News from our Planet

Finally got some good pictures of Gary Vigneau our local camp scholar.  The worst curse of life in a campground is the wretched generator.  With a long weekend the blue collar crowd with construction generators has showed up.  Honda makes a nice quiet generator, but lured by the cheapness many people buy noisy generators that disturb the entire universe.  Poor Gary got surrounded by the generator gang.  Hard to understand why anyone's idea of camping would be to go to a nice quiet place and listen to a pathetic engine run.  The Kadizzles are not without sin.  This year we have upgraded to solar power, but we need more battery storage.  However, we are working toward the silence of sunshine.

The hike scheduled for yesterday never took place.  Somehow the day dribbled away.  One encounter did pay off.  In order to charge the computer Kadizzle had to read a book by the rest room which had a power outlet.  During the charging session Kadizzle struck up a conversation with a man who had grown up as a rancher in the area.  Naturally these people are a wealth of information about what is where.   The gentleman gave The Commander some great leads on Indian sites later in the day. After some conversation about the various Indian sites in the area it was discovered this man was a cousin of the Ellesons.  The Ellesons Ranch is at the head of Cherry Creek and the Kadizzles had happened on them a year or two ago with Ruth and Rodger.  They were an old couple who each had a six shooter stuffed in their pants.  At that time the Ellesons gave us good instructions to some of the incredible Indian sites in Devil's Chasm.

Today the plan is to make it to Pinto Creek.