Red Tail

 After Jax and I dropped off #31 at the train station Teresa got suspicious that we weren't just catching the same squirrels over and over so when she caught #32 while we were in town she painted it's tail red and we did the same when we took #33 up to the train station so now if we see a red tail, we'll know. Here's #31 and red tailed #33.

Never Bored

When hiking with Jax, never bored, the terrain changes so much in just a short space.

Hiking with Jax: Nothing better

Beach

Couple days ago a big beach, then some rain day before yesterday, and now all gone. He back in a few days when the water goes back down.

#27, #28, and #29

#27

Then there was #28.

#29 got creative on us. He ran around the train station rock a couple times, headed down the hill with Jax in pursuit (he's never caught one but hope springs eternal, like Kobae chasing a dog), saw the side by side out on the road, cut back and climbed up in the interior of the side by side where we csn't get to it. We had to catch a ride back to the lodge and go back in four hours and get it. If we stay there and wait it won't leave until Jax does.

Wood Cord

We have five fire pits on the property. One at each of the four units on the Last Hurrah side, two houses and two hogans. One at the lodge. From our regular guy wood was getting expensive at $175 for a hastily assembled truck load. We have a guy that will deliver a cord, which is about two and a half truck loads. Since I'm down to two trucks that can traverse Hurrah Pass we have to get a little creative to get the last half a truck load in so we stack it in rows and then stand some wood up around the perimeter and we can get another couple of feet or so in. Got to go kind of slow on the way back as the trucks are heavy. He drops it off and the unloading ramp at the end of the pavement so we can load downhill from the ramp into the trucks. This is one such truck after a lot has been unloaded already. It's a substantial discount the way it works out.

Busy Train Station

If you ever watched Yellowstone, they would take all the threats to their property to the "Train Station" which was a place across the border with no people, no sheriff, no anything, and dump them in a canyon. For 20 years I have tolerated the rock squirrels digging tunnels everywhere, collapsing the cisterns, eating the wires on two of my trucks, twice, running into the lodge, eating all the flowers off the desert willows, collapsing the branches with their weight, tipping over the trash......However this 2026 is a massive relocation operation. We put Kobae's leftovers, which are few, in a cage, trap the rock squirrel and take him to the train station and release them alive. Jax chases them around the rock designated as the train station and then they run off into the distance with Jax right behind, unless it's hot and then Jax is not as interested. The grooming lady is having a baby and Jax can't get a haircut for awhile so when it's hot, he's hot. This is #24 to the train station.

This is #25.

Then there was #26 who looks like this. I'm nervous we're going to pass the number of Haydukers we had this year which was 45.