thanks john its great to hear good news from the ranch , keep keeping us in touch with the bear happenings it makes us feel good.
im about to undertake another black bear news letter and will try to finish it in the next 7 days,, i want to ask you and the other folks liveing at the ranch what ideas you have for it,, it will be a page both sides in 6 sections... ive got pics to put in as well.. anyway i would love to get ideas from ANYONE on it..
peace out
love
davey

Wasn't that rain refreshing? It could rain everyday this month and all I would do is grin and thank the skies. Your post sounds uplifting once again- good to hear that some progress is being made. I can't tell you how nice it is to hear someone make the connection between heavy rains and the need to maintain the systems after such weather (you rock and roll John and apparently use that critical thinking stuff that has been mentioned on this site). So aboot the rota-tiller (sp?)- it is at Tom and Nancy's who live down at Sawyers bar- their house is almost directly across from Eddie Gulch bridge/road. Maybe when someone visits from the area they can bring it up. I don't know their contact (Kit does, but I don't imagine I will be contacting him for that). They have borrowed it for about a year now and when I asked Kit if it could be returned he was...um....unresponsive. Soooooo, that's all I know and I will help get it returned if I can when I come up. I want to come up this weekend, but it may be next week or weekend. I have a wonderful friend coming from Oklahoma who wants to eventually move up there as well. I'm working hard down here so that my path leads me up there as soon as possible. I've wanted to return to the Bear to live for everyday that I've been away- I feel that I have lived for too long away from home. I love yall up there and can't wait to see the progress that's been made. I will write again before I come up. :) Kat