And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yeah, I thought that once. Hiking close to Truchas Peak in New Mexico. Just below the tree line. Water was cold! Walked up about 200 yards from camp and found a dead elk calf in the creek..........
Yeah, I thought that once. Hiking close to Truchas Peak in New Mexico. Just below the tree line. Water was cold! Walked up about 200 yards from camp and found a dead elk calf in the creek..........
ReplyDeleteCold and pure my ass! That's a giardia proving ground.
ReplyDeleteDrunk water out of creeks like that for many years, and worse! Never got sick.
DeleteI'm still gonna filter it, and probably steri-pen too. Giardia is no fun, and neither is cryptosporidia.
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