Busy day today. We went and voted and then had breakfast at the Blain Hotel. When we went home, SWMBO suggested that we tackle the bamboo before it got too hot. Good idea. We cut the hell out of the remaining stalks and are getting it under control (knocking on wood). This past week we decided to buy a woodchipper (yes, a dangerous toy in my hands) to get rid of the cut bamboo and some brush piles that have accumulated. It should be arriving on Thursday, so we are looking forward to that. We also have a new wheelbarrow coming to haul the chips.

As for the recon, SWMBO again made a suggestion. She desired to take a drive and look for Bigfoots (Bigfeet?). We set out on a couple back roads and found ourselves up on Hemlock Road. We saw a lot of squirrels (living); in fact,14 of them. We also saw 3 bunnies, 2 chipmunks, 1 turkey, and 1 whistle pig. The animals are really getting active in this warm weather. It was about 30C (86 F) when we started. Once we got onto Hemlock Road we rolled the windows down and enjoyed the ride. As we were tootling along, we saw a black snake lying in the road in front of us. Of course we had to stop and take a few pictures. This one measured about 1.2 meters (4 foot) and was taking up most of this narrow dirt road. After we took pictures and lectured the critter on road safety, I shooed it off the road by gently pushing it with a stick. The snake was very obliging and went off to the side. A short distance further along we spotted a porcupine who had been chewing on a wooden sign. He started to move away when he realized we were there but I was lucky enough to get some video footage which I will post a link to below.

We didn’t do any POTA activations yesterday or tofay but I am hoping to get out this weekend. As always, I have my Yaesu FTM-400 on in the car and keep it on 146.520 MHz. I also have it sending updates to APRS if anyone wants to track me.

Enough for now. I have to play adult tomorrow and Thursday so I am goinf to relax now. Namaste, kidlets and keep your reality in line with real life.