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The brand-new Ankara Arena needed a professional led screens system in order to host the prestigious FIBA World Championship - Turkey 2010.
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I live in central Oklahoma, does anyone know what wild (i guess the word is feral) bees live around here?
Would i have chances of catching a swarm/hive that are good bees(good honey producers, docile, etc.)?
I live in central Oklahoma, does anyone know what wild (i guess the word is feral) bees live around here?
Would i have chances of catching a swarm/hive that are good bees(good honey producers, docile, etc.)?
You can always catch a swarm or be lucky enough to locate a feral colony.
Bees have been breed throughout time for certain qualities. They include both good honey producers and being docile. Catching a "true" feral colony and not a recent swarm, means they probably have less traits of being good honey producers, (africanized being the exception), and are probably more aggressive than those breed for being docile.
Most who are interested in feral bees, other than the experience of making the catch, are probably looking for a trait of survivability in regards to the v-mite problem.
As for the actual strain of breed, I do not know.
ok, thanks, i plan to have other bees i just think it would (hopefully will) be fun to catch feral bees :-D
When I lived in OK most of the feral bees I saw were basically Italian looking. A bit of a darker leather color than the typical Italian, but I'm sure they are mostly decended from them. Maybe now that the mites have hit, you may find more of the old black bees.
The feral bees I've seen everywhere are of unpredictable demenor. I would approach them with caution. Some are quite docile and some are quite vicious.
Is there a chance that my virgin queens will mate with the feral population around here and pick up survival traits?
If you know what I mean.
Open mating is like a box a chocolates.
Early last spring I placed a 5 Frame NUC box with 4 frames of foundation and 1 frame of old dark comb. I also had a vial of phermone placed near the opening, on the side of a vacant house where I new there were Bees in the area. Within a month I caught a HUGE swarm that were very gentle. The box was jammed packed full. I have got supers on them now. You can't describe the feeling of catching your first swarm. If you catch a swarm that is viscious you could always requeen.
Sounds too easy Russ.
I want to catch a swarm of feral bees out by my place, and before I go digging into their home, I'd like to try this first. I don't think I'll have to even know the exact spot they're at. I'll just get closer to them and set up a box and see what happens.
I Can't win if I don't play.
If you can get the box within 100 yards or so of the feral hive and if you have old comb in it and, even better, have it in a well used and propolized box and if you add some lemongrass or lemongrass oil or HBH or swarm catch pheromones, then I'd put your odds at about 1 in 16. Much better than the lottery, but not high enough to count on.
I want to catch a swarm of feral bees out by my place, and before I go digging into their home, I'd like to try this first. I don't think I'll have to even know the exact spot they're at. I'll just get closer to them and set up a box and see what happens.
You can always try the cone method. I works, but it takes a few weeks. Eventually, the bees will swarm, and if you can get the queen, you are set.
I always wanted a wild queen too. I thought it would be better adapted, and probably is, but you never know what you will get. The bees can be mean, run on the combs, lousy producers, ect. I just breed my queens, and hope one of the drones mate with her. Sooner or later, the adaptibility will take place anyway, and I'll already know what I have.
Pros and cons to every argunment.
Well we thought that there was a pretty good chance of catching a swarm as the friend of mine got a swarm just across the road the year before. What we think [and have no way of knowing] is that the bees in the area are probably in a tree and have pretty well used up their space in the tree and will swarm every year so I am going to put up another swarm trap next year and hope to catch another bunch. Good luck Daisy on catching a swarm next spring.
Thanks Russ,
I just want to try it for the experience of it all.
Heck, so many of them come here now, that I might be able to lure a swarm of them here next spring if I put the sugar water out.
Good luck to you too......
Sugar water won't lure a swarm. It will keep some of the field bees checking out your place and if you have a good smelling and proper home for some bees handy and empty they might consider it. I'd worry more about the swarm trap.
