This summer, two different hawks nested in the trees here at Missionary Village. We also had a nest of owls in the trees. We got the chance to take a picture of two of the hawks. We don't know the species, but I think the other nest was red tails. I was able to walk up to within about fifteen yards of these birds. We get to see them eating a kill pretty regularly as well. They are pretty fun to watch. When the parents had the young out of the nest and were teaching them how to eat fresh food, it was fun to observe.
We went up by Lander on a p-day and there was this pool of water down below. You are not allowed to fish this part of the stream. This hole was full of fish about two pounds up to about five pounds. Mom could not resist the urge to take a picture of some of the fish. They were much larger than they look in the picture.
This is the headstone of the famous Chief Washakie. He was known as being one of the best friends to the whites that they had among the Indian people. He helped the Louis and Clark Expedition a great deal. However, he did not get the same credit or was not as famous as Sacajawea.
This is a famous person that Sister Turek found on the trail. He is looking at the sinks that are up the canyon above Lander. The river goes into the ledge and comes out of the ledges down the canyon a ways.
Return of the river thru the ledges. This is where the fish were that Mom took the picture of earlier.
This is the head stone of this great Indian guide to Lewis and Clark. There are several proported barial sites, but this one is authenticated by the minister that witnessed the burial of her.
This is the cemetary for where Sacajawea is burried. It is cool the way everything is left totally natural except at the grave site itself. There are lots of cut glass and trinkets on the graves. There are a few that have the old bed stead on them.
Look at what I found along the river. Caught this sucker and am proud of the great catch. Good looking thing, don't you think.
This is the famous dog Oscar that we have talked about. This is what he does all day when he is not on treks, as he is very tired. He is a funny dog, but he had to be taken home a couple of weeks ago as he had lost some weight and could hardly walk on one of his legs. However, after the owner came and he showed his excitment, he fought her when she put the rope on him to take him home. He had just claimed another group to trek with and did not want to leave. He apparently got out of his house later on and headed back to trek, but they found him and got him back home. He lives about ten or twelve miles away on a ranch. We don't know if he will be well enough to trek anymore this year.
WOW, WOW, WOW!!! What a fox.
A young hawk that was reared in the trees by our village. There were two different hawk nests by different species of hawks and an owl nest that all produced young. These are the only hawks that are here now, or at least that I have seen recently. It is fun to watch them feed the young, even though they are about the same size as the parents and fly just about as well. I was just lucky to get two of them in the same picture.
Mom is always excited with the young goats. However, they are not as small now, but they sure can keep up with the mom. Sometimes we see as many as five young with a mother. It is like she is baby sitting for the afternoon. One day, while we were on post, a doe gave birth to twins.
Our lawn mower. He lives right around our trailer and the one next door. Sometimes when we leave in the morning, we walk right by him at about five or six foot away. Stupid rabbit does not seem to recognize that there a lot of hawks that are hungry.
A statue of Sacajawea.
That is either a gang sign or the size of fish I caught with my hands, after diving in like a king fisher to grab one. Well, maybe this is the one that got away and the real size is portrayed by the left hand.
Beautiful canyon, women and trip. It was fun to just get away for the day and get out of the box, although we really do not mind the box much. It is a hide away for us as we spend a fair amount of time away from home and it is good to get where we can just rest and hide out.
You stinking, no good, lousy, flower pulling up, munching, ugly critter. This is the guy that pulls up our flowers and drops them on the lawn. Once in a while, he will eat the flowering tops, but mostly he grabs them and pulls them up and apparently does not like the flavor, so just deposits them on the lawn where they dry up and die. Need his head on the wall, so I can throw darts at it. However, you must admit he is not a bad little buck.
Here doggy, doggy. Have a drink. He could hardly walk and was very skinny. Thought I could talk him into a drink as it was very hot, but he just ignores almost anything one tries to do for him including eating. When the kids try to feed him, he usually just ignores them, even when it is good meat,etc. This is the day he went home and has not returned. Stupid mutt anyway.
Lucky us. Another snake show. Just a blow snake at the staging area. We herded him across the yard so he would not get killed. Would have been easier to just pick him up, but we were bored early in the morning while waiting for a trek, so spent the ten minutes herding a snake.
Just a bit of white water on the river that goes down the sink. It is a beautiful little stream and we enjoyed walking up the trail by it for a quarter of a mile or so.
