Well, you don't use a screwdriver to drive a nail. I'm a serious believer in the right tool for the task. With a pistol I seriously believe in the second shot. I want to be very close with the first shot

So. After years of careful study I finally found and owned a motorcycle with too much horsepower (180 hp Suzuki B King). Likewise I found that the .456 Casoul was just too much for a hand cannon. Damn

I'm not good with fiction. I've tried it enough times in the last 50 years to have a grip on that. So this is a hybrid sort of story. I can tell you for an absolute fact that there might not be a better

I knew that. Otherwise I'd have never mentioned it :)

You know you've pissed me off, right? I have a Korea era practice grenade (M4?) but I can't find it. For 11 years it lived just to the left of where I'm sitting right now but I had to take the shelf unit

If you could wave a magic wand it'd be Chat GPT. Your writing isn't.

So. I'm pretty excited to see what you have going now. A major undertaking, no doubt. Just to be clear: I'm not letting you off the hook with Peralta. Waiting, if not so patiently :)

Who you callin' crazy? :)

April of next year there is a total eclipse of the sun in the eastern US. The weather is probably too iffy for the northern tier, but I'd love to watch the eclipse in in Maine and wander home via the UP.

Ohhhhhh. There is the straw that stirs the drink! What a great segment that leaves the next writer a million ways to go. Very nicely done.

Hmmmmm. I wish I were heading to the UP. I'm not. Maybe next year. Via you I have a whole list of places to check out.

There are a couple of tress that were felled, hollowed out, and people actually lived in them. I really wish I had the pictures.

The Sequoias are not the longest lived. That would be the Bristlecone Pine. The oldest was mature when Jesus walked the earth. They are crazy protected. There are 3 known groves and you can't find them

Ugggghhh. I have almost no pictures of Sequoia trees. I lost an auxiliary hard drive a few years ago, and two years ago I had a corrupted SD card in my camera. That pic is a good representation of the

I'm glad you liked the name. When Snook first started this and I knew I had a part of it the name just came to me. After several weeks it was still with me :) Yosemite is in the southern Sierra Nevada

Thanks man! I had big fun with this. I normally stay completely away from fiction so I felt better about including some facts.

Thank you! For the support and kind words. I had great fun writing my part. I knew it was going to include Gnomer from the very first :) For the record: I do love the Mariposa Grove and Yosemite in general.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks Snook! I had a great time thinking about and writing this piece. As far as the story goes it didn't move the needle very far, but I had fun. "Lets do it again sometime!"

A Ruckus is a bad motorscooter! I've been a fan of Sammy's since these days. I just love his voice. Thanks for stopping by, bozz!