Amargosa Valley is near the controversial Yucca Mountain Repository, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility on federal land, designed for the storage of high-level nuclear waste.</i.
Good thing. The last thing you need is hills full of Bundy-Mutants.
My oft-referenced desert fortress/compound is near where Pahrump Valley, Stewart Valley and Amargosa Valley almost meet. It's a unique environment, and having a wildlife refuge there is something totally unexpected in the desert.
Ever fly into LAX from the west and notice the beautiful beach just before you come to the runway? Turns out some very good people have and are cleaning it up.
Razor or Jackknife clams be good eatin' and can even swim! We calls the | Mya or softshell clam | "Piss Clams" out here. They're all over the creeks and back bays here, it's mesohaline and the bottom's muddy. The locals harvest them with hydraulic dredges and a lot of them get turned into fried clam strips. I eat them steamed, with butter. And beer, of course.
I live quite close to | the largest estuary in Europe|. I may go roll around in the mud this weekend in solidarity, but I do have plans to visit a tad further north to Le Tremblade, where the oyster farms are. Close enough?
You are right, the migration thing is starting soon. There are thousands of cranes (what kind? Um, I dunno, not a great birder. My mom is disappointed) that gather around here for their migration to Africa in the winter. They are so very loud, it's hard to miss them.
when I was a kid I'd have fun watching where the clams were in the sand, digging them out, watching them dig back in again when the water washed over, lather rinse repeat.
YAY MUD
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Epic, epic fail. What, she had a map tucked down the front of her pants?
None estuaries, but I might go [here.]
Ooh, that looks great! You're probably safe, now that the Bundy's are in jail.
[Amargosa Valley] is 100% Bundy-free.
Amargosa Valley is near the controversial Yucca Mountain Repository, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility on federal land, designed for the storage of high-level nuclear waste.</i.
Good thing. The last thing you need is hills full of Bundy-Mutants.
My oft-referenced desert fortress/compound is near where Pahrump Valley, Stewart Valley and Amargosa Valley almost meet. It's a unique environment, and having a wildlife refuge there is something totally unexpected in the desert.
Ever been to Honey Lake, about 60 mi NW of Reno? It's a closed basin, salt lake, lotsa wildlife including most of the folks who live around there.
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I've been to Pyramid Lake, I'll take Tahoe over that any day.
I like Pyramid. Too many people at Tahoe, so the best way to enjoy Lake Tahoe is to get away from the lake, ironically.
No, I haven't. Looks similar to the local mudhole here, [Klondike Lake.] It's alkali, not salt:
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Alkalis are salts too, my friend.
Al-qalī? Sounds Muslin.
No evidence of it being Bundy-inspired, but [oh for fuck's sake.]
Ashholes.
|Yer beggin for Mud|
Muddy! Awright!
| Mudmen. |
Oh, but they didn't come clean https://youtu.be/euzKlNlc3ps
Hawt!
[People, people…]
very cool
They're on tour, but nowhere near CA or AZ. Worth seeing, if'n they get near enough.
I remember them from years ago. Kinda lost track.
Ever fly into LAX from the west and notice the beautiful beach just before you come to the runway? Turns out some very good people have and are cleaning it up.
http://friendsofthelaxdunes.org/
Good for them; it must be a terrible place to work with planes flying over you so low you can check the tread depth on their landing gear.
Hopefully proper hearing protection is used and they're fine.
I actually [lived there] for a short time.
Stout Razor Clam is totes the name of my estuary benthic community tribute band.
Or a seasonal beer.
Piss Clam ?
Piss Clam Stout
I'd drink it.
Razor or Jackknife clams be good eatin' and can even swim! We calls the | Mya or softshell clam | "Piss Clams" out here. They're all over the creeks and back bays here, it's mesohaline and the bottom's muddy. The locals harvest them with hydraulic dredges and a lot of them get turned into fried clam strips. I eat them steamed, with butter. And beer, of course.
Mesohaline is the new Brackish?
It's where it's at.
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That's what dad called 'em.
What did dad call you?
For a long time I thought my name was Grabmeabeer.
| "Sod Off" |
The whole thing makes me think she was a tenderfoot, but hey, a great story to tell!
I live quite close to | the largest estuary in Europe|. I may go roll around in the mud this weekend in solidarity, but I do have plans to visit a tad further north to Le Tremblade, where the oyster farms are. Close enough?
My own belief about all the dirty girls- well, you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl!
That's estuary enough for me!
It's a long way …to estuary
To the sweetest clams I know.
You should see an amazing number of cool migratory shorebirds now, I think.
You are right, the migration thing is starting soon. There are thousands of cranes (what kind? Um, I dunno, not a great birder. My mom is disappointed) that gather around here for their migration to Africa in the winter. They are so very loud, it's hard to miss them.
I'll be derned. How cool.
Oh my, so far from Lombardia. How will I ever persuade you to visit us next summer?
I coincidentally just took a road trip just to check this out:
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It wasn't very muddy, though.
That's hysterical! An Arlo Guthrie Sea Chantey about clam hunting.
We've got no on them gooey ducks on this side, more's the pity.
OMG.
DNK
when I was a kid I'd have fun watching where the clams were in the sand, digging them out, watching them dig back in again when the water washed over, lather rinse repeat.
I really miss The National Clampoon.
HAHAHAHA | Their battle song is: "Go, Geoducks go. Stretch your necks when the tide is low. Siphon high, squirt it out. Swivel all about; let it all hang out." |
Them, and the mole crabs. Hours of kiddie entertainment.
We called them sand crabs? about 3 cm long at most, ellipsoidal, beige shells with orange bodies underneath?
My dad impressed us all one day at the NJ shore by going in with one of our sand pails and catching a live jellyfish for us to marvel at.
That's them. | Sand crabs, sand fleas, mole crabs. | Lotsa common names for Emerita crustaceans. Great bait, when you're done playing with them.
Indeed. Best mascot ever.
You know that people bought into that when this card was printed. Probably still do.
Linguistically, I don't know how they get "gooey" out of "geo", but bqhatevwr
Someone from UC Santa Cruz would slug you for saying that.
Eh, Evergreen's siphon is bigger.