Friday, October 19, 2007 10:48:06 PM
Very cool idea for a thread.
I picked my trade name because of the most awesome place on Earth - Creede, Co. Here is a link that gives you a glimpse of Creede.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/co/creede.html
My family and I usually make a trip to Creede each summer. We go there to camp, fish, hike, jeep, shop, and eat. Colorado is known for the winter, but you would not believe how much fun can be had in the summer. The state is just a beautiful playground, and it's still very much the same as it was back in the days of the old West. Many, many "ghost towns" are out there to explore, and many of them can only be accessed on old "pass roads". The pass roads are roads the miners used to use to get across the mountain ranges. Some of them are safe enough to drive a car across, but others are so dangerous that only a 4 x 4 with trained guide can pass. We have a book that tells the level of difficult for each trail. Here's an example of one of my favorites because of Emerald Lake, and the city of Gothic, which is an old mining town that still has just a few residents.
http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=45
The second part of my name comes from the sheep that are seen in the higher elevations of Colorado - the Bighorns. These sheep are very gregarious, and therefore usually travel in herds. Despite their stout appearance, they are very swift and very agile. They can leap 30 foot crevasses
in one bound, and are always moving along trails in the higher grounds. Another thing very remarkable about these Bighorns is the way they fight. Two males will charge each other and butt heads at full speed. The sound created can often be heard for miles. They have been know to fight for up to 24 hours at a time.
Bighorn sheep (Ovis Canadensis) inhabit grassy mountains, alpine meadows and foothill country near rocky cliffs that allow quick escape. In summer they are found grazing at 6,000-8,500 feet in elevation and in winter they descent to 2,500-5,000 feet where show is not very deep. The natural range of Bighorn sheep is the Rocky Mountains from Southern Canada to Colorado.
The rutting season is from mid-September to late October. During this time, the males have butting contests where they "butt" each other with their horns. During this, they can reach speeds of 50-70 miles per hour and an estimated force of 2400 pounds.
BTW - the church pictured below is on boothill in Creede.
I picked my trade name because of the most awesome place on Earth - Creede, Co. Here is a link that gives you a glimpse of Creede.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/co/creede.html
My family and I usually make a trip to Creede each summer. We go there to camp, fish, hike, jeep, shop, and eat. Colorado is known for the winter, but you would not believe how much fun can be had in the summer. The state is just a beautiful playground, and it's still very much the same as it was back in the days of the old West. Many, many "ghost towns" are out there to explore, and many of them can only be accessed on old "pass roads". The pass roads are roads the miners used to use to get across the mountain ranges. Some of them are safe enough to drive a car across, but others are so dangerous that only a 4 x 4 with trained guide can pass. We have a book that tells the level of difficult for each trail. Here's an example of one of my favorites because of Emerald Lake, and the city of Gothic, which is an old mining town that still has just a few residents.
http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=45
The second part of my name comes from the sheep that are seen in the higher elevations of Colorado - the Bighorns. These sheep are very gregarious, and therefore usually travel in herds. Despite their stout appearance, they are very swift and very agile. They can leap 30 foot crevasses
in one bound, and are always moving along trails in the higher grounds. Another thing very remarkable about these Bighorns is the way they fight. Two males will charge each other and butt heads at full speed. The sound created can often be heard for miles. They have been know to fight for up to 24 hours at a time.
Bighorn sheep (Ovis Canadensis) inhabit grassy mountains, alpine meadows and foothill country near rocky cliffs that allow quick escape. In summer they are found grazing at 6,000-8,500 feet in elevation and in winter they descent to 2,500-5,000 feet where show is not very deep. The natural range of Bighorn sheep is the Rocky Mountains from Southern Canada to Colorado.
The rutting season is from mid-September to late October. During this time, the males have butting contests where they "butt" each other with their horns. During this, they can reach speeds of 50-70 miles per hour and an estimated force of 2400 pounds.
BTW - the church pictured below is on boothill in Creede.
GodBless - NoDoubt - creede
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