And perhaps neither will you.
Today’s Wordful Wednesday wasn’t very nice of me, was it?
Wordful Wednesday is like Wordless Wednesday, only WITH words. It’s for those of us that can’t contain the chatter, but in a good way. More info. in my tabber box titled WW on the right.
I don’t know why, but I felt compelled to share with you one aspect of my vacation that will NEVER be forgotten. It’s that thing that will forever trigger my memory of this particular camping trip. It’s my, “remember that camping trip when there was a dead cow behind our camp site?”, and we’ll all nod in confirmation. And groan.
Because it kind of changed me.
For real.
When I happened upon it I was NOT expecting it. When I smelled it, well, let’s not go there.
Luckily, the wind took pity on us and didn’t blow the stench in our direction until the last morning of our adventure, and we didn’t spend our time in camp anyway. Unfortunately, every time we took 4-wheeler rides on the trails behind our camp site, we had to pass the bloated, fly infested, putrid smelling cow.
It wasn’t pretty. Nor were the other 3 dead cows just up the way.
In case you are wondering, my dad, my grandpa and myself made the supposition that the cows probably ate something poisonous like larkspur and kicked the bucket. Then they were probably dragged by horse back behind the camp by cow hands.
You know, so that they could decompose out of the way.
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Twitter: twoofakind
August 17, 2010 at 8:04 pm
oh my! That is horrible
Twitter: buckeroomama
August 17, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Eww! You had that behind your camp site for 4 days?
oh my!!! that is incredible! I am sure you’ll never forget that!
Twitter: aprilmom00
August 17, 2010 at 8:06 pm
thats so gross
Angie! I am speechless! Ewwwwwwww.
Twitter: Rachel_L
August 17, 2010 at 8:07 pm
LOL — as farm-girl in my former life, I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve seen a bloated dead cow.
Doesn’t mean I want one behind my campsite, though.
You poor things!
oh how sad!
Ugh!
Twitter: MutheringHeight
August 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Oh YUCK!!!! What did your kids think?
Twitter: millermix
August 17, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Oh my jeebus. That is crazy. I would’ve taken it as an omen and gone right back home.
On no! That’s nasty!
Oh my, I feel like I’m watching one of those old cowboy movies! YUK!
Twitter: jamericanspice
August 17, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I’m glad the wind spared you. That is nasty! yuck! The flies…they pitch everywhere!
Aloha
Que Sera Sera
LOL ick, totally not what I was expecting.
That’s just gross.
Twitter: 1momof5
August 17, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Oh my goodness! Now that’s a memory that I think I’d pass on…
Twitter: girlgonemom
August 17, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Oh goodness. Now I have a nice picture in my mind just before bed.
Twitter: lovingmom2boys
August 17, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Oh my word – put that on the list of things I don’t ever want to see in person!! ick!!
SO gross!
Unfortunately I have seen a bloated cow before… ’cause I grew up on a dairy farm. Not great memories…
But hey, at least in my tagline today I told my readers you were having a cow today.
)
No dignity in life, and none in death either. Poor cows.
Twitter: _MamaJules_
August 17, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Oh my! I’m not sure if I want to go to bed now! I could have some ugly nightmares.
Twitter: Alli_n_Son
August 17, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Ewww, I can totally smell that cow. All the way over here in WI.
Twitter: GennyHeikka
August 17, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Can’t even imagine! Yikes… !
Wow! I so didn’t need to see that!
Carcass Camping Trip ……sounds like a new B Horror Flick destined to wreck theaters this fall. Zombie cows and vampire bugs…positively horrifying.
I only camp against my will
Lovely Disgusting pic!
OMG! That was nasty!!
Happy WW!
Twitter: mommyofamonster
August 17, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I cannot, and do not, even want to imagine the smell! I’ve never been around anything that big that was dead. I know what a little dead mouse smells like, so I can only imagine what that cow smelled like!
That’s not a pretty picture, indeed, but it does not gross me out. In fact, I think it’s a healthy dose of realism that is great for children, too, to see and learn from. Death is a natural part of the life cycle and in my opinion Western culture goes overboard trying to sterilize and deny it. Now that’s wordful… ooops. What I’d like to know is HOW did this change you, Angie?
If they had that many, don’t you think they would call some org that maybe needed meat for wild animals? unless it wasn’t safe, but then what does the smelly cow do to the ground… and how nice for the camp grounds… ughh
You sure someone wasn’t cow-tipping???
