Here’s some pics I took at Lake Fort Phantom. We didn’t have time to go to the Fort itself. What a cool name for a fort eh?



For those of you who’ve never seen it in the wild, those green clumps in the tree behind me are mistletoe. I’d never seen it until I came here. I brought my City Stick to thump the ground to warn the rattlesnakes of my presence. You can also see my SS4 in my right ruler pocket.


A view over the water with the sunshine.


My Shaker and SS4.


Ok, no, I didn’t really do this with my SS4. I found where someone else had been chopping and just posed it there.


Shaker on some Prickly Pear.


Closeup of some mistletoe. If you look closely you can see a wasp nest in the center. I plucked out the nest and brought it home since it was empty.






Shaker and Prickly Pear fruit.


SS4 and Prickly Pear.
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And a little closer.
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This dog was waiting by the boat ramp for her owners to return. She looks pretty friendly doesn’t she? That’s what I thought too. She just kept sitting there as I looped around taking pics. On the way back to the truck, I thought I’d talk to her and maybe pet her. I got within about 12 feet and started talking to her. She bared her teeth, and started barking, growling, and running at me. I was glad I had my City Stick. I yelled back, and held out the tip in front of me to keep her away. If she’d kept coming and attacked me, I’d of had to hit her with the heavy end, and/or use my SS4 as those were the only weapons I had on me. If I’d of had my pepper spray, it wouldn’t have done any good in windy west Texas, especially at the lake. It’s ALWAYS windy there because the lake is so big, and there’s little to no trees to block the wind. It would have blown it the wrong way, possibly back into my face even.
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Some water washing up on the limestone rocks.
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This is some bamboo that was growing by the lake. This stuff grows everywhere here.
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A view of the plant life around the lake.
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This is the very spot where I used my CS Bushman to behead the rattlesnake I caught by hand that I told you guys about. This is where I caught him.
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A closer view of the spot with my SS4.
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That’s the tree where I cut off the rattlesnake’s head on the left.
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If you’d like to see more photos around the area that I didn’t post here, you can check out my Google photo album where I posted some for friends and family. http://picasaweb.google.com/andywayne

oh nice!
you have some of the best pics on the forum.

you'd think people wouldn't leave their dog alone unless it was freindly...
one time this kids dog was loose and when it was running around i asked "is it friendly" and he said "no"
so it started snarling and ran at me and i took out on of my big folders and was ready to pluge thye knife forward, but he jumped on front of the dog and got it, just in time.

and one other time a swung at a loose dog that was running around chasing kids and almost hit it in the face, but it turned and ran off.

I always did have a fear of dogs...
sounds like that city stick came in handy.

Thanks. I’ve had to pull my handgun one dogs a few times. Never had to attack one though (yet).

lol
man!
honestly I'd like to go back trenton with a handgun and wait for those stupid dogs to try and attack me again.
they're the reason I'm afraid of dogs.