The Indian Walk

Up early Kadizzle drove the trail crew to the top of the Four Peaks.  Their mission was to trim brush as they hiked down Oak Flat Trail.  On a crystal clear day it was Kadizzle's job to drive back down the mountain and pick them up at the bottom.  The Forest Service road crew was grading the mountain road and Kadizzle had to stop and chat them up a bit. Nice guys with a good job. Two guys who maintain the roads with a bulldozer, backhoe, and grader.

At last after some pleasant driving early in the day Kadizzle was at the bottom of Oak Flat.  First he had to take a short hike to check out the little waterfall that is running pretty good with the snow melt.  Next on the agenda was the Indian walk. What is an Indian walk?  Well you just wander around up and down the mountain and imagine you are there six hundred years ago.  What would they have looked at, and what did they think.  At one time Kadizzle and the Mrs found an Indian site in the areal.  Have not yet been able to locate it again.  Hiking up into a steep area Kadizzle decided he would try to make it over to the Oak Flat trail.  It did not take too long to find out the thick brush made it impossible.  Just wandering around aimlessly up and down the mountainside was pleasant.  No hurry, no mission, at my own pace.  At one point the Air Force guys went by chasing each other in jets, and a little later an Osprey helicopter went over.   The way the jets buzz by it is puzzling how they do not accidently obliterate some of the smaller craft putzing around.

Earlier in the day right after leaving the crew off on the top of the mountain Kadizzle took a short ride to the Four Peaks parking area.  An old white beat up pickup truck was there and people seemed to be nearby.  Kadizzle approached and said good morning.  With Kadizzle in the Forest Service Truck the two people seemed a little suspicious.  They seemed like they might be up to something.  However, the conversation went well and Kadizzle realized he had seen this couple last year in the same place. The guy looked way over weight and that is one reason Kadizzle remembered him.  The guy had been struggling to hike up the trail last year.  It turned out the guy and his female partner were going to hike up to an amethyst mine.  Supposedly the mine is one of the best for the gems their is.  The guy explained there was a cabin up there where they would stay and mine.  Kadizzle said he had no idea what the mineral looked like.  The guy sent his wife to the truck and she came back with some small stones.  There was the mineral in the stones.  Kadizzle tried to give the guy the stones back, but he said no keep them.  They are small, but it was a nice gesture.  He said a $60,000 dollar stone had been found there.  He admitted he was out of shape, but you have to give the guy credit that is no easy hike.  So we had a very good day and everyone enjoyed the hiking.  Almost forgot one other encounter.   Kadizzle got back to the truck before anyone else and ran into a guy on a dirt motorcycle.  It was a very nice bike and a little discussion ensued.  Kadizzle recommend a few places to rid to the guy and suggested we might ride together in the morning.  Kadizzle convinced the younger guy to ride up a very steep trail.  The guy looked fit and capable, but as Kadizzle thought about it he might be sending the guy on a dangerous mission.  Kadizzle modified the trip so the guy would do the dangerous part going down instead of up.  In the morning Kadizzle will check to see how the ride went.  Winky is tired and already in bed reading at seven twenty. 

The impeachment is such a sham it is getting hard to listen to.  The evidence is overwhelming. What we need is God to show up.  God should simply say  " I chose this idiot, he is guilty and I am sorry for the whole thing".   Of course the Republicans would shout fake news Trump is innocent.  However, it might help the Democrats win a few votes.