Like last year, I had the opportunity to go with the Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn and build a guzzler for the bighorn sheep and other animals in the McCullough range which is right here where I live. This was very similar to the project we did last year where they helicoptered us in and we spent the day building a water shed to catch rain water and put in four large storage tanks as well as the drinker. The project itself is a lot of work. The storage tanks have to go in on level ground of which there is none when you are working on the side of a mountain. That means with picks and shovels we have to level out an area big enough for the four tanks. What seems like an impossible task because of the hard ground and seemingly infinite number of large rocks, actually … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Yearly Archives: 2015
Our family decided to take a vacation to Eaglepoint, a ski resort in Beaver Utah, for family time, skiing and lots of relaxing. Our timing couldn’t have been better. The roads were clear all the way up; and as soon as we pulled in, the snow began to fall and didn’t stop until late afternoon Saturday. This provided lots of fresh powder on Saturday. We rented a cozy little condo which was perfect for our family of six. The atmosphere provided by the pellet stove which heated the condo was great. There’s nothing quite so relaxing as sitting in front of a warm fire. Nights weren’t all sitting around. We heated things up with games of Spot-it and Scategories…. Nothing is as fun as getting the family together playing games and watching the competition heat up. Some of the memorable moments – Cameron using the wrong list in Scategories and … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
