Nice Day

Nice day. After a week of unsettled weather today was pleasant.

North of Kimball, NE, this bachelor Pronghorn seemed to be enjoying the day.

Still to my eye the most graceful heavy ever. 

Obama's Lifestyle

Seem to recall the Obamas were Chicago lawyers who surrendered their law licenses (what lawyer does that?). 

Neither from a wealthy family. Eight years in the White House and now living a high roller jet set lifestyle. Where did they get the money?

Sure, sure, know about the book deals.

Maybe other sources? HUD can’t account for a half billion dollars.

After Obama made his deal with the Iranians, literal pallets of currency was shipped to Iran. Did it all get there?

Did he get to “wet his beak” in the Clinton Foundation? The Clinton Global Initiative? Inquiring minds, etc.

Obama’ Legacy? Corruption on a mammoth scale IMO.

Favorite Photo

Going through some old photos came across this. Thought I had lost it. This is about the 13,000 foot level of Mt Bross. The view is ESE looking towards the town of Alma, CO., and South Park.

At the base of the mountain are Bristlecone Pines, among the oldest living things on Earth. Fortunately they are useless as timber or the pioneer miners would have cut them down for mine props.

http://www.southparkheritage.org/trip-planner/mining/windy-ridge-bristlecone-pine-scenic-area

Driving a vehicle to this site is strictly forbidden/verboten/penalties will be imposed, etc. 

The truck is a 1984 Mitsubishi Mighty Max 2.3L TurboDiesel 5 speed 4x4. I regret selling it. That is the curse of a car salesman. When someone offers you a very large gross profit, you take the money.

Refer Madness - Nebraska

Marijuana, being legal in Colorado, has surrounding states agitated.  Hwy 71/Hwy14/Hwy52 is the main corridor from Eastern Colorado to the Nebraska Panhandle. The 14 miles from the Colorado line to Kimball can be a gauntlet as the Nebraska Patrol seeks to interdict dopers. Monday they were using two cruisers and an airplane. People going North on cruise control who fail to drop their speed 5 mph get stopped. Colorado, 65 mph. Nebraska, 60 mph.

This is the source.

Located in Log Lane Village, population 873, a pimple on the hide of Ft Morgan, population 11,329, it is just 73 miles from Kimball, NE and Interstate 80.

Personally I think the patrol should concentrate on overweight trucks but that isn’t my circus or my monkeys. My route driver partner and I don’t speed on those 14 miles.

The flagship Natural Herbs store is in Garden City, CO, population 264, a festering sore on the hide of Greeley, CO, population 98,596. Some might develop suspicions about the city administrations of these two burgs.

Someone better with words than I could find grist for the mill with the nature of the load on this truck, and the condition of the trailer tires.

Interesting, the name on the truck door is Rouge Trucking.

The Wyoming green is pleasing to the eye after a winter of brown. This morning the wind wasn’t blowing (much) and the prairie birds were in full voice. The forecast for tomorrow is a blizzard.

A negative aspect of my job is being at the end of the supply chain while operating a Prisus. 

The driver seat headrest is reversed. With no way to adjust the angle, and having my head constantly bumping it, I simply reverse it. Would my neck get broken if the car is hit from behind? Yeah, probably. Got to live up to the blog title, don’t you know.

Here is a posting by one of the people the Patrol wants to interdict. What is wrong with this picture?

https://www.facebook.com/WyomingMemes/photos/a.613631788728728.1073741828.613628028729104/1014443575314212/?type=3&theater

Trump "Gave" Secret Information To The Russians

The mainstream maggots are all atwitter with this story.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKCN18B2MX

Two problems. As reported, simply not true.

Second problem. President Trump isn't some anonymous "Mid level US Official" familiar with this or that, and leaking to the New York Times.

He is the Commander-in-Chief. It is within his right, and authority, to disclose any and all information to whomever he deems necessary if it is in our national interest. He defines "our national interest".

As to the smug, arrogant, self important members of "deep government", fuck'em.

Yeah We Are Irrational, But Who Cares?

The Colorado Mountains are home to many abandoned mines. Dredged streams. Left over from the rape and pillage era. Some are leaking toxic waste. More are death traps for clueless trespassers. Naturally, there are many “fixers”, “we need to do something”, “give us money” folks.

Enter the EPA. At the time, the EPA had 1,000+ lawyers on staff but zero mining engineers. Didn’t stop them from “fixing” the Gold King Mine near Silverton, CO. Instead, they contaminated the Las Animas river, a critical water source for Colorado, Utah and Arizona. The rivers involved end up in Lake Powell, an impoundment of the Colorado River.

This is a long technical explanation for those who care to take the time.

https://www.usbr.gov/docs/goldkingminereport.pdf

And a few photos from public sources.

To date, no one from the EPA has been held accountable. The agency itself hasn’t been held accountable. Instead, the efforts has been to declare the entire Silverton area a Superfund site.

Silverton is home to arrogant trust fund and parent allowance hippies. Wealthy fly in condo owners. The county went for Shillary last election. Doubt they understand the implications of having federal employees deciding what the property owners can and cannot do with their own property.

Colorado’s congressional delegation? Evidently the Democrats believe the EPA is their constituent.

https://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2017/05/11/poor-taste-degette-should-stop-encouraging-polluters/

Senator Mumbles weighed in with a “cover my ass but don’t hold me personally accountable” statement.

https://www.bennet.senate.gov/?p=release&id=3776

Of course the ecofreaks blame Trump, somehow.

http://www.cpr.org/news/story/tipton-gold-king-mine-cleanup-untouched-by-trump-s-epa-funding-freeze

The local Republican Congresscritter  rides the coattails of others who are doing the heavy lifting.

 https://tipton.house.gov/media/in-the-news/epa-pays-out-54k-more-colorado-gold-king-mine-reimbursement-costs

https://durangoherald.com/articles/143522

So why did WSF write this particular blog? To point out a portion of the swamp President Trump has pledged to drain.

2006 URAL

Parked near my employers operation this afternoon. Stock except for the first aid kit on the sidecar.