Oh dear, there’s a deer… and there—and there! There are deer everywhere at Peck Ranch. I’ve seen them in the forests, in the fields,
outside our lodging, and by our cars.
They are definitely braver than any I have seen to date and that is what
makes them dangerous. There was a herd
of some 20 white tail deer in a field that we needed to pass and they loved to
move in front of the vehicle. No
casualties thankfully, for us or for them.
I just think it is worth noting that if you love deer, you should come
visit this ranch as it is impossible to travel anywhere without seeing them.
In addition to the deer there are elk and bald eagles. Yesterday there was an eagle perched in a
tree directly in front of our truck. It
stayed there the entire time we were eating lunch. Maybe there is something in the water here
that makes these creatures curious.
Speaking of water… Peck Ranch has some natural defenses in place. Every couple of minutes when you’re driving
in the area you will go through a stream bed.
This means whenever there is some steady precipitation the Ranch closes
itself off. I thought that was pretty
neat.
Going to call it
early tonight everybody, but remind me to tell you about Flossie’s later. Also,
as this is an AmeriCorps blog I suppose I should mention what we did
today! Charlie came back and made short
work of most of the buried trouble makers.
Then, after lunch, we actually got to work on some fire line! I think Liana took down the widest tree this
year as it took two face cuts to fell the beast. Way to go!
Now I bid you all farewell. Good
night!
Photos taken by me.
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