Check out this tumbleweed
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the other night after a big wind storm, we had an alley full of em, about as high as the fence, and i plowed my four wheeler throw them.. for a second i though i was not going to make it. it was fun..
Ketchum & Killem
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it is that thing in the pic...
damn maan, havent you ever watched a western?
it is a type of bush that grows out all big, when it gets full of seeds it dries up and the wind rolls it dozens of miles and it drops seeds out the whole way
damn maan, havent you ever watched a western?
it is a type of bush that grows out all big, when it gets full of seeds it dries up and the wind rolls it dozens of miles and it drops seeds out the whole way
Ketchum & Killem
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The largest tumbleweed ever recorded was 38 feet in diameter. The giant Russian thistle grew on the east bank of the Colorado River near Ehrenberg in the spring of 1963.
By the time spring winds had tumbled the giant ball to Wikieup, 92 miles northwest of Ehrenberg, it had worn down to 19 feet in diameter. An enterprising businessman hollowed it, plastered it, painted it orange, and turned it into a juice stand alongside U.S. Highway 93.
http://www.wickenburg-az.com/?p=47
By the time spring winds had tumbled the giant ball to Wikieup, 92 miles northwest of Ehrenberg, it had worn down to 19 feet in diameter. An enterprising businessman hollowed it, plastered it, painted it orange, and turned it into a juice stand alongside U.S. Highway 93.
http://www.wickenburg-az.com/?p=47
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wow yall seem amazed that tumbleweeds (or properly name Russia Thistle) are real... i can take more pictures of the ones in allies and stuff.. there are plenty around i can share with yall.. or just wait until the next wind storm comes and i can get a pile of them in a picture.. i just thought that was one cool because how big it was..
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HAHAHAHAHAHA
sorry
lol
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