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Geeze! I looked really hard for your camp site but I couldn't see it. Sorry, things didn't work out for you having an extended trip. Looks like you had a good adventure though. Again, love the pics. Living the dream...
Builds My '78 FJ40 "44"
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We had a great time!! I think Dianna wants to take daBoise and the Tundra/trailer for a trip, the end of next week. So, we'll probably hit a bunch of places in Utah.
Where were you looking for my camp site?
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First pic. I thought you said to look for it or I misunderstood.
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It says find my 44
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I couldn't find that either. Poor eye sight is my excuse 
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Good you left. It was clear an hour ago but the weather is changing quickly.
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Nice
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Yeah, it changed SIGNIFICANTLY out there, in a matter of minutes... but, it's still here... here.
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At least the choppers weren't black 
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At least the choppers weren't black
I saw a black 2-seater running the power lines over there the other day...
What you circled in the pic is where I thought 44 was. Looks like my eyesight is better that what I thought, or maybe more likely I'm good at guessing.
Keep the pics coming. Love the dancing flames! You even have in the background a "burning bush".
We have been having a lot of helicopter activity, several times a week, here over the past year or so. I'm not up on the different types of helicopters, but we have even had a few instances of the 2 man attack helicopters going overhead.
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Keep the pics coming. Love the dancing flames! You even have in the background a "burning bush".
We have been having a lot of helicopter activity, several times a week, here over the past year or so. I'm not up on the different types of helicopters, but we have even had a few instances of the 2 man attack helicopters going overhead.
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Thanks Don!!
That wasn't the real "burning bush", Don... I just lucked out on the timing.
Disclaimer: No actual bushes were burned in the taking of that picture.
There are a lot of aircraft out there... DNWR is about 1.5M acres... two-thirds of the acreage is closed, restricted, "deadly force authorized" Nellis AFB Range/Area 51/Groom Lake/Mercury Test Site/and who knows what else.... The aircraft from Nellis AFB fly right up US95 to get to their 'range'...
... and don't forget all those illegal (space) aliens and their flying saucers...
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Those are blackhawks, all military, all the time. Badass choppers, they have such a unique noise too - at the Oso slide, helicopter operations were done by the Washington National Guard, who had blackhawks. Now, whenever I see them (or hear them) I geek out...
Thanks for the name/info SBG. I don't guarantee I'll remember the name, but at least I can say I'll try.
The Oregon National Guard has a unit that flies out of the Salem airport. They fly all over the Willamette Valley, and consequently it is real easy to tell the sound of a military helicopter way before they are even seen. I think that more military helicopters fly overhead that civilian helicopters. Whenever they go overhead I always wonder the purpose for them flying at that time.
We've had civilian helicopters land between us and the freeway. The development company that owned the property at that time was trying to sell it for a company mall like the one at Woodburn, except that the size of the property would have allowed the mall to dwarf the one at Woodburn. I'm REAL glad it never came into being, I would have been a back door neighbor.
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The Oregon National Guard has a unit that flies out of the Salem airport. They fly all over the Willamette Valley, and consequently it is real easy to tell the sound of a military helicopter way before they are even seen. I think that more military helicopters fly overhead that civilian helicopters. Whenever they go overhead I always wonder the purpose for them flying at that time.
We've had civilian helicopters land between us and the freeway. The development company that owned the property at that time was trying to sell it for a company mall like the one at Woodburn, except that the size of the property would have allowed the mall to dwarf the one at Woodburn. I'm REAL glad it never came into being, I would have been a back door neighbor.
Don
funny, your travels have me thinking that I'm going to repurpose the H3 once the '40 is done.... of course, it will be with some re-imagination such as repowering with diesel and a SAS .... hmmmm....