If you have an old box that is well lived in by the bees this is best. If you don't, then swap a new one for one from one of your hives. Some old dark drawn comb with nothing in it is nice to leave in them. Spray it with Certan so the moths don't eat it. An old lid and bottom board that smell nice won't hurt either. I think Lemongrass essential oil works as well as the swarm lure but you should get one or the other. The biggest problem I have with swarm traps is Finches moving in. And Mud Daubers and Paper Wasps. So you have to check them all the time and clean them out.
Micheal, I know sugar water won't attract a swarm, but many of the bees will become familar with my place since they've created a path back and forth to my place.
I have just what they're looking for......
Mu ha ha....
Actually when bees swarm, they are looking for a good home not looking for foraging grounds. I doubt that foraging is even remotely on their minds. They just want to find a suitable place that will keep them dry and happy for the foreseeable future. An already established hive but vacant hive is even more attractive.
Yesterday i had nothing to do, so i went out back to look at our garden. I noticed something darting around with alot of agility. When i finally caught sight of it, i realized it follows the description of the black bees daisy was talking about.
I would like to find where the hive is just to see where it is, i dont think i want to catch it this fall.
Daisy, what ratio of sugar to water do you use in yourt sugar water (if any)?
Also, if one goes in the bucket of sugar water, when she flies out, how will i know she is going to the hive and not another flower?
When a bee fills up on syrup there isn't any more room for nectar. They will go up in a bit of a spiral and then beeline to the hive. If you mark them with a little flour or powdered sugar or catch them and paint a dot on them, you can time how long it takes for them to get back and determine how far away the hive is. If you glue a small downy feather on them you can slow them down enough to get a better beeline or maybe even follow that one bee back.
Micheal knows all the tricks. LOL
Jo jo I've been using a third sugar to water ratio which is the consistancy recommended for my hummingbirds I fed this summer.
I did this to cut down on my sugar bill.
Like Micheal said, I can't do this too much longer in this area.
But if you want to find a feral in the area, just put out the sugar water and they'll find you. Then maybe you'll find them. Mu haha


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Binghamton University to hold evolutionary lecture series
Binghamton University is sponsoring a five-part lecture series featuring distinguished scientists and scholars who approach their diverse subjects from an evolutionary perspective. The lectures are free and open to the community.
Speakers will address a series of issues, including evolutionary biology, factors influencing IQ, kinship through patterns of altruism and opposition to incest, genetics and mental disorders.
Michael A Bell will be the first speaker in the series and is scheduled to discuss "Evolutionary research opportunities in Cook Inlet, Alaska, using stickleback as a model organism "at noon, Friday, September 5, in room 214 of the Science III building. At 4 p.m., Bell will discuss "Evolutionary Time Series in Natural Populations of Stickleback Fish" in Science III, room 250.
Bell is an evolutionary biologist who uses stickleback fish as a model organism for studying a broad range of topics. His research combines studies of microevolution in existing populations of sticklebacks with studies of the fossil record for the same species. His interests include paleontology, geographical variation, evolutionary time series, and differential survival and reproduction in natural and experimental populations.
The second lecture in the series is scheduled for Friday, September 12. James A. Flynn will discuss "What Causes the General Intelligence Factor (g)?" at noon in room 224 of Science IV. At 3:30 p.m., Flynn will discuss "Nature-nurture Interactions: The IQ Paradox Resolved" in Science I, room 149.
Flynn is professor emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and recipient of the UO's Gold Medal for Distinguished Career Research. He is best known for the "Flynn effect," the discovery of massive IQ gains from one generation to another.
He has been Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford) and Distinguished Visiting Speaker at Cornell.
The third lecture is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, September 29. Debra Lieberman will discuss "Mapping the Architecture of Human Kin Detection Systems Through Patterns of Altruism and Opposition to Incest." The location of the lecture will be announced at a later date.
Lieberman became interested in evolutionary studies as a BU undergraduate student and did her graduate work with Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, leading proponents of evolutionary psychology, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii.
