Squirrel Blog

Sophia modeling the Trappers Cap at a Party in her honor.  She went in for back surgery the next morning.  Get well as soon as you can, we miss you here at Betabel.

July 21, 2010 BP’s Gulf oil spill devastation prompts Arctic Native people of the Gwich’in Nation to send aerial message with their bodies to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil development. The ‘Protect’ image, that includes a Porcupine Caribou Herd antler and threatened Yukon River Salmon, was captured at the Gwich’in Gathering at the confluence of the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers, Fort Yukon, Alaska. The message was dedicated to the memory of the late Jonathon Solomon Sr.

Luci Beach Executive Director Gwich’in Steering Committee 122 First Avenue, Box 2 Fairbanks, AK 99701 907-458-8264 phone www.gwichinsteeringcommittee.org gwichin1@alaska.net

Caught sight of this large Bobcat on the side of the road coming into the park.

Here is the Desert Tray, and the table is just starting to fill up

Don’t let anyone tell you, being retired isn’t just a big party.  lol

Life is good at BetaBell

Sal, caught two at once…If your going to fish, you might as well catch something on each hook.

Mike has caught the largest I think.

Yours truly caught the first one.

The wind just wasn’t steady enough to day to really fly the chute.

Another sighting of the rare snowbird and companion, frolicking in the grass

This is the creek that runs through the site.  It was a Mutsun Ohlones village inhabited for over 3000 years.

There were vendors, and different learning stations set up all over the park.  The public was invited to attend and learn a little bit about the Ohlone people and their ways of life.  I met the tribal chairman and we had a long discussion about their trying to get federal recognition for the tribe.  I presented him with the letter of introduction from the Gwichin and a bag of tobacco from Larry Running Turtle.  I enjoyed the day in discussion with many there that afternoon.

The last picture was of stone mortars that were used to grind acorns, corn and other grains.

One beautiful song, the first time I’ve paid attention to the music and truly listened to this song.

This is a must read.  Debbie and I remember oh so well, what it was like.

Walking with the Ghost of Exxon

This is for Sal, who lives a couple of RVs Down and right next door.  Bill, who flew F-100s …Rolling Thunder

Working the net for repair I suppose.

What a bunch of bathing beauties…

Rasberries of the California

Found a patch just walking down the road along with a plum tree that is right out by the highway.  Wild plums for the birds.

These were found in a planter headed onto the Pier in Monterey, California.   Pretty as a picture.

The hills just outside of Betabel RV Park

The Road into Betabel from the south heading towards Gilroy

It’s a very pretty place

I can’t seem to post flickr pictures all of a sudden so until I can I won’t be posting any.

Here lately, I’ve caught more bugs on flowers than I would think possible.

On this day forty years ago, our oldest daughter was making her way into this world.  Happy Birthday, to my baby girl.  It seems at times that it was only yesterday.  Now, she has four babies of her own.  Life slides by quickly, as I sit here and think back over all those years.  Happy Birthday Crystal Dawn, it was a beautiful morning on that day.

Right next door to the park is a small orchard of apple trees, I’ve been waiting to see some deer show up but the apples are not ripe enough yet to fall to the ground.