Same Ol, Same Ol

Last week people came by saying they couldn't get to Chicken Corner cause there was a gate across the road. I went down and wired the cowboy gate open since somebody is closing it again and the cows won't be here until November. The last two days people have been coming by saying the road to Wind Caves and Chicken Corner is closed. Linny and I drove over and there is a fence going into the dead end canyon but some don't see where the road then goes up the hill and when they do there is (was) a sign that said "No vehicles" It's meant for an area that had heavy trespassing off road a year or so ago but folks are taking it to mean the whole road no vehicles. So we took that sign down and then headed up above the river to see if we could get a view that would tell us if we could kayak around the island. When getting there it looks like we have a beach but the mosquitoes while declining are still memorable so that will take a day when I feel like I need a blood transfusion to go work on the weeds, trail, and stairs. Experimented with Kobae hauler on side by side but rolled it so we have some work to do.

Love is in the Stairs

Mama and the Babies

Strange Night

I'm outside looking for ringtails and I hear voices coming out of the river. In time I find a raft beached on a sand bar which frees itself and heads on down the river in a nearly full moon night. Then there are headlights in Jackson Hole and we signal them as to where we are but they drive on by. A mother ringtail has brought her two babies up to the lodge just as her mother did and we patiently spend the night teaching them to eat hot dogs off the marshmellow sticks. Not a good video but entertaining dialogue of the night. We'll do better tonight.

The Path Less Traveled

Hiking with the Man

Kobae started hiking about a week before he did last year. For the last few days I've seen him looking down the driveway thinking about it and on Sunday we were off. Only about an hour or so. I had my boots ready and a fanny pack all full of stuff and ready to go so he didn't get much of a lead on me this time. I had forgotten how much work he was to try and keep him out of trouble.

Evening, Then Morning