@flga-pls-2-2
Back in the 1970's a lot us field crew guys had long hair.?ÿ In 1975 mine was a LOT longer than my future wife's.?ÿ I used to get some strange looks when I tied mine back with pink flagging.
Andy
I never let my hair grow that long. Shoulder length was all I could stand because I used to surf quite a bit and you don't need hair constantly in your eyes. So I guess I was half surfer and half long hair. Whatever that meant. ?????ÿ
@flga-pls-2-2
Everybody had long hair back then, even me.?ÿ
But it interfered with my motorsickle riding.?ÿ Getting whipped by your own ponytail at 85 mph hurts.?ÿ My hair eventually went the way of my bell bottoms...
After HS my hair was below my shoulders thru college until I spent the hottest day of my life so far on a subdivision that had few shades in June 1974 and by the next morning it was perhaps 1/4 inch long and the comfort zone was much better.
. Monte are there that many snakes, wolves, gila monsters, mountain lions, crack-heads or illegal alien rapists to warrant being that heavily strapped?
I suspect the wildlife Monte is concerned with is mules.?ÿ ?ÿ?ÿ
Sorry guys, I been in the field, away from internet for a few days.?ÿ My normal field carry is one pistol, for a snake, or a skunk, or a hog, or maybe a cat.?ÿ I know I can kill a snake without a bullet, but I also know the closer my hands get to a snake, the higher chance I have of getting struck.?ÿ I have a healthy dislike of skunks, and any I see in daytime I rid the area of.?ÿ They might be rabid, maybe not, but they also might ruin my next couple of weeks with just their odor.?ÿ Hogs, yeah, they can kill a person.?ÿ Stepping into a pack in weeds head high gets your heart rate up (did someone mention a BAR?)?ÿ The momma sows will charge you!!?ÿ The closest I ever came to a big cat it was in a burrow and screamed at me, and I am pretty sure I would be an OK quick draw champeen on the TV.?ÿ I didn't shoot at it, cause what if I only mad it madder????ÿ Now, some of ya'll did note the location of that picture.?ÿ The border can be a dangerous place.?ÿ People coming across can be desperate for food and water, and I am sure at least some of you know what true desperation will make people do.?ÿ The Border Patrol will stop and tell you stories of they found 11 bundles of dope, but only caught 7 mules so far, so they know there are at least 4 more close by trying to get away.?ÿ An ATV looks good to them.?ÿ A person carrying a rifle is much more likely to be someone they just hide from.?ÿ I don't share many things that happen out there, because if I don't tell it, it didn't happen.?ÿ But this one...?ÿ We were riding ATVs down an old ranch road, about 3/4 miles away from the Rio Grande.?ÿ The ranch manager was with us, and we were noticing that while the ranch manager said he rarely came to this part of the ranch, the road we were on had rocks placed in the washes, making the road much more passable to vehicles.?ÿ There were 4 of us, and as we were going along, our handheld radios starting making a static crackling noise.?ÿ We kept them on scan mode, no real reason, we just did.?ÿ Then we started picking up voices.?ÿ Spanish speaking voices.?ÿ They got clearer as we got closer.?ÿ One of our party spoke Spanish a lot better than the rest of us.?ÿ He started translating.?ÿ It was a party of border crossers working their way up the canyon in 2 groups.?ÿ One of the groups then spotted our ATVs.?ÿ They talked back and forth, describing us, our clothing, the cooler on the ATV, etc.?ÿ We stopped and kinda hunkered down, not knowing what to expect.?ÿ They decided to go back towards the river.?ÿ They got aways down the canyon, then over the radios we heard them tell the other group to tell everyone to run for the river.?ÿ We decided leaving was our best option, so we did, figuring to come search for those survey corners another day.?ÿ We went back to the main road, and the ranch manager went on back to his house, said he was gonna call the border patrol.?ÿ Next morning, we hear from the ranch manager.?ÿ During the night, the border patrol had been relayed a 911 call from the local sheriff's office.?ÿ There was a border crosser, her and her 2 kids had been left behind when the group she was crossing with had ran away from some people on ATVs earlier that day.?ÿ She had no water for any of them, and had not had any since they had drank at the Rio Grande the morning before.?ÿ (Ya'll know Texas is known for being hot) When night fell, she decided her only chance of staying alive was to climb to the top of a mesa and try for a cell signal.?ÿ She managed to find one, and called out.?ÿ Of course she had no idea where she was.?ÿ The ranch manager was on his way to lead the border patrol out to where we had been so they knew where to start searching for this woman and her kids, hoping to find them before they died of thirst or heat.?ÿ They did find them, but they were all pretty sick.?ÿ Human life has nothing past cash value to those coyotes and drug mules.
Thank you for sharing that true life story Monte.