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RIC Professor Finds Inspiration in What People Leave Behind When They Die
RIC Assistant Professor of English Robert Long Foreman
Items that people leave behind when they die drive both the fiction and nonfiction of Robert Long Foreman.
The new RIC assistant professor of English focuses on the history, genealogy and personal psychology embodied in these objects.
In a book he recently wrote called We're All Dealers in Used Furniture, a narrative about his aunt and the objects she left behind when she died in 2009, Foreman sets out to find out who his aunt was.
"I know she drank heavily and lived an isolated life, but what I wanted to know is what led her to that," he said.
She left stacks of diaries, written from the age of 16 until her death, along with numerous letters that were written to and from family members.
She also left numerous objects – some antiques, some of little value.
"I attempt to reconstruct her life, based on the belongings she left," he said.
He said his own career in writing began by writing diaries. "I never intended to become a writer and teacher. I have two older brothers who were English majors, and I resisted, at first, the idea of teaching English."
But at 20, Foreman began to keep a diary. After he earned a masters degree in literature at Ohio University at 24, he said, the writing flowed from him like a "dam burst." His early writings took the form of personal essay and memoir.
At an artists' colony, he began work on a collection of essays about inanimate objects, such as a walking stick owned by his great-great grandfather and a club that he found in an antique store.
"I wrote about the implications of going out and buying this club and what it meant to own this weapon," he said.
While writing at the artists' haven, his reclusive aunt died and Foreman found himself looking back over his essays. He realized that inheritance was what he had been writing about all along.
"I've had a consistent interest in objects and the baggage they bring with them. I'm interested in the history of the objects that we own, and the ways in which we are owned by them, and how we're bound up in these histories in a way that we can't control," he said.
We're All Dealers in Used Furniture is now in the hands of an agent in search of a publisher, while Foreman continues work on a collection of short stories titled Examined Lives and makes plans for a novel.
At RIC, during his position's four-year tenure track, he joins a community of other accomplished professors and writers. Foreman, himself, is winner of numerous writing awards, including the 2012 Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction by the American Literary Review, and the 2011 Creative Nonfiction award by The Journal.
His courses at RIC include Introduction to Creative Writing, Advanced Fiction Workshop, Advanced Nonfiction Workshop and Graduate Workshop in Fiction and Nonfiction.
He said he teaches his students to try their hand at poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama, while his writings teach us all to take a closer look at what we own and raise the question: When you die and people go through your things, what will your things say about you?


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Interesting and Google Maps lists it as "Russell Apiaries"
Interesting and Google Maps lists it as "Russell Apiaries"
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Here's the BBB listing with only 7 complaints and an F score. No duh! We should alllll probably follow up.
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Who is BSH honey? Beyond Sweet Honey? I saw some of their equipment while in Brandon.
But it only took a few minute online to determine this.
I expect one could get the same result by going old school and using a phone book
Nor have I met you.
It doesn't take a face to face for a reasonable person to determine someone exists.
In this case, a phone directory search established that the local phone vendor provides landline service to Rob Hughes, Jr & Rob Hughes, Sr of Brandon, MS.
I did a phone directory search for the names.
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Sorry MTINAZ... just gonna add a little more info that people are speculating about
JN Russell had ONE race of bee he sold. He sold "Sunkist Italian" bees.. they were specifically bred and maintained the recessive cordovan color.... he often called them orange heads. Where the other 11 races of bees that are sold through RA came from... your guess is as good as any. JN Russell had an EXCELLENT Italian bee... and many people knew him and his bees.
There is a Robert Russell.... a REAL Rob Hughes Jr... a REAL Phillip Butts... a REAL Rob Hughes Sr..... Robert, Rob Hughes, and Phillip Butts are all in the same age group... went to school together.... hung out together... were tight, so to speak. WHO knew WHAT,WHEN and HOW I think will be determined in time. But if Robert was using Rob Hughes as an alias... is hard to believe that the REAL Rob Hughes did not know about it.
