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MalibuSheriff

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  1. Not arrowhead but found this cool fossil imprint yesterday in a gravel bar below Grand Lake dam:

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    You guys have all types of places for petrified wood all over central Texas.  This one was from a creek near my in-laws’ old ranch in Hamilton County:

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    Their neighbor up the road had an entire huge fireplace made out of petrified wood.  It was stunning, almost museum worthy pieces that he’d found around Hamilton and some creek over by Priddy or Gustine.

    My uncle and his neighbor buddy both had farms just south of Ponca City, OK and on days off they would walk the sandbars of the Arkansas and Salt Fork Rivers collecting arrowheads, fossils, and other cool things - including a Pleistocene bison skull (one with the huge horns that angled out versus curved horns like modern bison) and several huge spear points.  His buddy’s collection was spread through his barn and was amazing.  I always wondered what happened to his collection after he passed away…  Those two dudes were incredibly interesting people.  They always had a good story or knew some arcane bit of local history.

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  2. Prayers for you and your family.  Lost my dad almost three years ago.  As others have said, lots of good advice on this thread.

    Try to spend as much time together as possible and laugh at some memories.  The only thing we take with us in life is love.  

  3. 18 minutes ago, ftf82 said:

    The area between Tres Piedras and Chama is one of the most desolate and beautiful places in the US. Getting in and out of there in the winter can be a bitch though.

    Wha?  Highway 64 between TA and Tres Piedras this past week:

     

    Damn good snow pack this year in Chama watershed.

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  4. 37 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    And again, the people we meet are pretty friendly across the board, from the fancy shops to the dicey mexican food dives in Espanola.

    That’s what I always love about New Mexico.  I love all the beautiful views as well - desert, mountains, grasslands, volcanic areas, high meadows.  It’s got a little bit of everything.

    The vast open spaces always puts me in a good vibe as well.  

  5. On 1/15/2023 at 8:59 PM, RMac5 said:

    Went through Coleman this afternoon, stopped in at Rancho Pizza and got an Italian sausage. Looks like the owners are putting in a bbq place on the corner, just down from the pizza joint and steakhouse. Rancho Q appears to be the name. I’m sure it will be good, everything they put out is incredible.

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    Their pizza is badass.  I miss those long road trips that pass through Coleman either to a buddy’s ranch or O.H. Ivie.  In Dallas, my first boss out of college was an older guy originally from Coleman and he was salt of the Earth kind of dude.  Tip top.

    The dove hunting out there used to unbelievably good.

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  6. 5 hours ago, deadshank said:

    The guys that were on our current place were from SA and Louisiana.  They shot the ever livin' piss out of everything.  Crickets wouldn't even jump.  They had a paid hunt scheme to turn a a profit.  Some dude paid a bunch of money to shoot at 160" 4 year old.  They finally got busted and were told to leave.  They left crap everywhere. A total train wreck. Their going away present to the LO  was shooting over 15 doe and leaving them stacked up like cord wood to rot in the sun.

    What a bunch of fucking douche bags.  

  7. 51 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Looking that way.  We pulled the plug on our trip.  Sucks.  The trip was for my finacee's 50th birthday, so she's pretty down about it.  We'll just reschedule for a Spring or Summer visit. 

    That’s a bummer.   A great backup idea - Gage Hotel trip.  Weather looks to be stellar out there this weekend.  I took my wife there on her 50th birthday and she had a fantastic birthday.  Great food and pampered amenities for the ladies.  I doubt you’d have any trouble booking a room on late notice.

    One of the very best places to relax.

  8. 3 hours ago, texasdago said:

    All these years and one of these days I'm going to finally try Dan's.

    What the?

    Hell, I’m a damn Okie and have eaten at Dan’s a “half-a-hunnerd” times.  Live a little!

    Crown & Anchor is the burger I miss though…love that place.

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  9. My go-to Roasted salsa:

    6-8 Roma tomatoes

    1/2 of sweet onion 

    2-4 garlic cloves

    2 jalapenos, stems removed

    Put all the above on a cookie sheet and throw under the broiler until blackened.  Rotate once or twice to make sure they’re evenly blackened.

    Peel the blacken skin from tomatoes and then add everything into blender with some olive oil, salt, and pinch of Mexican oregano and pinch cumin.  Blend until smooth and serve.

  10. On 12/19/2022 at 2:11 PM, Shoxthemonkey said:

    Is this for places in Texas only? This is some corned beef hash that I had for breakfast in Pacific Grove, CA a couple of days ago. Outstanding breakfast.

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    I had to dig around my photo library of one of the greatest breakfasts I’ve ever eaten in Carmel, CA.  The restaurant called Em Le’s is closed now but I believe owners have reopened under different name, which I’m not sure - Eggs Benedict over corned beef hash.  It deserved to have iconic sunbeams and shit radiating from this masterpiece:

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    Monterrey Peninsula is strong in the breakfast game.

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  11. On 12/17/2022 at 6:35 PM, Parliament said:

    Not sure if this one has been posted.  He talks about all the money he borrowed to pay for law school.  Borrowed $45k (alotta money back then) went to coaching and had no chance to pay it back.  Quote" "$45k or $45M, what's the difference?  I can't pay either."  So when he was coaching in Iowa, he took a class every semester so they wouldn't call for payment.  At one point, he told a loan collector he was gonna run to Mexico.

    ETA

    He didn't get them all paid off until his 2nd year at TTU.  

     

    Gold!

    ”Those are some of the biggest pricks on Earth.  The fact that they work there I mean that they are relatively disgusting people.  They’re the type that aspire to be dog catchers are something like that.”

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  12. Didn’t know if the fly fishers on this thread had heard the news but we lost one of the greats of the sport Thanksgiving night, Dave Whitlock passed from a stroke.  Dave was the consummate gentleman, one of the most talented people I’ve met in life - art, science, writing, fly design - you name it.

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    For the fly fishers, thought you all would enjoy these videos - Kelly Bostian, the former outdoor writer for the Tulsa World, spent a day with Dave at his home in Eastern Oklahoma a couple of years ago. He did an original video on Dave instructing proper roll casts:

    https://youtu.be/Pb47tNX6yvw

    He released two additional videos recently.  The first is Dave going through an excellent breakdown of a four-part fly cast ( Dave catches a huge rainbow from his spring-fed pond at end of the video):
    https://youtu.be/XCwBn9YYfx4

    The third is Dave going through his fly boxes talking about his favorite flies for fishing in Oklahoma:
    https://youtu.be/2fl7RC_jfYA

    Hope you all enjoy. I learned a couple of new things from the master. RIP Dave.  One of the very best of the good guys.
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  13. Amen. Forget those MFf’in peas.

    Let’s get this back on track…anyone ever been to Iredell Cafe in Iredell, TX?  My buddy in Hamilton swears it’s some of best catfish in Texas.

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    The menu looks extremely legit old school cafe.

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    I’m putting this on itinerary on my next trip down Hwy. 281 area.

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