Saturday we went in again to check our trail cams. Kennedy, Taylor, Hunter and Chris came along with us this time. We had a truck full!
Kennedy had to walk with Uncle Hunter to start with
Then she jumped ship and went with Uncle Taylor
Mom was chopped liver with Taylor, Hunter and Grandpa around!
Kennedys water bladder was only half full of water and it was too much weight for her (she said) so she conned Daddy into carrying it for her. He looks cute in his little pink backpack
The area we are scouting in only has 35 limited entry archery elk tags however there are still archery deer tags out too. We wanted the cams to not only try and see some elk but to see the times they were coming through and to see how much traffic there was (people and animal) When we got to the first cam someone had set up one not even 10 feet from ours. Granted I dont think they saw ours it was well placed. There were 366 pictures and I was SSOO stoked to see what was on there. Well I got 366 pictures of blue jays and other birds playing on a log near the camera. So we pulled that cam and put it in a better location hoping for less birds and more animals.
We hiked out to the next one. We were just going to take in a little camera and make sure there were picts and swap SD cards and look at what we had when we got home. Chris wanted to take in his computer instead to really see the pictures so we packed it in.
Peanut and I
She was so excited to find some snow! Her and Daddy had a snowball fight
From there we went over to the cabin. When we pulled in there were a bunch of cows on the property. Kennedy and Hunter chased them off.
Going across the rough road to the cabin from where we were was tough on the trailer. It tore loose some pieces of the wood and ripped apart the light wiring. We stopped to eat some lunch and hook back up the trailer lights
I brought fruit trail mix I'd made, granola, summer sausage and cheese, chicken salad, bread and crackers. Plus we had a cooler full of drinks.
After lunch we started pulling out wood. Chris and Todd cut it up and Taylor, Hunter and I hauled and loaded it. We were bringing out all the dead fall. There is SO much.
Taylor wanted to learn how to fell trees. With the Richards boys this is SERIOUS business. They are both Sawyers (firefighting cert) and take their chainsawing pretty serious.Taylor had cut trees that had already fallen but to cut one down is different.
Kennedy made a doll and some other toy out of weeds she found.
They started on a small tree as a beginner. Todd taught him about making his pie cut and other things to keep in mind and to do.
It was quite a process
and there goes his first tree!!
One deadfall Chris cut open was FULL of ants. They came spewing out and just kept coming. It was so gross!
Todd let Taylor cut down a few smaller trees and then moved him onto a bigger one
We got a pretty good trailer load for the first one and headed for home
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