Quicksand & My Jeep

So I head out to test fire my gun and I naturally head to the arroyo near Arrow’s Ridge B&B and stick it in 4-LO to gain some height for a backstop. I drive about ½ mile in to shoot normally. Well, I climb the stair, proceed through the sand, and about ½ way to my destination my right front tire sinks deep. I gun it and no joy. No problem, even though I feel the front end still sinking. I hit the switch for the lockers and pull myself right through the sand.

I proceed on and run 35 through the pistol and find it acceptable. I pack up and head out of the arroyo. I plow through the sand again and stop once past it. Now, I’m thinking that this is just a soft spot in the arroyo, but when I walk to the stuff I start sinking! That is some cool shit. One thing I notice is that it’s not actually quick though. In fact I could walk right through the entire patch of quicksand without danger, but if I stood still I would slowly sink about 3 or 4 inches in a minute.

Anyway, that’s my first experience with quicksand.

Quotes from famous people. (From Mom)

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, ‘Lillian, you should have remained a virgin..’
– Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: – ‘No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.’
– Eleanor Roosevelt

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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement..
– Mark Twain
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The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
– George Burns
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Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
– Victor Borge
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
– Mark Twain
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
– Socrates
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I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
– Groucho Marx
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My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.
– Jimmy Durante
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I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
– Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
– Alex Levine
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My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
– Rodney Dangerfield
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Money can’t buy you happiness …. But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
– Spike Milligan
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Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP .
– Joe Namath
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I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.
– Bob Hope
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I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it..
– W. C. Fields
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We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
– Will Rogers
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Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
– Winston Churchill
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Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty .. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out..
– Phyllis Diller
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By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.
– Billy Crystal
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And the cardiologist’s diet: – If it tastes good spit it out.