[meteorite-list] Recent field Trip / Photos

From: John K. Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 9 01:38:11 2004
Message-ID: <6.0.3.0.2.20040908224234.026f8d70_at_mail.theriver.com>

I really like the story about the big rat and the little rat.

JKG

At 02:34 PM 9/8/2004, WAHLPERRY_at_aol.com wrote:
> Hi List, Here`s some pictures of one of the meteorite hunting trips this
> summer. While driving to the hunting area I noticed a Kangaroo Rat
> hopping across the road so I decided to get a few photos while waiting
> for my friends to show up. At that moment the Kangaroo rat ran under my
> truck and decided it was a cool place out of the sun. Not wanting to run
> this guy over I had to chase him from under my vehicle. Every time I
> would try to chase him off the little rat would run around the opposite
> side of the truck or tire.This lasted about ten minutes or so. Boy I'm
> sure glad there were no other hunters in the area at this time,I must
> have looked pretty funny chasing this rat around my truck.The kangaroo
> Rat finally ran behind my rear tire and was looking around at me {almost
> like he was saying OK what is your next move buddy}. At that moment I
> jumped into my truck and pulled forward. I decided to make a circle and
> see if I had squished him when I took off. When I turned around to see if
> he was OK he was no where in site, but I could see him in my side mirror
> still chasing my truck for shade,But the truck was much faster than the
> little Rat . We did find a couple of small meteorites after a full day of
> searching.Both meteorites were under 20 grams. Special thanks to Geoff
> Notkin for the link. Sonny http://www.notkin.net/sonny/red-lake.htm
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Received on Thu 09 Sep 2004 01:43:12 AM PDT