The first Log Truck

The rumbling can be heard as the first log truck slowly comes down off the mountain. Off to Show Low and then back. Maybe three times Purple dog can make the trip.  Each truck is a different color. Orange, Green, and White, all those logs will end up as pellets to heat someones house. When we drove by the pellet factory yesterday logs were stacked for acres. The finished pellets also were in abundance on pallets in bags. 

Of course Winky, Al, and Deb are planning a hike today. Winky says Kadizzle will do the shuttling. Kadizzle may do another bike ride. The last attempt a bike ride was foiled by the mud. ebikes and mud do not mix. 

 Evil men seem to rise. During the career of Kadizzle it seemed the higher in management some people went the more crooked and corrupt they became. Kadizzle worked with at least three rotten management people, perhaps more. Countries seem to suffer from the same thing. We have people like Trump, Nixon, Cramer, Armstrong, and so on. So many of these people are charming psychopaths.They seem likable, but soon you find they have a dark side willing to lie, steal, and undermine to get what they want. No one did it better than Trump. These people always appeal to the simple minded, and they know how to do it. 

Axe Handle Returns

The Earth Module has been sitting in the same spot for ten days. The little community is made up of The Editor, a single lady who edits books from her RV. She did the editing for the guy who wrote "The Turning Point". Diana is down in the corner by the camp host.
To the North is Johnny, his wife and the two big fifth wheels from Michigan. That gang did a little musical yesterday. Outside they picked away while Johnny played the electronic piano.
Bud is down in the NW corner with his replacement for his wife that died last year. Anita, Bud's new companion has produced 14 children. Anita has been having some kidney issues, with kidney stones.
Stan pulled in today while were hiking with Ruth and Rodger. Stan has a manure spreader that has been converted to a pretty nice camper for one single guy. The spreader part of the truck now carries a truck camper well equipped with solar.
The old lumber road builder is here with his wife who has had some recent cancer surgery. One big luxurious diesel Pusher is a little to the west.
Now, we get to Axe Handle. Axe handle was here last year and they had to have him forcibly removed. Seems Axe Handle does not like to pay the required fees and has a habit of threatening people. The story is up at Pebble Beach, the next campground up the river, Axe Handle was irritated by a motorcycle guy buzzing in and out of his area. Axe Handle carries an axe handle with him when he isn't taking his medications. Axe Handle had a simple solution for the annoying motorcycle. When the cyclist went by Axe Handle shoved the axe handle into his spokes. This cause a bit of a wreck as the cyclist went flying over his handle bars. Unfortunately when the law enforcement people showed up the cyclist would not press charges against Mr. Handle.

Yesterday he showed up and The Commander along with Kadizzle were not to happy about having a mental case nearby. However, something inspired Axe Handel to leave, much to our delight. Today Axe Handle came lumbering in pulling his fifth wheel. He seems in a jolly mood. Whatever he is taking is working. The camp host have assured us he is not a problem.

The camp host said if we want to get rid of him, smoke him out. Apparently he cannot stand generator smoke or fire smoke. The trick is to get up wind and give him a good dose of smoke.