tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1757259392008122806..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Tumbling TumbleweedsSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-31721299868230177062013-01-07T07:20:46.947-08:002013-01-07T07:20:46.947-08:00Gerry and I once ran into a tumbleweed blizzard wh...Gerry and I once ran into a tumbleweed blizzard while hunting sharp-tails in far eastern WY. The wind was blowing about 40 mph and we hunted into the wind between rows of old Russian Olives. The tumbleweeds would come in waves - and the dogs would take off chasing the tumble weeds until we could get them to hear a whistle through the gale. Amazingly, we did kill a couple of birds that day. When we got back to the truck it was completely buried.Old Gunkie in Wyominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361207827364887045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-75956613882731161482013-01-07T06:09:15.342-08:002013-01-07T06:09:15.342-08:00Gerry and I once ran into a tumbleweed blizzard wh...Gerry and I once ran into a tumbleweed blizzard while hunting sharp-tails in far eastern WY. The wind was blowing about 40 mph and we hunted into the wind between rows of old Russian Olives. The tumbleweeds would come in waves - and the dogs would take off chasing the tumble weeds until we could get them to hear a whistle through the gale. Amazingly, we did kill a couple of birds that day. When we got back to the truck it was completely buried.Old Gunkie in Wyominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361207827364887045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-62070037586320314072013-01-04T08:27:48.093-08:002013-01-04T08:27:48.093-08:00That's a goodly pile; out here in Kansas we of...That's a goodly pile; out here in Kansas we often find roads drifted shut with tumbleweeds. A few years ago a fella out hunting thought he could make it through and got stuck, then lit the place on fire with a hot tailpipe. He got out, but lost his truck and several guns, and the ammo explosions lasted quite a while!Phil Yearouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898824437186464790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-33372763518240691372013-01-03T22:05:02.616-08:002013-01-03T22:05:02.616-08:00Burning tumbleweeds is one of life's great unh...Burning tumbleweeds is one of life's great unheralded satisfactions. Lee must have had the grand blaze of all the world!Peculiarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849337750990440147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-52474207205144863642013-01-03T20:21:56.555-08:002013-01-03T20:21:56.555-08:00I once saw a horror movie about tumbleweed. This c...I once saw a horror movie about tumbleweed. This could've been the set for it.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-30061048399772266872013-01-03T18:29:44.622-08:002013-01-03T18:29:44.622-08:00I once drove out to the Sand Creek Massacre site, ...I once drove out to the Sand Creek Massacre site, out in far eastern Colorado. I then headed north, hitting US40 at Cheyenne Wells and heading west again. Though the morning had been clear, by afternoon I could see off to the west that weather was brewing over the mountains and heading east. By the time I got to Wild Horse it was starting to look stormy, and was very windy. I turned onto Hwy 94 at Aroya, and crested the hill overlooking the plains, back toward the mtns. The view was amazing, it looked like I was at the edge of the ocean. The entirety of the plains, as far as the eye could see, looked like waves, everything in constant motion. It was biblical. I then went aways down the hill onto the edge of the plain, and discovered that the ocean was of tumbleweeds, and the whole dang thing was MOVING. And I drove into it. LOL It was awful! I felt like I was in a bad sci fi movie, conflating tumbleweeds with triffids. I did finally make it out the far side, but I had tumbleweeds stuck in the grill, and under the car being dragged on the pavement. Horrible sound.Darrellnoreply@blogger.com