The Hayduke Record Gets Smashed

Haydukers #37, #38, and #39 came up the driveway having gotten here over the AmasaBack through Jackson Hole. From left to right are Spicy, Plate, and Sia.

A few minutes later Teresa called on the walkie to say four Haydukers were coming this way from Hurrah Pass route. Then up the driveway came Haydukers 40 thru 43. From left to right Bluegrass, Odin, Krafty, and Matcha. I want to give a show out to Bailey who came through a week or so ago and sent me a water report from Needles which I've been sharing with everyone coming through. Also to Teresa who more often than not, if she's here or not working provides food for those coming through.

The Train Station

Over all the years I hate to hurt a critter of almost any kind. Ants, an occasional scorpion, and a few spiders. That's it. I was even eating turkey bacon one day and two turkeys showed up to eat with the morning feeding of the birds. They were so cute I never ate turkey bacon again. I felt horrible. The rock squirrels have terrorized the place for years. They come in the lodge trying to steal the sunflower seed collection we feed the birds, they eat the wires on two of my three trucks, have eaten mine twice.

Digging holes and tunnels everywhere. I saw down in one out by where the rock squirrel Godfather lives behind Kobae's house. He's a monster. Looks similar to Jabba the Hut, but he's bigger, the rock squirrel Godfather that is. Their tunnel system looks like New York City. They go underground and then pop up 50 feet away. So, we've taken to putting Kobae food in a small cage and trapping them. This is number 18. Then we take them half way up Hurrah Pass and release them. There should be quite a collection up there by now. I think we still have seven or eight of them left. We call it the Train Station as in the series Yellowstone but we don't hurt them. Jax chases them around this rock three or four times and then they sprint into a cluster of rocks or when I start up the side by side Jax comes running back to the road and jumps in.

Record Hayduke Trail Year

Last year we had a record number of Haydukers come through and that was 28. We have blown by that this year. My picture skills after 20 years haven't gotten better, They've gotten worse. Ray came through.

Then Pocket.

Giving Tree was here.

Chosen was also here.

Cramps came through with them.

What Jax and I enjoy most

Hiking the land.

The Return

Ryan Johnson came back and hung out for a few days and brought me a new coloring book. This one is more about the things you can do and see at Base Camp. Adventure Activites at Base Camp Adventure Lodge.

The Holy Book of Tom

Ryan Johnson was here recently and brought a comic book he had created along with AI. It's Called the Holy Book of Tom and is a story about developers, maybe from another planet coming out here to bulldoze everything and Jax, Kobae, and I stand up to them on Hurrah Pass and defeat the Drea-velopers. AI got a little confused and put a shell on Jax for

a few pages and then got it figured out.

Haydukers

Rainbow came through first and then Shower, Private Idaho, and Medicine Man. After these guys came through we're in a four day drought with no Haydukers coming through. Still a new record with 32 Haydukers this year so far beating the previous record of 29.