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2ndhandTacoman · Jul 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM

Happy Sunday, everyone.

Marty65 said: ↑

I got an update on the one that survived this morning. They had to tube feed Breyers but this morning he is doing well and even purring. We are at a loss on the age they looked like they still had the birthing mess on them. And weren’t cleaned up but the eyes are open and they were tiny. We thought maybe someone had opened the eyes by force or they were older than we first thought. It’s so hard to tell because they are so small and malnourished. But it looks promising that one may make it.
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He looks like a little fighter, I hope that he pulls through and someone will adopt him. I can see the determination in his face, he wants to experience this world.

jwctaco · Jul 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM

vssman said: ↑

Here’s a photo of my handiwork from yesterday. Yes, I know the tub is still brown but that will have to be remedied by a professional.

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Nice work

jwctaco · Jul 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Time to go and wet a line

vssman · Jul 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM

It’s National Ice Cream Day. I went in the afternoon to spoil my dinner…

Hardscrabble · Jul 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Good evening everyone,

Thunderstorms are in the area. I can use the rain.

Marty65 said: ↑

I got an update on the one that survived this morning. They had to tube feed Breyers but this morning he is doing well and even purring. We are at a loss on the age they looked like they still had the birthing mess on them. And weren’t cleaned up but the eyes are open and they were tiny. We thought maybe someone had opened the eyes by force or they were older than we first thought. It’s so hard to tell because they are so small and malnourished. But it looks promising that one may make it.
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Thanks for the update Marty. Nine lives…

vssman said: ↑

Here’s a photo of my handiwork from yesterday. Yes, I know the tub is still brown but that will have to be remedied by a professional.

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Nice, clean look. Good job Paul

jwctaco said: ↑

Time to go and wet a line
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Go catch dinner Jim.

vssman said: ↑

It’s National Ice Cream Day. I went in the afternoon to spoil my dinner…

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I’ll have a strawberry cone later.

MTgirl · Jul 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Well fishing was crap
Mostly because the campground I was aiming for is closed for a remodel. And all of the other camps on the *R*E*D*A*C*T*E*D* river were full so I had to change plans. Friday night my camp neighbors were asses.

technically it’s a camp meant for folks with horses but it’s become the last ditch for everyone who can’t find a site in the RV camps. It was jam packed Friday night
I moved on Saturday morning as it was too noisy and the folks next door didn’t understand the rules of personal space and set up their tent 10’ from my camper
But things were looking up. I started making my way down the road and was just planning on checking every camp again on the off chance that I could find a free spot. Well I ended up lucking out and got a site at one of my favorite lakes. Really hard to get into and I didn’t think I’d get in there at all this summer.

so rough start but ended up alright

jwctaco · Jul 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM

Not a bad start to the week

OldSchlPunk · Jul 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Went to a car show today...a big car show...the biggest show they've ever had. The overflow, which rarely has more than a dozen or so cars in it, was completely full today. I didn't get but a few pictures. Very nice collection of cars & trucks. Some very rare.

Anyhow, there was this really nice 1st gen T4R:

33k on the clock and very clean, inside and out. Then, I found a couple of nice old Broncos:

I didn't get a picture, but a guy had a restored Bill Stroppe Baja racer. Very nice. They took some bars out of the rollcage to make ingress/egress easier, otherwise it looked like it was ready for the 1000!

Blue skies (except for some Canadian smoke) and 80* temps, with a light breeze out of the east (What's up with that? We never get winds out of the east) made for a great show. Only bummer was running into an old friend and finding out one of the old gang passed a week and a half ago. We ain't getting any younger...

MTgirl · Jul 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM

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I had to replace it ,@MTgirl
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If I had any more when you started setting up the Runner I was ready to send you another one but the batch I bought were all gone.

MTgirl · Jul 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM

If it helps with "Name the River" @jwctaco @Marty65 you can take the Big Hole off the list for the rest of the summer
https://nbcmontana.com/newsletter-d...se-to-start-tomorrow-in-southwestern-montana#

Marty65 · Jul 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM

MTgirl said: ↑

If it helps with "Name the River" @jwctaco @Marty65 you can take the Big Hole off the list for the rest of the summer
https://nbcmontana.com/newsletter-d...se-to-start-tomorrow-in-southwestern-montana#
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Do you have any high elevation backup plans that might have cooler water temps? Everywhere here is like that unless you’re going to keep them. I don’t start back till late September.

MTgirl · Jul 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Marty65 said: ↑

Do you have any high elevation backup plans that might have cooler water temps?
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yes. most of the places i go are the smaller "feeder" streams in the mountains that drain into the bigger rivers. or places that have dams to regulate the river level and try to keep things going through the worse of our hot summer days.
there's only a couple of spots on the Big Hole that I've fished because it is big and has a lot of boat traffic so hard to not get run over while you're out there wading. there's a couple sections that break up into smaller channels and I'll hop around on the little islands. Those are probably dried up now.

Martin64 · Jul 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM

MTgirl said: ↑

yes. most of the places i go are the smaller "feeder" streams in the mountains that drain into the bigger rivers. or places that have dams to regulate the river level and try to keep things going through the worse of our hot summer days.
there's only a couple of spots on the Big Hole that I've fished because it is big and has a lot of boat traffic so hard to not get run over while you're out there wading. there's a couple sections that break up into smaller channels and I'll hop around on the little islands. Those are probably dried up now.
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Still doing the cab-over camping thing?

MTgirl · Jul 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM

Martin64 said: ↑

Still doing the cab-over camping thing?
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Chebby!

apreston1 · Jul 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM

Marty65 said: ↑

I got an update on the one that survived this morning. They had to tube feed Breyers but this morning he is doing well and even purring. We are at a loss on the age they looked like they still had the birthing mess on them. And weren’t cleaned up but the eyes are open and they were tiny. We thought maybe someone had opened the eyes by force or they were older than we first thought. It’s so hard to tell because they are so small and malnourished. But it looks promising that one may make it.
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Eyes open around 10 days, ears will start unfolding from the head during this same time, although the ears are still round, “mouse ears” at this point. Such a sweet, tiny fighter-I’m rooting for this baby.

CVYota · Jul 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Martin64 said: ↑

Still doing the cab-over camping thing?
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Martin! How's it going?

TomYotaNH · Jul 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM

Mornin’

Hardscrabble · Jul 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM

Good morning.

@Martin64 It’s been a minute, good to hear from you.

Metalskool · Jul 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM

hi

Marty65 · Jul 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM

Good morning everybody!

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