In 16 Days

This picture of the widest part of the creek going to the river use to be three little ditches each small enough wide that I could jump over them one at a time. Then one year, I don't remember when, we had five once in a hundred year rains in 16 days. That changed it.

Places

Hull's Place, an enclosed over hang in the rocks. He lived in there with his Navajo wife for nine years.

The gate leaving Doug's property above the lodge and looking down into the river. This by the way is the second lowest I've ever seen the river and the lowest I've ever seen the snow pack in the Rockies.

The last tree on that part of the property that's not already in the creek bed is working it's way there. A couple more rains at most.

Sunset.

Land of the Skinny People

I'm still recovering from the stomach illness of the summer but it's much better. We have lots of guests that want to hike to Skinny People, and sometimes I'll go with them if they request it and I can get away. There are a few kind of tough spots on the hike and I wasn't sure if I could do them so Teresa and Jax of course and I hiked out there and I got through it though it had changed in a couple spots which were a little more difficult. Still a wonderful hike as always.

Weird Rock

Jax and I are out hiking toward Jackson Hole by the abandoned Prommel oil well #1 and came across the weird rock.

Rock Squirrels

The rock squirrels are the only critter that Jax is allowed to chase, during the day time. They are digging tunnels everywhere. They come in the lodge and try and go down the hall way to get the stash of sunflower seeds that we feed the birds each day. Somebody ate the wires to my truck and when Teresa opened the hood a rock squirrel came running out. Because I can't kill critters, we've been putting the trap out, catching rock squirrels and taking them part way up Hurrah and releasing them where I've seen other rock squirrels. The first day we put the trap out we caught the skunk. Jax, having been sprayed three times already decided that it was safe since it was in the cage so went over to check it out, got up against the cage to smell it and took a blast right to the face. It took both of us the bathe him this time. Even a week later the smell is gone but I think it's still on his tongue. Don't let him lick you anytime soon. So we caught a rock squirrel the next day and I took him part way up Hurrah and released him.

The second rock squirrel we caught, took him up Hurrah, set him by the big rock so he could escape Jax, and while I forgot to take a picture other than the rock, the squirrel shot out of the cage and went up in the side by side. I have completely taken the other Polaris apart trying to get a rock squirrel out and there is a place I can't get to so Teresa, Jax, and I had to sit around for an hour waiting for him to leave the side by side.

Below the Bench

While hiking the bench a few days ago I'd swear I saw large pools of water below me in the canyons so Jax and I have set out to hie the canyons and though the entrance to a couple of them was well hidden we found our way into all of them and no water.

Every Day Friend