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One of the sort of "must see" places in the Grand Tetons, although, for the life of me I don't know why ;-) I still have a couple of thousand photos to sift through.
The sky was so ridiculously blue out in Wyoming that it made the water gorgeous!
An update on my coyote attack - It made the company blog:
militarygear.com/coyote-attacks-man-for-boonie/
and my new hat arrived on Friday.
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When you visit Yellowstone National Park, you see signs everywhere warning you to keep a safe distance from the wildlife. Good advice, especially considering that I was visiting the Park during the rut, when hormones run high and tempers are short.
I was driving down a fairly well-traveled dirt road when I saw a Coyote in a field just a short distance away. The light was perfect so I pulled over, put on my favorite hat and got out to get a few shots. The animal was hunting for mice and seemed completely unaware of me. At one point, it trotted over to the road and began coming my way. As it approached, I moved towards the open door of my car and started to get in, figuring that the animal would pass by. Much to my surprise, as I was almost in my car, the Coyote turned and ran right at me! Surprised and a bit frightened, I turned to try to put my large telephoto lens between myself and the animal. As it jumped towards me, I pushed it down with the lens, but somehow lost my footing and fell very hard right into it. In the process, my hat fell off and my camera hit the ground.
What happened next surprised me even more than the initial charge. As I was trying to get to my feet, I saw the Coyote grab my hat in its mouth and run from the car. I had the sense to pick up my camera and catch a few quick shots as the miserable creature ran off with my hat. I cautiously followed for a bit, hoping to get the hat back, but the coyote darted down a hole and that was the last I saw of the hat.
I know that I was lucky not to get bitten and have to get rabies shots. On the other hand, I landed on some very large rocks when I fell and I have a couple of huge bruises. Shortly after the mutt buried my hat, it came back to the road where a small crowd had gathered and charged right into the group of people. Bad Coyote! BAD! You know, they are only the size of a large cat - I should have kicked it into the middle of next month!
On a side note, I contacted the seller of the hat, BDU.com and they immediately promised to send me a replacement.
UPDATE - My replacement hat arrived in the mail today. Check out this link:
militarygear.com/coyote-attacks-man-for-boonie/
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It's been raining for the past few nights and I've been super eager to do a totally self indulgent photoshoot with some of my gear against a cloudy night.
The minute I start taking photos, the clouds all disappear! I was hoping for a dramatic background.
I'm in the backyard with two studio lights, wireless trigger system (the trigger is in my left hand), I'm standing on a milk crate placed on a table that is slowly sinking into the wet grass. The epic clouds in the background have all moved. My PMK gas mask is fogging up and the wireless remote is in my left land.
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Rex Allers with a M-3 45cal. submachine gun. Also called a
grease gun because of the similarity to a mechanics Grease gun.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
What! A chair out in the middle of nowhere. Go figure.
Not sure where I was but I know I was reading the Free Press.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Hard to believe I carried this stuff around everyday. Up mountains/hills
then back down the other side and then there's the rice paddys and
rivers and......will, you get the point.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
GMC M24 Army Tank - 1945
Armour: 10 - 38 mm.
Engine: 2 Cadillac 90-degree V8-cylinder 44T24, 5.720cc.
2-speed.
Crew: 5.
Armament: 75 mm M6 gun with 48 rounds also 1 0.50 calibre machine gun with 420 rounds, 2 .30 machine guns with 3.750 rounds.
I'm sure Sgt. Lincoln wanted to take this as a souvenir
but I'm also sure he didn't want to carry it.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Used gear at LZ Bronco
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
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#legocustomminifigures #customlegominifigure #legomoc #legoapocolypse #legomilitary
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So you put a whole lot of dirt in the back of a deuce & a half, then
back down the road to make sure the mine sweepers didn't miss
anything. In this case they did. There was a guy riding in the back with an
M-60 on a bi-pod. He landed about 20 ft from the truck but was ok. Just
rang his bell a bit.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
M-16 on the left. AK-47 on the right.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Kids were always happy to see us. Maybe it was the candy.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Huey Helicopter being used to fairy us across a swift moving
river. One of our other units lost a man tryiny to cross the same river.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Unknown GI just trying to keep his feet dry.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
We found a really large enemy cache of weapons and ammo
one day in the mountains. Had fun blowing it up.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Huey Helicopter being used to fairy us across a swift moving
river. One of our other units lost a man tryiny to cross the same river.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
James Blackey taking a break.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Hard to believe I carried this stuff around everyday. Up mountains/hills
then back down the other side and then there's the rice paddys and
rivers and......will, you get the point.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
So you put a whole lot of dirt in the back of a deuce & a half, then
back down the road to make sure the mine sweepers didn't miss
anything. In this case they did. There was a guy riding in the back with an
M-60 on a bi-pod. He landed about 20 ft from the truck but was ok. Just
rang his bell a bit.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Entering the jungle. Not sure where though but I can feel the
leeches already.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Church service in the field. We were providing security while the
engineers and others were building a small fire-base on the hill.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Yikes, more Jungle. And I know there were leeches in the water.
Always were.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
House keeping was not a priority. My radio with the long
antenna installed.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Church service in the field. We were providing security while the
engineers and others were building a small fire-base on the hill.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
That's Lt. Berthelot from Louisiana. He was badly wounded and sent home.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
This was near Tam Ky. The burning vehicle was an APC.
(armored personal carrier) This was not a fun day.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Not sure who was the most curious. Us or them. That's me on
the left and James Blackey on the right,
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
James Blackey having some rest time. Note the use of the natural
terrain plus sandbags for our defensive position.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Unfortunately a don't remember his name but I'm sure he's
happy to be here.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Shade was always welcome. This must have been someplace we
planned on staying a while. We didn't go to this much trouble for just
a few nights, For us this was a mansion.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
Some goof off time I'm thinkin'.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
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We found a really large enemy cache of weapons and ammo
one day in the mountains. Had fun blowing it up. Took a lot of
Photoshop just to make the pic look this good. It was bad. (still is)
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
hmmm, would this be a sherpa.
Americal Div. 4/21-11th infantry Brigade (Jungel Warriors)
1968-1969. This was my all expenses paid trip to Southeast
Asia. Thank you Uncle Sam.
For a while now we have been asked to make Multicam rucksacks and also some medpacks. Well, ok, we have started this week.
More information to follow over the next few weeks. Product launch coming mid July.
Keep an eye on this page for details: www.body-armour-protection.co.uk/multicam-rucksacks-and-h...
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