Grew up on a cattle ranch. No horses just motorcycles and fast legs for roundup. My dad didn't like feeding horses year around.
We were living in Spokane when St. Helens blew, and even there it was an incredible experience, @Sami Faye Sorrell . We knew that the volcano was due to erupt anytime, but had not heard that it had erupted that morning, and in the afternoon, the western sky started turning a worrisome dark black . At first we thought that it was a seriously bad thunderstorm headed our way, and then I noticed that the birds were gone, no tweeting and chirping, and it was massively quiet from the normal sounds. We went inside and turned on the television, and then learned that the ash cloud was headed east and blanketing everything in its path with ash. People made last minute runs to the stores for groceries, and then pretty much we all stayed inside and watched as the darkness blanketed the city, and an “ash snowstorm” began coving the ground outside. It was dark before 5 that night, and by the next morning, it had moved on, leaving Spokane with several inches of the volcanic ash. The middle of Washington got the worst of it, and since it is also the driest part, it was laying on top of the dirt for several years in some places. Years later, I lived near Mossyrock, and we used to take the Jeep and go up the back mountain Weyerhaeuser roads up to the mountain, and I loved riding my horse back in the woods on the old logging roads that were no longer being used. Where in Washington were you living when it erupted and what stories do you have ? I think that we have an actual thread about Mt.St.Helens on here somewhere.
I was visiting in Spokane when it blew and we made it to Ritzville before car air filter clogged and we spend 2 days with a family in Ritzville before a long spooky trip to I -5 as had to clean filter every few miles to get back to Boise. I was living in the mountains above Boise. About a half inch on ground there.
Are you serious about hearing about my "hippie days" Where would I post such stories. I have one about a bear encounter.
Well I changed it the one time to my stage name as a comedian. I thought best about using my real name. Then the powers that be called me before the bench to inform me that my stage name wasn't a real sounding last name and pick one and they would change it. They had to do it as I had used my one chance foolishly. Fox popped into my silly old head so Faye Fox I am forever. No worries about anymore name changes.
You really did overthink this. Not sure I'd have found your act funny if this is a sample of your shtick.
I am truly an advanced silver haired advanced aged newbie. I creak when I walk and cackle when I laugh.