Parachute operation a scuccess

Yesterday the trail crew of three headed up to Peter Bigfoot's and Campaign creek trail.   After a session with Mr. Bigfoot whereby we put in an order for vegetables we headed up the trail.  The mission had sent Cliff on the bypass trail.  Little Mike and Big Mike went the other way and made the stop at Bigfoot's.   The arrangement was to meet Cliff where the trails rejoined.  Time went on and Cliff did not show up.  With a little concern Little Mike was sent back down the bypass trail to find Cliff.  Big Mike went ahead clearing as he went.  Too much time went by and neither Cliff nor Little Mike caught up.  Big Mike began to be concerned something might have happened to Cliff.  While all this was doing on suddenly one then another well armed helicoptered came down the steep valley at treetop level.  It seemed to be a maneuver to keep from being detected.  In the valley the silence is so suddenly broken by low flying aircraft.

Well our crew finally got back together when Kadizzle hiked back and found Cliff and Little Mike.   Cliff said the bypass was heavily overgrown and he got slowed down way more than we had expected.  After clearing about to miles of trail we headed back to Bigfoots.   Bigfoot has a nice orchard with an incredible variety of fruit trees.   Kadizzle had no idea pomegranates would grown in Arizona, but there was a whole tree of ripe pomegranates.  Little Mike had never seen or eaten one, so we picked a ripe one for him.  Bigfoot harvested some nice lettuce, Kohlrabi carrots, and beets.  Later Cliff made a nice salad. Kadizzle dipped some carrots in peanut butter.  So that was the health food extravaganza.

Now back to the helicopters.   As we drove back to the Earth module we could see the C 130 flying around in circles.   This meant there was a parachute drop in the lake.  This is right outside the window of the Earth Module.  So Kadizzle got to eat his carrots while he watched the two helicopters that had sneaked down the valley earlier extract the soldiers from the lake.   It would seem one would just go down with the helicopter and pick up the guys in the raft, but that is not the case.  There is endless buzzing and swirling, and false passes.  The C 130 stays above and burns up tax dollars.  In the end the helicopters plucked the guys out.  Sometimes these exercises go on for a week or so.   Sometimes they are all done in the dark so you can hear the air machines, but not see them.

Cliff and Little Mike already have headed up to Campaign Creek to clear more trail this morning.  Kadizzle has to go get the supreme leader at the airport in Phoenix.  So that is the way it is at Lake Roosevelt.  A little cloudy, but no blizzard or snow like North Dakota.  Praise be unto Jeeeeus.