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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Habitat for Humanity House Dedication, September '10


Spent part of the summer working on this Habitat house doing a wide variety of construction tasks. Got to work with a crew of retired locals, "caravaners" who travel around the country helping build Habitat houses, and the home owner's family. This house has five bedrooms, and is one of the larger Habitat houses around here. I've worked on two other Habitat houses along this street last year, and ground should be broken for another shortly. Our local chapter has now built nearly 50 houses, five this year and seven last year. Speakers at this dedication ceremony included our Representative in the U.S. Congress, our Representative in the State Legislature, and our Lieutenant Governor as well as other dignitaries. People at the dedication included many people who donated labor and helped with the build in any number of ways. The new owners got to move in on October first.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

On the street

Also no machine guns, hand grenades, or bazookas.


Thursday, September 23, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Needles Trail


Several years ago a huge wind blew through the wooded area of the Park and blew down thousands of trees. This happened along the Needles Trail, and there is still work being done to clean up the area and re-route the trail.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Prairie Dogs


These cute, frisky rodents are associated with some nasty side effects. There are often rattlesnakes in and around dog towns, and they carry flees which in turn carry bubonic plague. Ranchers strongly object to their holes which can break livestock's legs. But they are fine in the State Park where the buffalo and antelope don't seem bothered.