Animals

I removed the game camera from Kavanugh creek a few weeks ago due to lack of activity and the 40 minute hike just to get to it. I placed the camera on a fence post near the water tank in hopes of getting a picture of a young buck that has been hanging out there. No picture of the buck, maybe because he knows it is hunting season and he would be legal to shoot.

This is the best I could come up with. A doe and a few turkeys. It is fun being able to take pictures like this.
     Last Friday I got a call from Dan our neighbor. His cow bison had just given birth and he was excited. Newborn bison calves are golden in color. A fact I learned last Friday. I managed to catch Dan in his field tonight and took a picture of his 6 day old calf.

Here is Dan's bison herd with it's latest addition. The bull is in the background and the 2 year old calf is front left. Most of the time I was talking to Dan, Jackie, the mom bison was between us and her calf. It is a delight to see and experience God's creation in so many ways.

Good Samaritan Church

Friday afternoon they started showing up from San Francisco.They brought tents to sleep in. It was fun watching them think through the set up process.

On Saturday they wanted to work. So we started on the zip line. Diligent workers, the mom's were involved as well.

I think they arranged the rocks for about an hour and 1/2 and essentially completed one side. The rock will contain some fall protection material we will place directly under the zip line. 

I was not expecting the group to work. this was a delightful surprise. One of the men is a plumber, he installed the two vanities I had purchased for the chapel bathrooms. Then adjusted the filler valves in the bathhouse toilets. Those toilets have functioned poorly. I think he solved our problem.

There was time to relax as well. While the kids went to lake San Antonio to swim, some of the adults reminisced about the islands. The warm weather, a balmy 86 Degrees, reminded them of Samoa where many of them had originated..

Here is a picture of some of the little kids enjoying camp in the evening.

I am hearing they have enjoyed themselves so much they are considering coming for a week next year, and bring the whole church. If they work like they did this trip I will be scrambling to keep them in a few projects.