Someone told me that Hughes Sr. was a beekeeper over outside of Edwards MS on Hwy 22... Edwards, Learned, Raymond, Bolton, Vicksburg.. are all relatively near to each other. JN Russell lived in Bolton.. and THAT has always been Russell Apiaries until his death. Ricky now lives in his Dad's house.... I live outside Raymond... about 7 miles from JN Russell's place.
My personal opinion after talking to many people who know Robert ( as everyone here knows I have never seen or met Robert ), is that Robert did not SET OUT to defraud anyone.... however... when things did not go as well as planned and he came up short.... well.. the money was already in his pocket, and HIS needs outweighed YOUR needs. His exaggerated claims I think were just supposed to help him get more business.... and maybe make him feel bigger than life.... BUT, you can only sell what bees you can raise. So as he started getting behind.... someone had to pay.... that was the customers who got nothing. I don't think he ever raised any bees/queens seriously until after his Dad died, and with little experience it got the better of him. I know for a fact it is not an easy task to raise 100's of queens a week for a whole season consistently. I believe I could do it... because I was part of JN's team that did it.... and I watched and learned as I did it. I do not think I could READ about it here and be able to do it though.
I also believe he could have sold just as many bees if he just claimed to have a good bee and raised them consistently.... no need for smoke and mirrors. His Father never did it.... so why did HE need to do it?
Robert has truly dug himself into a serious hole.... maybe you can pity his wife and 3 kids if nothing else. I honestly hope he straightens it all out... cuz I KNOW he has some good stock if they are still living. As they say " What a tangled web we weave.... "
I know his father liked to brag a bit... that is normal in Queen breeders I think... but his father would NEVER have agreed to such blatant stretches of the truth.
Personally... don't ever lie to me... I do not care about your intentions or motives or anything else.... I will not lie to YOU, and I DEMAND that same respect from anyone I deal with. That is never negotiable.
I feel just a bit of shame from my whole association with the whole mess.... but we all have a mentor that got us interested in Bees... for ME that was JN Russell. I also recently remembered one of the bigger guys who bought queens from JN that I met before... anyone here know a "Hanson Honey" in Illinois or Indiana... ?? One of those "I" states somewhere in the middle.. HE can tell you about Russell Apiaries also.... the REAL Russell Apiaries.
Maybe my timing was bad when I started all of this.... but I did not CHOOSE when I got interested in bees again... I did not know all that was happening before I got back on this forum. You can ask Barry... I was last here in 2007.... had to get the moderators to reset my password since my email had changed in the last 5 years,,, because I wanted to keep my original login name.
My address and phone is open to the public.... I have not and will not hide from anyone.... and I will go a long way to try to build your trust in me if it is possible.
Be glad when spring arrives and people start working bees and are to busy so this thread can disapear!
Based on an email I just got I think it's about to hit the fan....
Now I'm curious!
So there are no bees that fly at night on a full moon lol
Boy am I confused! We ordered 12 nucs last winter. After several emails and persistent badgering, we forced the issue and finally got the go-ahead to pick up our nucs. We drove to the Branden MS address. Rob met us at the apiary, which was a house with equipment scattered about. Rob was a young man (late 20's). About 5'11". He was polite and seemed knowledgeable. We drove out to several fields and picked out our nucs after going through some that had recently swarmed. He checked every nuc for a queen. Loaded up my truck and drove all night back home. We toured his shop where he grafted queens. Other than the house, it seemed legitimate. I am not defending anyone but this seems too surreal.
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Sippy, I think at one time I questioned your motives and I am sorry about that. My experience was that Russell was very helpful at first, and then hard to get ahold of, no deliverables - probably getting in over his head by then. I was dumb for prepaying like that. Live and learn unfortunately.
My two transactions with the nebraska and PA subs were great though. Quickly delivered and otherwise would get their bees again.
