Wyoming and Idaho

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We are back from a quick vacation. I managed to score three (actually several more) bucket list items in 4 days. 1.) Long Snowmobile Trip. 2.) Yellowstone Park and 3.) Wyoming. I reached my 50th State --Wyoming! And we took a 90 mile snowmobile trip in Yellowstone National Park. We went to the "Craters of the Moon--National Monument and Preserve" in Idaho and also stopped at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) where I got to see (with my own eyes) the very cool nuclear powered twin turbojet engine. It was a successful experiment in the 1950s and 1960s. https://whatisnuclear.com/safety-minutes/htre-3-meltdown.html Of course, I had my Radiacode scintillation detector with me and yes, the apparatus is "Hot". The screenshot of the readings from my three walk-arounds the artifact. I swear you could smell the radiation. There was a very un-natural burnt smell something reminiscent of burned bakelite. Although, I am quite certain the emitted radition was not the source...

It is summer, or close enough, to blog. I am too busy having a life. I worked on the barn (foundation), worked on the pig water, worked on the tractor, the subaru and took Douglas's new Honda Insight for a drive. The neighbor came over in a donkey cart. The jeep crapped out and now it is fixed. The chickens aren't laying musch. The llamas are good, but artemis still has mites. I have to get some radios together for a buyer. I have many photos in queue to post. Stop back.

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