Twenty Years

Every day a wonderland.

The Days

Still quiet. Haven't had a disc golfer in ten days or so. Most days are 100 degrees and 60s and 70s at night. Waking up some days and going to sleep with smoke from the fires that surround us though hundred miles or so away.

You still want to go hiking it's early in the morning or late evening. However can drive up Hurrah Pass and hike the east side which is in the shade as the day grows long.

Looking up at an area we use to call two trains as there were two rock formations, both looking like a train engine heading towards each other on a colision course. One is still there the other was destroyed in a lightning storm seveal years ago.

Five Days

It's been five days now since somebody came up the driveway. That's unusual even for summer. That will end today as there are a couple of check ins. #25, #26, and #27. I have to say we have a shortage of rock squirrels and the sunflower seed/bird seed feeding each morning is going much further without their cheeks stuffed with sunflower seeds.

It's Quiet

It's slow in the summer. No one has come up the driveway in the last three days. Couple of bookings per week and it's slow until September. If you can adapt your sleeping schedule it's a wonderful time of the year assuming you can get up early. If not for driving to Dripping Springs each day to release rock squirrels I wouldn't have seen anybody for three plus days. Nearly always somebody at the Wind Caves.

Central Utah is on Fire

A few days ago as the day aged the smoke came drifting in getting thicker as the day went on. By the following day, it was mostly gone.

They Aren't Coming Back

Each morning when I go out to feed the birds, squirrels, and chipmunks, there are less rock squirrels. No issues with all the other morning creatures but the rock squirrels just won't quit destroying stuff. #21, #22, #23, and #24. I quit painting their tails. Nobody is coming back from Dripping Springs. Also had a hat trick in on day. Caught a rock squirrel in the morning, afternoon, and a third in the evening.

OMG #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20

Rock squirrels have had their babies in the last month and it's as crowded as ever. Some of the caged being dropped off are relatively young.