Tiffany's Thread (updates and prayers, and a place where she can smack Joe in public when he needs it :)

[NorCalVol67]

He did say heavy traffic at lax. We're about to go though

Tacos, burritos, In-N-Out

 

[NorCalVol67]

Probably not where @joevol33 was, but here is part of the Navajo Nation agricultural lands in northern NM. High desert, 6,000’+. Aerial sprinkler watering from a central pivot.

Worst possible form of irrigation in arid lands, but it’s what they’re doing for now.

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Speaking of water waste, I played a great golf course in Farmington NM.

 

[VolNExile]

What makes pivot irrigation such a bad approach?

What @NorCalVol67 said, plus specifically, the extremely dry air and high altitude (thin air) means that much of the water evaporates before it hits the ground, so an absurd waste of water. I think the Navajo Nation’s ag farm pulls from the San Juan River, lowering its flow. If it pulled from an aquifer instead, it would be draining the aquifer while doing little more than raising the local humidity by a microscopic amount.

US aquifers are in bad shape, drawn down by industrial agriculture + lawn and golf course watering where grass wouldn’t normally grow (most of Texas, Las Vegas, SoCal, southwest in general, etc etc.) They’re not getting enough rainfall that soaks into the ground (as opposed to running off down rivers) to recharge them and keep up their levels.

Best irrigation method for nearly all ag settings, but especially arid climates, is drip irrigation.

Plants do not take in water from their leaves; only from their roots.* So water the soil, ideally an inch or more below ground, to distribute water to the roots.

*Plants do occasionally benefit from water on their leaves (rainfall etc.) which washes dust off them, which might be clogging their stomata (leaf pores), where they take in CO2 and release O2 and water vapor.

-haha, my professors will be pleased to know that I have retained something from classes and applied it to real-world applications.

 

[joevol33]

Touchdown Tennessee! Oops, meant LA. Just practicing for the bama game

 

[NorCalVol67]

Sunday night is Zombie Bear night in LA county.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Yes indeedy, 3 1/2 days on I-40; can’t beat that!

And it is a SUCK drive.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Ahhh. I was trying to remember if I still had anyone on ignore, and so I wasn’t seeing some posts.

I fixed my profile so you can't see my posts.

 

[joevol33]

Sunday night is Zombie Bear night in LA county.

I just made buddies with some TSA for protection

 

[82_VOL_83]

No, tgey were on the ground, perfect circles

Crop circles...literally

 

[VolNExile]

And it is a SUCK drive.

I think NM is far more beautiful than AZ, but dang, all those closed gas stations on the reservations when we drove through in 2010, with the needle bouncing off E.

Yikes.

 

[Tin Man]

I think NM is far more beautiful than AZ, but dang, all those closed gas stations on the reservations when we drove through in 2010, with the needle bouncing off E.

Yikes.

Lived in New Mexico for part of 1980. Liked it.

 

[joevol33]

Wanted in and out, but they don't do doir dash. Gonna walk to one around the corner for lunch tomorrow. Got a five guys burger and fries, it had jalapeños, and set me on fire

 

[joevol33]

Oh yeah, talked with a woman while outside waiting on my food. Mexican/American, never been to the hills of hillbilly country, and she immediately knew I was a hillbilly

 

[Behr]

Oh yeah, talked with a woman while outside waiting on my food. Mexican/American, never been to the hills of hillbilly country, and she immediately knew I was a hillbilly

 

[82_VOL_83]

I think NM is far more beautiful than AZ, but dang, all those closed gas stations on the reservations when we drove through in 2010, with the needle bouncing off E.

Yikes.

We drove it in the mid 2000s from Ktown to LA on 40 and it was pothole city.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Santa Fe and Taos are awesome. Have some good friends that live in a small town outside of Albequerque that is also really nice. Mountain biking in Taos is intense.

The poverty on the reservations is depressing.

 

[UTFanForLife]

Oh yeah, talked with a woman while outside waiting on my food. Mexican/American, never been to the hills of hillbilly country, and she immediately knew I was a hillbilly

Wife and I went to Coronado, went to eat at the hotel restaurant, all I said was “2, please”. The guy immediately said, “where are you from?”.

 

[joevol33]

Wife and I went to Coronado, went to eat at the hotel restaurant, all I said was “2, please”. The guy immediately said, “where are you from?”.

I can't wait to see hiw these Dr's react

 

[Tin Man]

We drove it in the mid 2000s from Ktown to LA on 40 and it was pothole city.

Should have dropped south and taken 20 in the Spring. Southern Arizona’s brief “green” season is lovely.

 

[joevol33]

We drove it in the mid 2000s from Ktown to LA on 40 and it was pothole city.

Riads going to the outer banks were the same

 

[82_VOL_83]

Should have dropped south and taken 20 in the Spring. Southern Arizona’s brief “green” season is lovely.

1. NFW would I drive out there voluntarily.
2. Didn't have a choice of time of year.

 

[joevol33]

Bout to walk the streets of LA to the store. Godspeed @joevol33

 

[82_VOL_83]

 

[joevol33]

I survived, not far, just to the store for mountain dew

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard