One more time

Five A.M. once more.   One of the first things done in the Earth Module is the heat puff.  The Earth Module crew sleeps with the windows open, so the Earth Module is about 45 degrees when the crew awakes.  Heat from the furnace, the stove making coffee, and the electric heater all contribute to the heat pufff.  The Heat puff quickly gets the little Earth module up to 55 or 60.  Next Mate has to get the sandwiches made while Kadizzle get's his second update and gradually reaches an acceptable level of consciousnesses.

The Trail crew had dinner together last night.  Originally the plan was to have pizza, but the damn pizza place was closed so we had to go to the Butcher Hook to eat.  Cliff and Little Mike had liver and onions. Kadizzle took enough biology to know the liver is like an oil filter for an animal.  Kadizzle is not about to cut the oil filter out of an animal and fry it with onions.

Today it seems Cliff, wants to still get the Oak Flat trail done.  At this point that is the plan.  The plan may change when we are all in the truck.  This whole excursion takes about forty miles of rumbling on dirt roads.  Who in the hell made all the dirt roads all over the mountains of the southwest?  Making a road in the mountains is no easy task .   People must have been on a desperate search for lumber or minerals.  Only a jeep could have gone on most of the roads when they were at their best.

Little Mike has one of those breathing machines that pump air into him at night.  He is trying to run the thing on solar and his generator.  Hopefully he had a better night last night.  Yesterday he complained he had to get up in the middle of the night and start his generator.

On the motorcycle ride the other day Cliff and Kadizzle encountered a rancher.  Kadizzle inquired about the wildlife.  According to the rancher there are a lot of bear, and mountain lions around here.   Kadizzlle cannot figure why we never see any.  We have only seen one bear in six years.  Cliff and Little Mike said they saw a good mountain lion paw print up on Campaign Creek.  Shortly we will bust out the door, go over to the visitor center, trade the Toyota for the Government Truck, pick up Little Mike at his encampment, and be on our way up the mountain once again.  It will take us until 8:30 to get up there.  The Forest Service bunch all have the habit of starting work very early.  The big cheese will be in his office prior to our arrival and so will a few more.  They like to get to work in the early day to avoid the blasting heat.  This is essential in the summer, but in the winter it is just a carry over habit.  Hi, ho, ho, it is off to work we go.