This whole scam is absolutely terrible. I am whole heartedly sorry that i even put myself in a position to be exploited, and worse off, see others get exploited as well. There are many people effected by this one mans actions. We all bought into what we thought was a stellar operation, a very knowledgable person, and great bee genetics. Instead, what we got were late or no existant queens and bees, and many headaches. There were those that defended RA, because of great customer service and good queens, and those that warned of problems with RA early on. Now i am left wondering why so many people couldnt see what was happening, myself included in that. I am ashamed that i didnt figure robert out sooner. I can only tell those effected that no one in the sub producers group was in on any scam, we were all suckered like everyone else. We were fed lie after lie and its now come down to this. One man created this huge mess, and many folks have lost something, mostly our hard earned money.
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I will not buy from any of his guy's due to the fact of the mess that has been going on half of these guys are selling more of their own stock then russells. I wanted to buy a breeder caucasian queen from one of his guys and all this guy could tell me was he did not know when he would get any so that tells me not to bother. I got one of his queens and she did good but what if i wanted more can not rely on Russell and his group sad case there are others out there that has good queens and worth the cost but these guys make it bad for others. If anyone can get a breeder queen caucasian let me know i would then think on it i am looking.Now don't get me wrong maybe there is some that are doing what is right but times is hard and good people do not have money too waste and many want good queens this whole thing has been a night mare just plan sad.


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Bruce WhittleMember
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Having just gotten back from a PSA trek a few days ago, I wanted to share some gear observations I had during my trek. I wore Merrell Moab Ventilators with Smartwool PhD mini socks (no liners) and did great. We had rain but my feet were never very wet. Bigger problem was sweaty feet – had 2 pairs of these socks that I changed at each break and kept one pair drying on my pack – no foot problems on a fairly difficult trek.
I used one hiking pole with a walking tip on it – I got tired of all the holes poked in the sides of the trail by unguarded trekking pole tips. The hiking pole was great, especially on the switchbacks opposite the tooth with large step-downs.
Only had one pair of shorts and one pair of long pants (required) for conservation – only needed the long pants twice.
This was a great trek thanks to some of the concepts I have learned on these forums.Jul 24, 2013 at 10:42 am #2009060
Thank you for your note. With so little posting activity I was beginnig to wonder if anyone was going this year. I have a crew there now (will be home on Friday) and I leave NJ next Saturday (8/3) for my trek.
Any word on min/max temparatures or water availability?
Any new problems/issues/challenges that I can prepare for?
ErnieJul 24, 2013 at 3:49 pm #2009132
Bruce WhittleMember
@bwhittleLocale: Midwest
Where are you headed on your trek? I was in the South Country and as far north as Cypher's Mine then hiked in over the Tooth. The weather was a bit strange last week. We had at least 12 hours of rain to start with but then missed rain except for a few sprinkles the rest of the time. This time of year is usually characterized by the monsoon rains but we did not see any of that. It did rain enough that they eliminated the fire ban on our second day on the trail. The plants are way behind due to the drier conditions but everything was greening up. We had very little dust.
I think our coldest night was 40 degrees. It had been 34 degrees at Crooked Creek the night before we were there, though. Conditions will probably be warmer during the day and colder at night in the North country if that is where you are headed.
I hope you have a great trek. Let me know if you have any other specific questions. Though things have changed, I was a Ranger for 4 years about 20 years ago so know the area pretty well.
BruceJul 30, 2013 at 7:04 am #2010840
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Hi Ernie,
We're 806-E, itinerary 19…what crew and what itinerary are you? It would be pretty cool to meet another BPL person.
Unfortunately, I'm leaving the L out of the BPL this time. But part of the reason is that I'm carrying a vintage (and very heavy) 1956 "I Made It" plaque, in memory of my father in law. Sometimes weight doesn't matter as much.
One week from right this second, we'll be checking in. That's about one week too long :-)
Liz in Seattle
Advisor, Crew 67Jul 30, 2013 at 1:32 pm #2010969
We will miss each other by one day at base camp as we are 805-P, #24.
Looks like your first 4 days on the trail will be tough. Another trek from my troop just returned from #22 which has a similar profile. They had a great time and used many of the tips I learned here. However packs were still on the heavy side at 35 to 40 but not outrageous like the 50's to 70's we've read about.
