Jiminy Crickets. You cannot go outside here at night without running into a rattlesnake. Tonight Rick shot another six, three adults and three babies. All of them were by the fueling shaft which is next to the missile silo. There is a concrete pad around the fueling shaft that has lifted and cracked. The snakes can go under one side of the pad and come out the other end, so the ground has been tunneled underneath the concrete. We discovered this by pouring a little gasoline down one crack, wait a bit and a snake would come out of a different crack. Anyhoodles, we are up to 19 for the year and 15 were shot in the last four days.
Hobo showed up this morning and was Static Cling Boy. He couldn't sit close enough to me and I couldn't pet him enough. Tonight when Rick was firing his .45, Hobo just dived into his Igloo dog house, or snow globe as Katie likes to call it.
Rick had to pick up some bird shot for his .45 today. The old plastic case had a price sticker of $3.99. When Rick purchased a new 10-pk today, it was $17.95. Will this run on ammo ever stop? Probably not until President Obama is out of the White House and this country is a little more stable. There are a lot of people out there that believe that the government is buying up ammunition to keep it out of the citizens' hands. They claim that since the government cannot take our guns away via strict gun laws, they'll take our ammo away instead, so everyone is stockpiling and the prices have skyrocketed. It is to the point that even if you have the money, good luck find the product. When I was checking online for the bird shot, the online stores were sold out of it and didn't expect any in until January 2014. We are living in scary times. If you really want to scare the heck out of yourself, watch the movie 2016. It is a documentary about President Obama and his global view. It's scary because it explains why this President has done what he has.
On that cheery note, I bid you adieu. I'll keep you updated on the rattlesnake count. Rick just went to walk Cody, so I could be updating you in 10 minutes!
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