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Weird Shit You See in Moab!

So, yeah, this right here:

isn't the weirdest thing you'd see in Moab. Not by a long shot. Yes, that's ours, isn't it lovely, moving on...

First, the links and other stuff:

  • Splatman.

  • T-shirts dyed with local red dirt.

  • Trails with names like "Steel Bender," "Metal Masher," and "Poison Spider," and obstacles with names like "Potato Salad Hill," "Dump Bump" (now, sadly, closed), and "White Knuckle Hill."

  • A 5,000-square-foot home blasted into the living rock. With a petting zoo. And sculptures. And stuff. I highly encourage you to peruse the website, because, dude.

  • Vehicles with actual six-wheel drive. Oh, and outside roll cages.


  • A car riddled with giant arrows.


  • Bison. In a front yard. Being held back by a flimsy fence that wouldn't hold a determined day-old lamb in.


  • Golf carts with roll cages and four-wheel drive. Okay, it's a highly-modified golf cart, but show me something out here that's not highly-modified.


  • Someone backing up Potato Salad Hill. Yes, he made it. No, I have no idea how.


  • A snowmobile going down Potato Salad Hill. No, he didn't wreck, amazingly enough.


    And that's just a smattering, folks--and just the Jeep Safari.

Date: 2010-04-09 03:39 am (UTC)
highlander_ii: Alexandra Cabot leaning with her head in her hand ([Alex] 001)
From: [personal profile] highlander_ii
ison. In a front yard. Being held back by a flimsy fence that wouldn't hold a determined day-old lamb in.

Hey - but at least there's that 'caution - angry buffalo' sign there! XD

Date: 2010-04-09 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com
That makes it so much more hilarious. And that fence looks like it would come down if one of the bison gave it so much as a good lean.

Date: 2010-04-09 04:38 am (UTC)
highlander_ii: Chris Pine kneeling on the floor holding a camera to his face (Default)
From: [personal profile] highlander_ii
Or a hearty snort. XD

Date: 2010-04-09 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] appomattoxco.livejournal.com
Very cool. But my red dirt is redder than your red dirt! And it was featured on an episode of "Bones."

Date: 2010-04-09 04:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com
Yes, well, crime doesn't happen in Moab, so there's no reason for the FBI and the Jeffersonian to get all up in our grill. :p

And that dirt in Moab is pretty darn red. I didn't include any shots of it here, and the red rocks aren't as red as the dirt, but we call that 'color country' for a reason.

I CHALLENGE YOUR RED DIRT TO A DUEL!

Date: 2010-04-09 09:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bojojoti.livejournal.com
Winner has to take on Oklahoma's red dirt!

Date: 2010-04-09 04:44 am (UTC)
highlander_ii: Chris Pine kneeling on the floor holding a camera to his face (House - bearz)
From: [personal profile] highlander_ii
indeed, VA does have redder dirt!

but - did "Bones" get stuff right or did they goof up like NCIS did and mention landmarks across from other local landmarks b/c the writers have never been to southwestern VA? =)

Date: 2010-04-09 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] appomattoxco.livejournal.com
It got the dirt right, though I don't think they've ever held CW reenactments there, but troups did go through there. IIRC The episode was supposed to take place 10 miles down the road from me. I was waiting for a mention of Pamplin's tiny claim to fame; the pipes that were made there for decades out of the clay. I can totally believe needing a cement cutter to get bones out of it once it's dried.

Date: 2010-04-10 01:49 am (UTC)
highlander_ii: Chris Pine kneeling on the floor holding a camera to his face (Default)
From: [personal profile] highlander_ii
Ha!

I think the ep of NCIS in question said there was a hotel across the street from the Wal-Mart in Lynchburg. Ummm - until about last year, there was no such animal. And, actually, the hotel's across from the Target. XD NCIS!Fail! =)

Date: 2010-04-09 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arhyalon.livejournal.com
I read a "cat riddled with giant arrows."

The reality was much kinder...and much easier to picture.

Date: 2010-04-10 06:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com
*cuddles my kitty* If cats riddled with giant arrows were running around in Moab, I don't think I'd love the place as much as I do...

Date: 2012-01-26 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dareenobeve.livejournal.com
Хорошо! Все бы так писали :)Image (http://zimnyayaobuv.ru/)Image (http://zimnyaya-obuv.ru/)

Date: 2012-02-15 08:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sherrisipum.livejournal.com
Неплохой пост, но много лишнего.Image (http://zimnyayaobuv.ru/)Image (http://zimnyaya-obuv.ru/)

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