They used some PSR tents and were given the older, heavier, tents (but they didn't leak!).
Also there is just not much you can do about the weight and bulk of the PSR food. They did break open the meals and got rid of what they knew they didn't want. They said the swap boxes were full. Also watch the serving size on some meals as they serve 4 (instead of the normal 2). If they had cooked and ate all of the food they would have been sick.
Lastly I've been told not to eat the Planter's Cajun Trail Mix unless you want to spend alot of time at the red roof inn.
Enjoy your trip!
ErnieJul 30, 2013 at 2:27 pm #2010981
We experienced the same thing regarding food amounts this year. PSR is giving out WAY too much. For our 11 man crew, we found using enough of the main dinner meal for 8 worked better. Some things like the cheesy mac and stove top meal could go as far as 4 packets to feed 12. Use the serving size per packet as a guide. Stove top thing is 6 per packet and it would feed 6 people fairly well. You can always make more if need be. Too often we had guys force feeding leftovers just to get rid of it. Result — more time in the Red Roofs. You would be surprised how much weight and bulk you can drop by losing all the drink packets, peanuts, corn nuts and cajun trail mix (you heard right). There's a strawberry cheesecake thing that's not bad, but you only need maybe half of it. After one bowl, it starts tasting like liquid cotton candy. 2 packets is probably all you really want. Don't waste your time with the Bandito Scrambler. Too much work and most people said it takes like garbage (mostly rangers and staff). Our last night was that day where it rained all night (2" total). Good to see the fire ban was lifted.Jul 30, 2013 at 8:28 pm #2011062
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Definitely get rid of some food you wont use when you pick it up . You dont need all the Wise meals, they serve too much. Also too much crackers.
The scramble/tortillas wasnt bad. It wasnt good, but it wasnt bad. Thats to be cooked morning of layover day usually. Hint… mix it up, put it in a large ziplock, and boil it in water, no need to dirty a pot, that would be messy.
Anything with corn nuts in it is pretty bad. Who came up with that stuff? Kids will eat it though, they eat everything.
One of the best meals was the mexican rice dinner. Cook the refried beans in the same pot with the dinner, very good. Makes a tremendous amount of food, but will leave everyone very "gassy" for about a day. If thats a problem, forget the beans.Jul 31, 2013 at 6:09 am #2011118
James BrownleeMember
I saw your post here and wanted to give you a heads up about possible crew confusion at Philmont. We are also Crew 67, and we are expedition 806-B. Go figure.
We will do our best to be specific about B vs E when interacting with the Philmont staff, but I wanted to give you a heads up.
Apologies to the rest of the group for a partly personal post, but thought this would be good to know.
Hope to see you on the trail,
-JimJul 31, 2013 at 7:30 am #2011133
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Most times staff will use the phonetic alphabet instead of just saying the letter. For example, when you get your Ranger at the Welcome Center you should listen for "809-Echo" vs "809-E". Most times they do it this way. Have your crew leader start using it too. It helps prevent confusion when checking in to staffed camps.Jul 31, 2013 at 7:33 am #2011134
Bill RoseMember
@brnpaLocale: Philly suburbs
Liz – We returned on Sunday from our odyssey. Trek 24. I wore REI silk liners and DeFeet Wooleators with no problems. I put on powder, new liners/socks each day, washing my dirty ones and pinning them to my pack to dry. Climbing the Tooth was hard since we had a total walking day of about 11 hours. (Baldy was very hard because of the altitude so we took our time and it was extremely rewarding). We got rain on two days, with one lasting hours. Wore an EMS Cloudburst, which is a little heavy (1 lb.) but kept me dry (and I got it for $30.00). +1 on eating heaviest food first. Took one pair of long zip offs and an extra pair of shorts and a fishing shirt, which turned out to be superfluous. I wore the same polypro t-shirt and zip off shorts the entire time and wore sleeping clothes while washing clothes (no one cares what you wear while washing clothes). Bottom line: Reduce your weight as much as you can… Food and water is heavy. Do bring a lightweight cup for advisor coffee time at staffed camps. Very nice time chatting with folks from all over the world (met a crew from Saudi Arabia). +1 on the trekking poles. Our entire crew used them and they helped on both steep uphills and downhills. Please feel free to ask me questions if you need more information. Last comment: Philmont was one of the hardest things I've ever done but absolutely one of the most rewarding.Jul 31, 2013 at 3:07 pm #2011253
Our kids ate one packet and were throwing the rest out. Those things are awful. We had a few picky eaters who regardless of how hungry they were, passed on them. The Richmoor stuff was probably the worst. You almost think it was rehydrated with water from the Dead Sea.Aug 1, 2013 at 2:20 pm #2011510
Don't mean to hijack the thread but can you splain more about the 11 hour trail day?
