Winter is officially here, at South Camp. We had our first rain - in the middle of the night. Overall, our camp stood up to the rain fairly well. Yes, the inside of our tent did get a little bit wet, because our canopy drapes don't come all the way to the ground. But Wes's tent stayed in great shape.

As we lay in our sleeping bags, awake in the middle of the night listening to the rain, it suddenly became very apparent that we needed to have a boardwalk from the tent decks to the bathroom. No one wanted to walk in the mud just to get to the bathroom - especially in the middle of the night!

We continue to have visitors. This time, in the middle of the night, the ground squirrels found 3 acorns that I had brought back from our hike, and left on the kitchen table. In the middle of the night, we woke up to the sound of something which we finally identified as the squirrels moving the acorns to a 'better' (i.e. hidden) location.

(As always, click on the picture to get a larger picture that you can see better)

Webs in the wind catch on the trees, looking like string art	Loretta and Wes rest during a hike	Rob and Wes hike through dogleg ravine.
Even at the end of the hot summer, purple flowers can sometimes be found in the tall dried grass	The roots of this tree had grown around this huge rock, and when the tree fell, the rock came with it.	Wes rode his bike on the camp roads, and in the rain
Camp decks in the rain	Rob and Wes working at camp in the rain	Even with mats, we tracked mud all over... time to get different mats
Rob decides to build a boardwalk to the bathroom to keep us out of the mud	Clouds over Blossom Peak, moving quickly	We found a deer neck, just about 50 feet from camp
Wes finds a beautiful moth on the decks.	The tall grasses are starting to lay down with the weight from the rain.

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2006
Camp Repairs5    Grading the Road    Finish the Road    Clear Homesite Circle    Start Hydraulic Ripper Installation    Waterfalls & Rainbows    Chain Saw Loretta    Easter 2006   

2005
New ATV-New Year2005    Home Layout     Kyle Comes to Camp     Loretta Kills Road Weeds     Ryan Visits     Starting Counter Top     Finishing Cabinet     Easter 2005     Wesley's Spring Break     We meet the Architect     Finishing the Tree House     Our First Fire     Memorial Day 2005     Water Witching     Preparing the Well Site     Grading the Well Site     Digging the well     Our New Tractor     Labor Day 2005     Rusty comes to Camp     Smoothing the Road     Our own Water     Fire and Rain     Tractor Maintenance     Customize Tractor     New Backhoe     Thanksgiving 2005    Changing Oils     Solar Chargers & Toothbar    Rainy New Year Weekend   

2004
Three Rivers Home Page     Animal Friends     Then and Now     First Pictures     Rattlesnake Campout     Easter 2004     Building the Road     South Camp Construction     Building Decks     Finishing Decks     The Stair Master     Done at South Camp     Labor Day 2004     Leapin' Lizards     Tracking Bear and Deer     Securing the Camp     Our First Rain     Loretta's Family visits     Coco and the Boardwalk         Start the Treehouse     Frame the Treehouse