I have a feeling that when Big Bore and I were kids, we were probably always bugging our parents with pain-in-the-butt questions. I say this because we are constantly wondering about one trivial thing or the other and then rushing off to the computer to seek the answer.
Since we don't own a laptop and we anticipated LOTS of puzzling thoughts popping up during our 12-day vacation, I bought a notebook pad to log all of our questions so we could look up the answers once we got back home. Here's a sampling:
1. How does Tyson Chicken Co. kill their chickens?
2. How many miles a day did Lewis and Clark average on their journey through the northwest?
3. Who is the Scott who inspired a town to be named Scott's Bluff, Nebraska?
4. What was the name of the actor who was mauled by the evil bear in the movie GRIZZLY? He was also in THE DIRTY DOZEN.
5. Who was Boston Custer?
6. What town in Canada is the home of Rock 106?
7. Why don't ALL the wind turbines along I-70 rotate on windy days, just some of them?
8. Why is Yellowstone National Park called Yellowstone?
9. How many times in one night can a bull elk service his cow harem?
10. Does the huge Lower Falls at Yellowstone National Park freeze over in the winter?
11. Who is the Yankee Jim who inspired the name Yankee Jim Canyon in Montana?
12. Why is there a guy in Nebraska driving with a surfboard tied to the top of his van?
And the list goes on and on and on, page after page. Here are the answers to the above questions, for those of you who have inquiring minds like ours:
1. Tyson chops off the chickens' heads. (which leads to a follow-up question: Is this done manually or by a machine?)
2. Lewis and Clark averaged 14 miles a day.
3. Hiram Scott was a fur trader who died at the site named after him.
4. The actor in both these movies is Richard Jaeckel. (which leads to another follow-up: Who the heck is Richard Jaeckel and why does Big Bore remember his face?)
5. Boston was the youngest brother of Gen. George Custer. He was a civilian who tagged along to work on his big bro's army's pack train, and he died at Little Big Horn at age 28.
6. Lethbridge, Canada in south-central Alberta is the home of Rock 106, and we have to add this this is THE BEST oldies rock station ever! Too bad it doesn't reach Kansas.
7. There are many technical reasons why the turbines might not rotate at the same time. Go look them up yourself.
8. French trappers named the nearby river there "Roche Jaune," which means Yellow Rock.
9. A bull elk can service as many females as will let him. (Don't get excited. The cows are VERY picky about this.)
10. Yes, Lower Falls can freeze over. (see picture above for the proof)
11. James George came to the Yellowstone area in 1871 as a squatter and road builder from back east. For 20 years Yankee Jim operated a national park toll road, and a nearby canyon was named for him.
12. We didn't need to look this one up on the Internet. Big Bore just asked this question of the surfer dude next to us at a gas station in Nebraska. He was in the process of moving from Rhode Island to San Francisco.
Consider yourself educated for the day.
1. Tyson chops off the chickens' heads. (which leads to a follow-up question: Is this done manually or by a machine?)
2. Lewis and Clark averaged 14 miles a day.
3. Hiram Scott was a fur trader who died at the site named after him.
4. The actor in both these movies is Richard Jaeckel. (which leads to another follow-up: Who the heck is Richard Jaeckel and why does Big Bore remember his face?)
5. Boston was the youngest brother of Gen. George Custer. He was a civilian who tagged along to work on his big bro's army's pack train, and he died at Little Big Horn at age 28.
6. Lethbridge, Canada in south-central Alberta is the home of Rock 106, and we have to add this this is THE BEST oldies rock station ever! Too bad it doesn't reach Kansas.
7. There are many technical reasons why the turbines might not rotate at the same time. Go look them up yourself.
8. French trappers named the nearby river there "Roche Jaune," which means Yellow Rock.
9. A bull elk can service as many females as will let him. (Don't get excited. The cows are VERY picky about this.)
10. Yes, Lower Falls can freeze over. (see picture above for the proof)
11. James George came to the Yellowstone area in 1871 as a squatter and road builder from back east. For 20 years Yankee Jim operated a national park toll road, and a nearby canyon was named for him.
12. We didn't need to look this one up on the Internet. Big Bore just asked this question of the surfer dude next to us at a gas station in Nebraska. He was in the process of moving from Rhode Island to San Francisco.
Consider yourself educated for the day.
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