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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Oct 9, 2008
Description:
While exploring the sandbar I came across some strange tracks. One set was broad, 3’ wide, with scratched and brushed lines stretching across the sand. The second set was only 6” wide and snaked across the otherwise smooth sand.
I had no idea about the wider track, but the smaller one reminded me of a snake trail. A really, really big snake track. Maybe a sidewinder. “Or a giant anaconda out in the middle of the desert?”
That didn’t make sense, but it still caused me to exercise a bit of caution while following the tracks to the top of the river bank. There the tracks were joined by claw prints. “Curiouser and curiouser,” I mumbled. Had a raccoon run afoul of the anaconda?
Just up the bank was a freshly gnawed bush. There was no anaconda in sight (I looked). It’s a good thing no one was hiding in the bushes, ready to jump out and yell “boo!”
Finally it dawned on me: “Whew! A beaver. He cut down a bush and pulled it down the water hoping to dam the river. Talk about your high hopes. Reminds me of a song….”
“OH NO! Don’t even start!”
But it was too late….the singing had already started:
(Singing loudly)
“Next time your found, with your chin on the ground
There a lot to be learned, so look around….
Once there was a silly ol’beaver
Thought he’d build a big ol’dam
Nothing'd make that beaver scram
He kept building that dam
Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes
He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes
So any time your feelin bad
stead of feelin sad
Just remember that beaver
Hey there’s another billion kilowatt dam…
Hey here comes a billion kilowatt dam.”
Date Taken:
Oct 9, 2008
Place Taken:
Uinta and Ouray Indian Reservation, UT
Owner:
Dan Nickens
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Category:
329, Taking Peli Home
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Tony Gugliuzza - Oct 09,2008
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Dan,<br /><br />Normally I look forward to your posts (I'm still waiting to find out what happened on the last part of your trip).<br /><br />But, Dammit man.....<br />Now I've got that stupid song stuck in my head for the rest of the day!<br /><br />Whoops! There goes another usless brain cell.
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Dan Nickens - Oct 09,2008
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I feel your pain, Tony, because I still haven't gotten rid of it. I had to download it onto the iPod. I figure about the 500th playing and I'll be done for the next twenty years.
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