How's the view???........

[UPS Lifer]

Your last name starts with a B? Is that gateway ONT?

My office was right next to BB's ! Yes - ONT!!

 

[soberups]

The hilly area of my route can be a real challenge in the winter. It climbs 1400 feet in a 3 mile stretch. The roads and driveways are winding, narrow and rutted with no lights and no guardrails. I fight pea-soup fog, wind, rain, snow, ice and mud. On a stormy night in December it is pitch black by 4:30 and the fog gets so bad that I can only drive 5 or 10 MPH. But...every once in a while there are days like today when the weather is decent and my timing is perfect, I get lucky and happen to pass by this cliff at the same time that a local group of hang gliding enthusiasts are using it as a jump off point. If the winds are optimum, they can catch updrafts and gain 500 to 1000 feet of altidude and fly for hours at a time. Its amazing to watch. I see them airborne fairly regularly, but its a real "bonus" once or twice a year to be passing by at the exact time they are taking off. Days like this make me grateful for my route.

 

[trickpony1]

Wouldn't that be para-sailing?

I thought hang-gliders had structural, rigid wings and support components.......

 

[East coast navy]

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Rural route mansion

Where did you get that pic of the truck? That's crazy.

 

[soberups]

Wouldn't that be para-sailing?

I thought hang-gliders had structural, rigid wings and support components.......

You are correct, para-sailing is what they are doing, sometimes there will be hang gliders there also and I tend to use the term "hang gliding" as a catch-all phrase for anything that involves leaping off of a cliff and flying around.

 

[over9five]

Fresh Diamond Margarita

 

[ajblakejr]

Fresh Diamond Margarita

I want that diamond.

Does anyone want a Margarita?

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Saw this at our local park, today. It was right near our picnic table and the entrance to the bike/running trails.

 

[ajblakejr]

Saw this at our local park, today. It was right near our picnic table and the entrance to the bike/running trails.

Lookee!!! My next pair of cockroach killers.

(cowboy boots with pointy toes)

 

[serenity now]

Danger, Danger, Dr. Smith * mr. no-legs in the grass

 

[moreluck]

Why does anyone stand so close???

 

[serenity now]

Why does anyone stand so close???

living on the edge * head is on the other end, also

 

[cosmo1]

Saw this at our local park, today. It was right near our picnic table and the entrance to the bike/running trails.

I can't really tell from the pictures, but that looks like a rattlesnake.

 

[moreluck]

I think they can spring 4-6 ft. in any direction.......are you feelng lucky ???

 

[serenity now]

I think they can spring 4-6 ft. in any direction.......are you feelng lucky ???

they can also take their tail in their mouth and roll like a hoop

 

[upsgrunt]

Why does anyone stand so close???

That's what I'm thinking; Hell, I'm to close to THAT snake, and I'm in Illinois!

 

[serenity now]

most experts agree : A rattlesnake's strike distance can be from one third to one half of its overall length. ( that of course would be from a coiled position )

 

[over9five]

Where's Bubblehead? We need a big foot to come outta nowhere and squish that snake!

 

[cosmo1]

Uummm, after a little research:
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Pictures, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Facts - National Geographic

Glad you didn't get closer, STUG!

 

[TooTechie]

in front of the post office...