tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post1623423059739523622..comments2024-03-28T22:28:47.257-04:00Comments on TRAVEL WITH THE BAYFIELD BUNCH:)): THE OLD WEST IS STILL ALIVE IN THIS LITTLE BOY’S MEMORYAl Bossencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307619781955351484noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-18627069817606129282010-12-17T16:47:59.146-05:002010-12-17T16:47:59.146-05:00It's a good thing that the book you read as a ...It's a good thing that the book you read as a boy was "The Big Book of the Wild West". So that you now spend your winters tracking down the heroes and legends that you read about as a boy in the SW USA. Just think if that book had been Jack London's "Call of the Wild". You would be spending your winters up in the Yukon chasing the ghost of those character while looking and the rear ends of a bunch of sled dogs.PalmsRVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898416117045268799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-61015139792258118062010-12-16T19:40:04.122-05:002010-12-16T19:40:04.122-05:00I would guess there are a bunch of us who lived an...I would guess there are a bunch of us who lived an imaginary life in the old west when we were young and innocent. Thanks for the reminder of those great days of fantasy.Chuck and Anneke's RV travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929384797592263167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-8624751164915945342010-12-16T17:59:23.477-05:002010-12-16T17:59:23.477-05:00My little brother had that book. He lived, ate, a...My little brother had that book. He lived, ate, and breathed cowboys. Even slept with his cowboy hat on. It's nice to walk down Memory Lane. Thanks.sandybeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-33108668301716114582010-12-16T16:57:59.151-05:002010-12-16T16:57:59.151-05:00Yup.
We like where you roam.
Thanks for taking...Yup. <br /><br />We like where you roam. <br />Thanks for taking us with you! <br /><br />~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<br />Karen and Steve<br />(Our Blog) RVing: Small House... BIG Backyard<br /> http://kareninthewoods-kareninthewoods.blogspot.com/KarenInTheWoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05884478307015605168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-84831572730397033862010-12-16T11:53:10.475-05:002010-12-16T11:53:10.475-05:00I too have many times thought I was been 100 years...I too have many times thought I was been 100 years to soon.<br /><br />However, if that had been the case I might have been born an Indian; not a very promising beginning for a long life at that time. <br />Or if I had been born 100 years ago I would have been 18 years old the day before the firing on Fort Sumter. My chances of living through the Civil War would not have been great which ever side I may have been on.<br />The good news? If I had lived as long then as I have now I would have seen some glorious times as well as the bad!Edhttp://edwardfrey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-36637613505094509362010-12-16T11:26:09.434-05:002010-12-16T11:26:09.434-05:00Great post, Al, didn't even need pictures! So...Great post, Al, didn't even need pictures! Sometimes, just the imagination is all that's needed to paint your own pictures!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523089898331291694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-71635453844281424542010-12-16T11:12:18.905-05:002010-12-16T11:12:18.905-05:00I grew up watching Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, T...I grew up watching Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, Gene Autry and still love the old Westerns...(Also LOVED Sgt. Preston of the Yukon..just sayin')<br />We are still not sure about getting to Arizona this year...Long drive, even from here...Dennis and Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07320009741335075781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-30938761403919579712010-12-16T10:01:47.412-05:002010-12-16T10:01:47.412-05:00Say, over those 1000 posts you have gradually disc...Say, over those 1000 posts you have gradually discovered the benefits of paragraph breaks. (grin)<br /><br />Glad you've enjoyed the grasslands of southeastern Arizona. They are under-rated.(thankfully)kaBLOOnie Boonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845667016536890886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-4377481430891247192010-12-16T09:54:55.169-05:002010-12-16T09:54:55.169-05:00Your words painted the pictures for me today. :)Your words painted the pictures for me today. :)Travels with Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411769980205792011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-22661205832209026612010-12-16T09:10:06.388-05:002010-12-16T09:10:06.388-05:00A great blog today, Al. Among your very best. Than...A great blog today, Al. Among your very best. Thanks for the memories. When I was a lad, I had three favorite books. One was "The Tree in the Trail," about a little cottonwood sapling, following it's life, death and future uses. An Indian lad was the first adventure, as the boy piled sharp rocks around the base of the tree to keep bison from trampling it. It's final chapter was the old tree's wood being used as the yoke for oxen hauling a wagon. The other two books were by Holling Clancy Holling, one book about cowboys, one about Indians. I read those books over and over.Jerry and Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381487159402842587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-85460438119733573862010-12-16T05:50:24.829-05:002010-12-16T05:50:24.829-05:00How odd Al. While I very much enjoy the pictures ...How odd Al. While I very much enjoy the pictures you present us with nearly every day, I find that I didn’t miss the photos at all this morning. The words recounting your travels were powerful enough. While I haven’t been to many of the locations you described, I felt as though I was right there with you seeing those western settings through excited “little boy” eyes. Well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126827057034325406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-70406594176186921572010-12-16T00:50:05.932-05:002010-12-16T00:50:05.932-05:00well at least the deer won't harm you 'fur...well at least the deer won't harm you 'fur kids'..!! enjoy the wild west!!Sue and Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436889944386917688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-43578651557200474772010-12-16T00:27:55.763-05:002010-12-16T00:27:55.763-05:00I remember that book, my older brother had it, so ...I remember that book, my older brother had it, so nice that you are visiting all the places you read about and reliving the stories that the little boy loved.<br /><br />JeanJean and Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106819454019297412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-20538595427959164912010-12-15T23:46:05.134-05:002010-12-15T23:46:05.134-05:00Are you going to have a prize for the 200,000th vi...Are you going to have a prize for the 200,000th visitor? <br /><br />I check your blog frequently and enjoy your writing. We are in Tucson for the winter and travel out in the area near you frequently geocaching.Clark Ramblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713435758075556066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-14544336962107310522010-12-15T23:34:36.899-05:002010-12-15T23:34:36.899-05:00I love the photo of the San Pedro River.
I have m...I love the photo of the San Pedro River.<br /><br />I have mixed feelings about the Old West, and my sympathies usually lie on the side of the Indians. Like you said, there was good and bad about those days and people of the old west, and I guess the outcome was inevitable. But they probably had as much crime as we do today, just less people so no doubt less criminal acts.<br /><br />All the places you mention evoke memories of the west, and I'm so glad you get to see it and be there every year.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10886995.post-44596292599303019212010-12-15T23:20:34.899-05:002010-12-15T23:20:34.899-05:00I miss getting out into nature. LA is wonderful, b...I miss getting out into nature. LA is wonderful, but it's time to get back somewhere that deer will wander along.<br /><br />I love the groaner today. Where do you get these from? <br /><br />(I keep passing along the one match = forest fire, campfire = box of matches one!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com