tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post7288991848442113082..comments2011-09-07T14:50:48.686-04:00Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-40993002589672252962011-09-07T14:50:48.686-04:002011-09-07T14:50:48.686-04:00incredible!! just amazing place, unbeliavable country. love itwriting your thesishttp://yourdissertation.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-71537745333958113962009-11-08T18:17:25.672-05:002009-11-08T18:17:25.672-05:00Deb - Thanks for the info and for sharing your family history! The bison that we saw were definitely on the small side...definitely smaller than I had imagined. They were beautiful, calm and seemed perfectly content in their foraging. It&#39;s a shame their numbers have suffered so greatly.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-43075097358727044362009-11-08T16:26:02.177-05:002009-11-08T16:26:02.177-05:00Hi Thomas, <br /><br />As usual, the photos on your blog are spectacular! Most people aren&#39;t aware that the bison roamed Eastern North America, as well as the west. The Eastern Bison were smaller and a forest animal, not a grasslands one. They were an important food source for Eastern natives but were devastated by diseases brought by cattle from Europe and hunted to extinction by settlers by the 1700s. <br /><br />My Mom and her sisters used to go to Ft. Sill Oklahoma where there was a small &quot;herd&quot; of seven or eight prairie bison in the 1940s and 50s. Mom&#39;s family were Eastern Lenape (aka Delaware). They&#39;d stand and look at that pitiful little bison herd in silence and cry. I never understood until I was an adult. <br /><br />I&#39;m thinking about growing mushrooms, as you suggested. There are some great kits available at &quot;fungi perfecti&quot;. Also innoculants which improve veggie yield in some crops. Would be interesting to try these! <br /><br />Deb - over at http://suresimple.blogspot.comDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-69400148840606161602009-11-08T14:28:53.014-05:002009-11-08T14:28:53.014-05:00What a great trip! I want to go somewhere, too!janiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16978979417557447666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-10609876155400913782009-11-08T12:43:09.308-05:002009-11-08T12:43:09.308-05:00Same thoughts as Daphne about the bison. Atypical to say the least. Those grapes are just asking for me to reach out and grab &#39;em. Beautiful photography ! My compliments to Marc. Although you went solo, hope you had a great time still.miss m (InfG)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08779663826025791655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-40611407922818498382009-11-08T08:54:08.475-05:002009-11-08T08:54:08.475-05:00Beautiful. It is rather incongruous to see buffalo on Long Island. I&#39;ve seen them in the west before, but never the east.Daphnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-42614584930529491112009-11-08T08:52:15.364-05:002009-11-08T08:52:15.364-05:00I want to visit the gardens at SUNY, Farmingdale. My son went to school at King&#39;s Point, Great Neck, on the North Shore.Nell Jeanhttp://seedscatterer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-11820736939640455562009-11-08T00:08:58.796-05:002009-11-08T00:08:58.796-05:00Great pics, Thomas. I used to enjoy seeing the country when I was on the road, too.Engineeredgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-53781990555421953682009-11-07T23:40:58.573-05:002009-11-07T23:40:58.573-05:00Gran! Say it isn&#39;t so! Well, you have an open invitation to visit me in Massachusetts if you get tired of the desert.Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-57455044120895785242009-11-07T23:14:40.757-05:002009-11-07T23:14:40.757-05:00Lovely photos...give Marc my compliments! I&#39;ve never been further east than Missouri :-)Annie's Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-45005239286919367392009-11-07T23:10:01.889-05:002009-11-07T23:10:01.889-05:00Hey Steve, no Marc couldn&#39;t make it this year unfortunately. Hopefully next year. You and Triet should definitely consider making a weekend getaway out of it!Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-21658590938096020262009-11-07T22:49:54.540-05:002009-11-07T22:49:54.540-05:00Very beautiful!flowrgirl1http://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778141609680363377.post-64254119745869795542009-11-07T21:44:56.068-05:002009-11-07T21:44:56.068-05:00Wow did Marc go with you this year? Those pics are beautiful. Now I want to go!!!steveobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01119737316911008585noreply@blogger.com