Monday Afternoon Mystery Fish

I haven't written much about what I've been doing lately, because I needed a break. I trust the moose pics and other odds & ends haven't been too boring.

It's 32 & gloomy right now, which is about what AccuHunch forecast for the day (sometimes miracles happen). We're going to be bouncing around the freezing mark for the next several days; it seems the weather is almost always messy, sloppy, or snowy for Thanksgiving week. We'd prefer snow, of course.

Now that we're less than a month from the winter solstice, the days are getting very short. We had 6 hours, 37 minutes between sun-rise & -set today; 4 1/2 minutes less tomorrow. Sunrise will be 9:30; sunset at 4:03. If it's reasonably clear, it will be light for about 20 minutes before and after, but either way the days grow short indeed.

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I wasn't able to get to a store for National Ammo Day, but I did find five boxes of rifle ammo in the weight I prefer, a couple of days ago. The guy behind the counter told me there was a sixth box, but I'm not greedy. ;^)

My rifle ammo box is almost too heavy to carry with one hand; the pistol ammo box IS too heavy for one-handed carry. Sounds like I need another couple of ammo boxes. Then I'll have an excuse to get more ammo & start the whole thing over again.

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Barrow's Mystery Fish

Excerpt:

It was still a little dark when, about six miles out of Barrow, Brower spotted something in the distance. Thinking it might be a seal, Brower got his gun out of the back of his car and walked closer, but whatever it was didn't move. When Brower finally got a good look, his jaw dropped.

"I said - what is that?!"

It was a fish of some kind, but Brower had never seen anything like it. Frozen solid, it had a long thick body that looked a little like an eel's, but with a bulging belly. About a foot tall, the fish had a blunt nose and pronounced lips.

Read the rest here.

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Well, it's getting dark, so I'd better go plug in the truck & do a couple of things. Have a great afternoon and/or evening (depending which of America's six time zones you're in). Thanks for stopping by.