Osha Trail Once More....

We tried to bring Anna and Colin back to do the Osha Trail while they were here but every time we started out to hike the afternoon rains would nix the project.

Beverly and I did it yesterday and we took little Patch. It was a fine day and we decided we would do the course counter-clockwise to change the routine up a bit. It took 1.5 hrs and Patch walked most of it unaided.

Here are some pics and vids.

Bev finalizing some business deal....

 This is a shot of the old tressle from 1900 that was part of the train track from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft

 Patch and me on top of the mountain....

 Pretty Bev grinning all the way...

 Tired old fart taking a break......and his old dog

My sister said she was looking fwd to see more trail hike vids...

And Beverly took a couple for Norma too...

This is a revealing video because I got stung at the end of it.   Second time in two months that I've been stung.  It ain't easy being attractive.

This is the result of that sting......ouch!

Duck Work?

In El Paso yesterday I saw this truck that had the owners company name painted on it as well as what tasks he handled.  Included was refrigeration, installation and DUCK work.  It tickled me so that I recorded it.  Not a great vid but at the end when all the jiggling stops you will see the word in question.

More from New Mexico

I got such a great response from the 8.5 hours of work for my last post ( Thanks to Emily, Norma and Bev ) that I will post more of the Martin kids visit to Cloudcroft.  We really enjoyed White Sands and here are some vids of that activity:

A swallow's nest..( No, this is not a porno pic )






Driving in.... and several sled rides...













Hope you enjoy these posts of the Martins in New Mexico.  We enjoyed having them and look forward to next year.

Kids and Posting

Colin and Anna went home yesterday as did Emily.  I have so much material because we were pretty busy while all the company was here.  Tennis, movies, hiking, White Sands (terrific day!) shopping in the village, Peter Piper, drawing, cracking stones and, on the last full day here, horse riding in Ruidoso.

Unfortunately I am not on line in Cloudcroft at the cabin.  I must come down to the Chamber of Commerce building where there is free WiFi. I do that almost every day and try to upload vids while here.  It takes 38 minutes for a 1.5 minute vid to download and I have 29 vids ready to upload so you can see the difficulty.

However I do have some stills to share.....

This one needs no explaining.

Colin playing in gypsum..

Anna in Ruidoso...

This is the bear Anna was sitting on and Colin climbed on it instead of sitting for a snap..

These bears are $100 each...

Lots of trinkets and collectible junk...

The more junk the better ...

Emily and Anna through the window..

So pretty..

Colin looking for trouble, again..

Here is a video from the first day they were here...

Colin at the net...

Here the kids are pulling weeds...




YouTube is not cooperating....I have spent too much time trying to embed some more vids that are already uploaded.  Can't seem to figure out how to get the embed code when I play the vids from my YouTube account. Oh well.  maybe Emily will clue me in.....Next Day.....She did!
So here are some more:




And finally, the end of weed/grass pulling.

Jay and Chipmunk and Thunder

We've seen two or three Jays in the trees by the dog run so I made a feeder from an ashtray and bought some seed.  The first eater we lured however was a chipmunk who is easily scared off but is patient and persistent.
Next was a jay. We ID'd it as a Steller's Jay. And it is very wary and flies at any noise or sighting of people.
The chipmunk is quite nervy around the bird and sneaks up only to be pecked or threatened away.

Here's a couple of vids.....

After I went back to the cabin and had lunch of smoked chicken and broccoli salad it clouded over and a thunderstorm hit the area.
Since a few people remarked about the earlier post on the storms....here, have at this one.