Here Kitty

Believe it or not we have a kitty in our yard. He must be really lost. I wonder where he came from? I hope he sticks around. It's kind of nice having a domestic animal around.

We also saw several piles of elk doo on our walk today, so that means the elk are coming down and we'll probably start seeing them soon.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention the moose. Jeez we see so many of them lately.

Backblogged

Is it legal to backblog? I felt a little backlogged on my blogging so I've posted a few new blogs that happened earlier this month.

Little Miss Muffett has Nothing on Me

For a week or two now Ray has been monitoring the progress of his new pet. This one is right outside our bedroom Window.

I hope he doesn't find his way inside.

First Snow and a Fox in the Yard

When I got up this morning it was cold outside, so I went out on the front porch and got some kindling to start a fire. I thought I heard a dog barking, which in a normal neighborhood is not uncommon, but in mine is rare except for weekends.

It was still dark outside and I was half asleep, so I was really surprised when the sun finally came up and I realized it had snowed overnight.

The other really nice surprise was the pretty little fox that was running around just below my office window.

Roh-Day-Oh

Ray and I decided to participate in local festivals and events when we moved here. The nearest town is 30 miles to the North, so that's where we shop and eat out. We invited our kids and grandkids to come and go with us to the rodeo and I really enjoyed it.

It had been years since I had gone to one. I took a lot of photos and found new features on my camera that were pretty cool.

2002 East Fork Fire Still a Big, Ugly Mess

The fire started June 28, 2002, inside the East Fork of the Bear River Boy Scout Camp. It blackened 14,200 acres of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and caused an estimated $150,000 in damage within the Scout camp itself, but the devastation to the Forest and surrounding area was estimated at over $14 Million.

In 2002 while I was mourning the first anniversary of the death of my son Mathew, flames forced evacuation of the Scout camp, nearby campgrounds and caused me and my family to pack up what we could and leave our mountain home. Officials were forced to close most of the north slope of the Uinta Mountains to the public.

Lawsuits were filed against the Boy Scouts of America and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2004. The state of Utah sought more than $600,000 in damages for putting out the fire that spread over state, federal and private lands. The Federal law suit saught $13 million in damages.

So why am I bringing all this up now, so many years later? Because Ray and I decided to drive up to the area where it all began and take a walk today.

We Killed The Mouse

Our little mouse friend kept stealing the cheese from the mouse traps we set, but the little guy was so small he wasn't setting them off. Finally we got the bright idea to push the cheese down a little harder on the trap so he would have to work for it. We caught him in less than an hour. It was actually kind of sad. He died instantly from what looked like a broken arm.

I hated killing him, but what other options are there?