots on hand and diced those up as well. Covered first patty and diced japs/shallots/cheese with second patty and pressed and sealed them together and threw them on the grill. Served with some brown gravy and mashed potatoes. Definitely doing it again soon.
  21. I’m a long way from the Frio and Medina valleys these days but recently had a craving for southwest Texas-style pepper steak. Poor pic but damn was it good. This dish needs more love: https://texashighways.com/food-drink/what-the-heck-is-pepper-steak/
  22. Pertaining to the mention of Big Bend Ranch SP, i thought I’d post the following Texas Monthly article from over twenty years ago written by the author of Empire of the Summer Moon. One of the finest essays I’ve come across: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/conversations-with-a-grasshopper/
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