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Mechslasher:
spent the 4th of july with my brother-n-law in washington, d.c.  he's been in the air force for over 26 years and had a great time listening to him tell about all the deployments he's been on.  he's a flight engineer with the rescue squadron and has been involved with every military action the u.s. has been in since 1984.  guess that's why he's now a E9 or i think a command chief.  he was transferred to andrews airforce base a little over a year ago and he's getting a kick out of explaining to the fellows in his new squadron that flying around d.c. is not a "real" mission.  he took us onto bolling afb on the potomac to watch the fire works.  it was something else.  there must have been a dozen or more fire work shows going on at one time along the potomac.  he got a chuckle at the heweys flying up and down the river just to burn fuel and log in some flight time.  ended up going to the smithonian a couple times.  saw this odd deer at the natural history museum.  then went to the american indian museum.  it was a little weak in displays of artifacts.  here is a pic of all the points they had on display.  i thought the most intriguing was the rifle that had been repaired using bone and raw hide.



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n2everythg:
sounds like a cool trip chris. thanks for the pics.
that deer looks scarey... you dont have any like that down at your place do ya?
Looks like it would take a bite out of you if it caught you in the woods hunting it. :)
later
wade

cowboy:
Yeah, ole snaggletooth there is pretty cool. Bet he could hold his own against a hog. that rifle repair, now that's original!

shikari:
the deer is called a musk deer and are native to India and Nepal,The musk from these deer is extremly good smelling and very valuable and prized.They are a protected species and highly endangered due to poaching for their musk.

Pat B:
Chris I was a little disappointed when I went a few years ago. The Museum of The American Indians was newly opened. The draws under the glass displays was full of artifacts too. Did you check them out?  Some of the buckskin dresses were the coolest things in that museum. One was covered in elk ivory. Must have weighed a ton.  Most of the cool stuff is in storage.

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