I will start #24 on Tuesday with a full crew and would like to hear any info you could share.
Especially regarding weather and water…
ErnieAug 1, 2013 at 2:36 pm #2011513
Our longest day was close to 11 hours. 3 hours with the conservation project, then 11 miles uphill. Started at 7:30 AM and didn't hit Head of Dean til 6:30.Aug 6, 2013 at 7:15 am #2012889
Bill RoseMember
@brnpaLocale: Philly suburbs
Ernie – We left Miner's Park early and hiked to Shaefer's Pass Camp where we dropped our gear except lots of water and some food. We hiked the ~2.5 miles to the Tooth, which is a very long 2.5 miles of up and down trails until we got to the Tooth base. Rock scramble up the Tooth to the top, which takes at least 30 to 45 minutes. Hung-out at the top to Tooth for a bit and then back down the trail, backtracking to Shaefer's Pass to repack our gear, and then we hiked to Clark's Fork. Very long and tiring day. I was wearing a pedometer and it registered 21.8 miles that day. That was the most demanding day, though the hike from Ute Meadows, up Baldy, to French Henry, back to Baldy Town and eventually to Ute Meadows is hard too. Here's a hint: When you go to Logistics to map the trek route, see if you can get a list of when all the programs at the staffed camps take place. We got to French Henry too late to do the Blacksmithing because we (mistakenly) stopped to eat lunch on the trail after Baldy. If we had gotten to French Henry 15 minutes earlier, we could have registered for Blacksmithing but we didn't know the program times. Our mistake but maybe you can learn from it.
Water – take at least 5 liters of water per person on your Tooth hike. Shaefer's Pass has a spring but it is deathly slow (1 liter took 20 minutes to fill and you must treat it). Weather – pleasant the entire time except at the top of Baldy, where it was freezing and 60 mph winds (yes, 60 mph. I'm from Florida and have been through hurricanes and these were 60 mph winds). Good luck! – BillAug 6, 2013 at 8:21 am #2012904
Jim ColtenBPL Member
@jcoltenLocale: MN
Here's a hint: When you go to Logistics to map the trek route, see if you can get a list of when all the programs at the staffed camps take place.
Great tip, thanks. I'll be sure to pass that on to our troop's future crews.
The hike from Ute Meadows, up Baldy, to French Henry, back to Baldy Town and eventually to Ute Meadows is hard too.
Indeed! Our 2010 crew did that … but we did get to French Henry in time for Blacksmithing but not the mine tour. So the next day we detoured back to French Henry for the mine tour and killed a ton of time at Continental Tie and Lumber Company waiting for spar pole climbing … that left us with a hot late afternoon death march over Wilson Mesa to Ring place
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Scottish girl names help!
My husband's family has a very deep Scottish ancestry that I love, so I'd love to honor that by giving our children Scottish/Irish names. It's really easy for me to find Scottish boy names that I love, but hard to find Scottish girl names that don't seem out of date.
I'd love it if you ladies would vote on which name(s) you like the most, and if you have other suggestions please let me know! Thank you!
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I love Scottish names! Iona is the best by far. The others (besides Moira, but I don't like Moira), just don't say Scotland to me like Iona does. Have you considered Elspeth? I like that one as well, thought not as much as Iona.