Twitter: ErinsMiracles
August 17, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I think I puked in my mouth a little!
Good thing you didn’t smell it!!
Twitter: RachelVoorhees
August 17, 2010 at 9:04 pm
YUCK. I could have done without seeing that. Thank goodness I didn’t have to smell it!
Twitter: annmarice
August 17, 2010 at 9:10 pm
that is so sad
Twitter: biggreenpen
August 17, 2010 at 9:16 pm
And here I was feeling guilty about my WW showing my filthy legs and dirty running shoes (and some questionably suggestive words). YOU WIN.
Oh ewww!! Poor cows.
That is horrible.
Twitter: crazyadventures
August 17, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Um. Ew. {wretch}
Twitter: projectalicia
August 17, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Um yeah, I may never recover. Haha. Maybe paybacks for all the gross critters though? Happy WW!
…and i had to check your blog just before lunchtime…grrrrrrrreat!
~ash’s mum
Twitter: rudyrukus
August 17, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Didn’t know you were camping in my back yard tee hee! Gotta love Utah mountains in the summer. Dead cows everywhere. Not to mention the small deer that got plowed over on my street in the CITY mind you!!
The only good about this is that it makes for a interesting story! Yuck!
Eww, Does make for an interesting Wordful Wednesday story though
holy-crap-a-moly!! that is wrong is so many ways!! that must have smelled like a bitch! great pic!!
Twitter: iambrimful
August 17, 2010 at 10:18 pm
That is an awful sight!
Twitter: debi9kids
August 17, 2010 at 10:36 pm
OMGOSH! How horrific! Ewwwwwww… that had to have smelled God-awful!
Twitter: FamilyTrifecta
August 17, 2010 at 10:51 pm
oooh disgusting. i had to hold back the loud gagging noises so that i didn’t disturb my husband.
OMG, that is disgusting! I don’t think I will ever be the same again LOL! ewwwww!!!!
Twitter: pamelamkramer
August 18, 2010 at 12:04 am
That really is yuck!
Twitter: debmomof3
August 18, 2010 at 12:18 am
Oh my goodness – I guess it does make for an interesting story though!
Twitter: MTDLBlog
August 18, 2010 at 1:12 am
Aww…..man…..totally a sad sight…..this kind of stuff makes me weepy….poor Bessy
Twitter: MTDLBlog
August 18, 2010 at 1:14 am
PS: I’m not sure why, but my WW post is not showing as my last post even though it is my most recent…it always seems to do this when I comment right after I’ve written my WW post. What am I missing?
Totally disgusting….but OH SO FUNNY!
I was thinking Cow Serial Killer………..
Twitter: SeriousKrystyn
August 18, 2010 at 3:35 am
Ewww..that definitely would have made camping interesting. And, what a fun lesson for the kids.
Twitter: aventinehill
August 18, 2010 at 3:39 am
Oh yuck, yuck YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And a true blogger…complete with a pic, lol.
One word only:
Ewwwwwwwwwwwww……
OMG Eww, yuck and wow!! Interesting picture and post. Poor cows
Oh, my! Though I bet it made for interesting discussions
ewww! I can’t imagine camping all week right next to that. We had a dead deer in our front yard earlier this summer (it got hit by a car and thrown into our yard) and that was bad enough. I kept fearing the kids would see it before it got removed. Unfortunately, the road commission never came out to remove it so my husband had to do the nasty job himself and drag it out to the woods and bury it. I don’t know HOW he did it, but I’m glad he did.
Twitter: sellabitmum
August 18, 2010 at 3:59 am
Oh wow – that is disgusting. Poor cows!
errrrrrrrrrrrrrr – thanks?!!!!!
Twitter: thelucaszoo
August 18, 2010 at 4:08 am
Oh my. I guess that I didn’t know what they did with dead cows. It breaks my heart to see deer bloated and dead or a dead dog. Wow.
Twitter: melaniescrafts
August 18, 2010 at 4:30 am
Ewwww…..
Twitter: thenagainphoto
August 18, 2010 at 4:35 am
Thank you for that, Angie. I now have to rebrush my teeth because I threw up a little in my mouth. Thank you for that. It’s why I love you. I lie. Not really. I love you for many other reasons, none of which involve stinking dead animal carcasses thankfully.
