Ozarkryder
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I have a snow scoop I brought with me from "da great white nort". When we get snow down here it is heavy, lots of humidity even in the winter, so it is a wet heavy snow. The neighbors thought I was nuts when they saw it, until I had my driveway cleared in 1/3 the time as anyone else, even faster than the one guy down the street with a snowblower. (he moved here from Des Moines)
Holy Wah! You'se kai's don't know da Finnish, eh? I lived in Minnesota, the UP and now South West Missouri. I have a lot of accents and phrases that combine so no matter where I go folks think I am from somewhere else if I don't think about it when I speak. Took me almost a year to get rid of the "youse" and "eh" and even out the accent when I went to broadcast school in my younger days. After all that, I ended up on the radio in Munising!
Really enjoy the Ozarks for riding. Curve after cruve, then some twisties after that.
From Anderson to Branson, Mo, the shortest route is 94 miles, but it is a bit more than a 3 hour trip. Take the freeway to Joplin, over to Springfield then down to Branson it is less than 2 hours, 134 miles. Guess what route I don't take!
This area is a lot like the Copper Country with the woods and the attitude of the people once you get away from the North West Arkansas Metroplex. (They really call it that! Can't say that to someone from Chicago, Minneapolis, southern California or Dallas with a straight face.) They don't have that Big Honkin' Lake here, and they seem to think a 12" Crappie is a large fish. Guess they have never hauled in a 40" Northern! There are Walleye in some lakes, but not the size we used to catch in Minnesota. Great riding, though, and I never have to put the rides away for the winter.
Holy Wah! You'se kai's don't know da Finnish, eh? I lived in Minnesota, the UP and now South West Missouri. I have a lot of accents and phrases that combine so no matter where I go folks think I am from somewhere else if I don't think about it when I speak. Took me almost a year to get rid of the "youse" and "eh" and even out the accent when I went to broadcast school in my younger days. After all that, I ended up on the radio in Munising!
Really enjoy the Ozarks for riding. Curve after cruve, then some twisties after that.
From Anderson to Branson, Mo, the shortest route is 94 miles, but it is a bit more than a 3 hour trip. Take the freeway to Joplin, over to Springfield then down to Branson it is less than 2 hours, 134 miles. Guess what route I don't take!
This area is a lot like the Copper Country with the woods and the attitude of the people once you get away from the North West Arkansas Metroplex. (They really call it that! Can't say that to someone from Chicago, Minneapolis, southern California or Dallas with a straight face.) They don't have that Big Honkin' Lake here, and they seem to think a 12" Crappie is a large fish. Guess they have never hauled in a 40" Northern! There are Walleye in some lakes, but not the size we used to catch in Minnesota. Great riding, though, and I never have to put the rides away for the winter.