Cait, Aileen, and Maureen, seem boring to me.
Isla is so overused and trendy imo.
I like Margret, but again it just doesn't say Scotland.Always changing...Alberta . Hester . Sigrid . Frida . Edwina . Margery . NoelleFergus . Edgar . Gregor . Reuben . Angus . Lucius
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I adore Aileen! I may be biased though, I have very positive associations with that name. But, I do think it is lovely.
Iona is also quite nice!
I like Isla but agree with a previous poster it is feeling maybe too trendy.
Also agree Margaret is very nice but doesn't ring super Scottish, though I'm sure it has that association somewhat.
Moira and Maureen I don't love. Maureen maybe.
Cait is a little too simple and would be forever misspelled as Kate.
Here are some suggestions:
Adair (surname)
Afton (place name)
Annabel (has Scottish origins, although most people won't associate it with that)
Edina (English name, but a poetic term for Edinburgh)
Eilidh (lovely, although Aileen or Isla is probably simpler)
Fifer (surname)
Fiona (people seem to think it's Irish, but Scottish in origin)
Flora (not Scottish in origin, but popular there)
Greer/Grier (surname)
Isobel (Scottish spelling, very pretty although it might forever be misspelled)
Mirin/Mirren (Irish name with historical ties to Scotland)
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@kala_way: From my understanding, even though Margaret isn't originally Scottish, it's been a very popular name there (I think I read somewhere that it's even the national name, if there is such a thing) for so long that it's kind of become a Scottish name, if any of that makes sense! This is all somewhat new to me, I'm actually about 90% German myself.


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Singer Robert Plant – a cut above average in style, but no special appeal in sound. Guitarist Jimmy Page of Yardbirds fame – exceptionally fine. Used a violin bow on the guitar strings in a couple of tunes with resultant interesting, well integrated effects.
Bassist John Paul Jones – solid, involved, contributing. John Bonham – a very effective drummer, but uninventive, unsubtle and unclimactic, just an uneventful solo. [Denver Post | 12/29/68]
News Report: Denver music man Barry Fey nearly became famous for being the guy who refused to book Led Zeppelin.
It was Dec. 26, 1968, and Fey had sold out a Vanilla Fudge and Spirit concert in the Denver Auditorium Arena - what's now part of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
"About 10 days before the show, I got a call from the agent saying, 'Barry, I want to add an act to our show,' " Fey said. "I said, 'Ron (Terry), all the tickets are sold.'
"He said, 'You've got to do this for me, Barry, this is a big, big act. Their name is Led Zeppelin.' I thought it was a joke."
Fey turned Terry down, until the agent showed Fey the money.
"Ten minutes later Ron called back and said 'Vanilla Fudge is going to give you $750, and if you give $750 of your own money, we still can put Led Zeppelin on the show.' " Fey caved in. The concert crowd had no idea that this new heavy-metal band from Britain was added to the show. That night marked the band's American debut.
"I got up on the stage and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm Denver welcome to Led Zeppelin,' " Fey said. "They started playing, and it was incredible. It was an unbelievable show; people were gasping. That was a big day in Denver history." (Rocky Mountain News)
Promoter Barry Fey recalls the show in his 2011 autobiography, "Backstage Past": "The night of the concert, I get on stage to make the announcement to open the show. "Ladies and gentleman, please welcome, direct from England for their North America debut, Led Zeppelin!"
There was a smattering of polite applause. Then, Robert Plant let it rip and everybody in the audience was stunned. Frankly, I don't know how Spirit went on after that. You didn't have to be a genius to know Zeppelin was going to be a smash. Oh, my God. People were going crazy!
The next morning, I get a call from Max Floyd, the program director at the Denver FM rock station, KLZ. "Who did you have on last night? Our phone lines are jammed!"
The band had given me a white copy of their album, one that hadn't been released yet. I took the album to the radio station and they played it continuously, all day."
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