Twitter: Hobo_Mama
August 18, 2010 at 4:44 am
How bizarre that they just leave them there like that! Maybe as a warning to other cows…
Feel free to come by and link up at Hobo Mama!
Ummm, gross????
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner
http://www.mawhats4dinner.com
Ughh! No, just disgusting.
Yuck! Poor cows!
Twitter: peaceloveguac
August 18, 2010 at 5:32 am
oh. my. god. I’m really wigged out.
Ew, that is just gross but its also just nature. A unpleasant part of nature but nature none the less.
Twitter: mellisarock
August 18, 2010 at 6:06 am
How gross to have to see that every time you did something fun like four wheeling.
Twitter: tiarastantrums
August 18, 2010 at 6:15 am
awww . . . that stinks!
That is just so disgusting!
Gross!!!
Twitter: adventuroo
August 18, 2010 at 6:38 am
Oh man that’s gross! I’m sure the smell was worse than the sight!
Whoa, wasn’t expecting that. And to be honest I have family that raises cows, and when they die unexpectedly they are take care of the remains, usually by burning. Otherwise it will take a long long time to decompose and will attract scavengers. I think they must have gotten into something also, because it’s unusual for some many to die at the same time.
Twitter: SueC
August 18, 2010 at 6:51 am
Oh my. I don’t know if I would have stayed there! That is awful.
okay, so just with a glance….totally thought it was a dog rolling in a puddle….or maybe it was wishful thinking or optimistic thinking??
Wow. That’s really nasty.
Twitter: Bungalow_56
August 18, 2010 at 7:05 am
Where did you find the picture? This isn’t from your camping trip is it? I sure hope not?
Dana
Let me just say….Ewwww! I was not expecting to see that on WW.
Yuck. Isn’t there a better way to dispose of these poor animals. And the smell, ick,ick,ick. Just thinking of it makes me nausous.
I would love to share my Wordful Wednesday post with you.
http://traci66.blogspot.com/2010/08/wordful-wednesdayback-to-school-1st.html
Oh ewwww! I cannot imagine having to smell that!
Twitter: sclubmama
August 18, 2010 at 7:38 am
Gross!!
Now that is a true wilderness experience!
Blessings!
Ugh. Well, I’m sure the kids were impressed
Twitter: EverydayKathy
August 18, 2010 at 8:30 am
Yep this image WILL be with me for a while. Might be time to start my vegan ways….
Twitter: MrsMeganC
August 18, 2010 at 8:59 am
OhMyGosh! That’s so sad! =(
I can see why it’d make for a “memorable” vacation though! And I promise you, my MIL would’ve taken a picture too!
Twitter: cltalbert
August 18, 2010 at 9:16 am
I just can’t imagine how awful that stench must have been from those dead cows. I wonder what happened to them.
Twitter: almostcrunchy
August 18, 2010 at 9:17 am
That’s just horrifying!
Twitter: beemii
August 18, 2010 at 9:36 am
Oh my how gross!!!!!!
Twitter: thelifeofrylie
August 18, 2010 at 10:06 am
Maybe next time we could get a little warning?
I can’t believe you had that behind your campsite. Gross.
Yikes, happy WW!
only in Utah. lol.
we have a similar cow story, it starts out, “Remember when that cow was stuck in the cow grate?” and ends w/, “so then it wound up UNDER the cow grate and we had to tie a rope to it and pull it OUT”.
good times.
Yeah, our family has the camping story where our camping “neighbor” almost put the whole campsite aflame! It’s a great story and looking back, is quite funny. But it was NOT at the time (we were pretty scared actually!)
Sorry ’bout your dead cows…
Twitter: lkwhtmomfound
August 18, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I get all grossed out when I see dead fish at the campground.
OMGOODNESS!! That is just awful! My girls would have been traumatized. Thank goodness for the stench blowing in the opposite direction.
Twitter: angeliasims
August 18, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Okay, uhhhhh – YUK!
That’s terrible! Poor cows and poor campers!
Nothing like that for memories. Phew!
Twitter: BZMomma
August 18, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Oh my! That was behind your camp??? UGH…poor cow(s)…poor y’all!!! Hope you have other, great memories to focus on rather than the dead cows
Twitter: jumpinbeans09
August 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm
that is so sad…
and so disgusting!
Oh no! Poor cow & poor you!
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