Thurs. Oct 16th CAUGHT UP

From now on the posts will be current and hopefully submitted daily while we're here. This morning was lazy for me. I come to the cabin to be lazy without guilt. I LOVE to read, nap and watch the abundant wildlife out our windows. Mike can't sit still but he LOVES to rake (you've noticed from the previous posts) He has the cleanest garages on the mountain. Every morning he gets up around 6:30 am and goes for a ride in his jeep or pickup. He probably puts 30 miles on the vehicle every morning. He's out scouting for deer. He adores the beautiful deer in the area. One day (his best so far) he spotted 30 deer. He has figured out where to find them. One cabin really gets to him because they must feed the deer and have about 6 in their yard every morning. He has also spotted antelope and wild turkeys. Here at the cabin we feed the chipmunks and birds. We have a colony of chipmunks in front and one in back of the cabin. As I type this I've been watching 3 chipmunks arguing over the pile of seeds and corn we put out for them. They fill their pouches and scurry off. It takes them about 5 minutes and they're back for more. We also have 3 or 4 Blue Jays who share anything we set out for the chipmunks. We put a suet feeder in a tree in front of the cabin and it has attracted (so far) 3 different kinds of birds. I wish Micah was here to identify them for us. Some are large and gray with black wings and others are small (like finches, I think). Most days we will go for a long ATV ride (2-3 hours), come home for a long hot shower and eat a meal like soup or stew. I love putting a roast in the crock pot for about 12 hours. We've taken the ATVs to St. George for this weekends ride to the Grand Canyon but we'll bring them back next week and ride until the snow piles up. We're talking about snowmobiles but. . . . we'll see.
Right now, outside our front door, there are 3 chipmunks, a blue jay and 2 other birds. Sadie (we bring her up with us everytime)is laying in the sun by the door and the silly, homegrown, cat doesn't even notice them. I guess it's just as well. She'd go crazy otherwise.