Snarfing

Here is something I didn’t know… I learned last evening that one of my neighbors is a member of “E Clampus Vitus”. They call them “Clampers”. It’s a men’s fraternity that dates back to miners in the 1800’s. Mark Twain, Ulysses S. Grant, and Mountain Charlie McKiernan (my neighbor from years ago) were members. In modern day California they research and build historical markers. Philanthropically, they support widowed women and their children. Rumor has it they like to drink and carry on. I noticed that on the ECV Mountain Charlie 1850 Chapter’s website, they are missing photos of some markers. Since the Mountain Charlie Big Tree is about 500 yards away from our house, I happen to have a good photo of the marker. So, I emailed it to them tonite. I told the webmaster I will make the effort to obtain the photos of the other 22 markers without photos on their site via my motorcycle. This is called… Snarfing (verb): To roam around towns and countryside, looking for a historical landmark or historical marker. I’ve done some snarfing in the past but I was not aware that I was snarfing.