A heated jacket sounds like a really good idea in cold country

Milwaukee Hoodie M12 12V Lithium-Ion Heated Jacket KIT Front and Back Heat Zones -All Sizes and Colors - Battery and Charger Included - (Large, Black)

Get Woke, Go Broke

They'll never learn. Were there no adults in charge at this company when this decision was originally made? Antagonize loyal customers for no good reason?

Gun Sales So Low At Dick’s They May Yank All Hunting Gear.

The CEO for the sporting goods retailer said Thursday that the company was doing a trial run in 10 locations, pulling all hunting merchandise and replacing it with other items.

“Though it’s too early to discuss performance, we’re optimistic these changes will better serve the athletes in these communities,” Dick’s CEO Edward Stack said in a conference call, as reported by JSOnline.

The reason for the new approach may be because sales in that department have plummeted across all of Dick’s 732 stores.

“Specific to hunt, in addition to the strategic decisions made regarding firearms earlier this year, sales continued to be negatively impacted by double-digit declines in hunt and electronics,” said Lee Belitsky, chief financial officer.

By “strategic decisions” Belitsky is referring to the company’s announcement in the wake of the February massacre in Parkland, Florida that it would no longer sell guns to adults under the age of 21 and that it would not only stop selling but destroy its existing inventory of modern sporting rifles at its 35 Field & Stream locations.

A natural phenomenon: the rainbow swamps of Florida.

I'd never heard of such a thing before.

Turns out, it's due to the release of natural oils from the cypress tree cones.

There's more of the story and photos here.

Hat tip: Tywkiwbi.

Lloyd and Jeff again, even earlier.

Photo sent by reader Michael. Thanks!

Vine Road, south of Wasilla, Alaska. Yikes.

Field Marshal Montgomery

Patton's nemesis

The Griz know it's time to hibernate when they look like this

Splash Dam on Mill Creek 1905.

Splash dams were a marvel of early engineering. When the gates in the dam were closed, water backed and formed a pond to hold the logs. When the large gates were raised, the water carried them through the dam and down the creek to the Main Umpqua River to the mills in Gardiner.