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Subject:Six guys update
From:Ted Titcomb
Date:Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:54:18 -0400

> From: paysonpayson@aol.com
> Date: June 14, 2009 2:30:45 PM EDT
> To: ted@titcomb.com
> Subject: denver rest stop
>

> We made it too the West!
> Im excited, because to be honest i don't know how we are guna make
> it through the mouantains in a few hours, and its atleast good to
> know that we have made it to the western part of the country.
> So yesterday we made it through Kansas, finally.  it felt like it
> would never end, and it was all day driving, which i personally find
> takes the longest time.  now, i shouldn't say that Kansas was all
> bad, we did go see the largest prarie dog in the world?driving down
> 70, we saw a billboard advertising the largest prairy dog in the
> world, and the obvious reaction from everyone was "Awesome!"
> Unfortunately, the next billboard read "largest prairy dog in the
> world, over 8,000lb!"
> I don't know if any of you have ever seen a prairy dog before, but
> they probably average about 2-4lbs... which meant we were probably
> going to see a large cement prairy dog, which is exaclty what it
> was.  Luckily there were some live animals at this (zoo?)  which was
> more like an animal prizon, honestly it looked like the owner said
> "well, if i sell food to my customers too feed the animals, then
> maybe I won't have to feed them myself!"  in his office he had a
> container of 40 rattle snakes that his wife had caught, which he
> claims "haven't been out in 15 years!"  He was proud to say that his
> snakes, 40 of them, who live in a 6 by 3 foot container hadn't seen
> the light of day in 15 years.  They were literally on top of
> eachother.
> outside was a bit better, it was designed so that you were walking
> through a prairy dog field, and little baby prairy dogs would pop
> our of their holes and then run down if you got to close to them,
> but it was really cool.  they also had racoons, pigeons, a bobcat,
> badgers(the meanest animals in the whole world) and of course two
> six legged cows, alive!  Which really wasn't cool, it was just kinda
> gross...
> Anyway, i wanted to explain in more detail, but the guys are yelling
> at me to get on the road so ill give you further updated from my
> phione tonight hopefully.
> right now we are at my grandmothers house, we spent the night here,
> showered, did laundry ect...
> we are having a great time!
>
> PAYStheACE
>
>
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