6-23-09

The Rec. now has internet connection. I installed the system today. By tomorrow there will be a computer in the Rec. available for limited use.

Nice to finally get the Rec. online.

The winner!

Travis Ekada was this year's winner of the annual NBA play-off predictions. He only missed two guesses for every play-off series.

Travis dethroned two time reigning champ, Marcia Solomon, winning a six-pack of pop. Nice going, Trav!

"Break-up";5-08-09

The ice moved at approximately 3:15pm, Friday, May 8th. It moved down a mile or so, then stopped. More on this later.

"Busted!"; 4-30-09

Check out this picture. Apparently Andy Durny stole a uniform and tried to get in the game. He might have pulled it off, too, if he hadn't tried to dunk on this guy. That's when they figured out he was an imposter and threw him out. Andy is always up to something funny.

Nice try A.J.!

3-31-09; "Doug's wolverine"

Doug scored on a wolverine several days ago. He and Joey were hunting Kaiyuh, came across a fresh track, and the rest is to be seen in the photos. He skinned it in the shop this past weekend.

Tonight, following tradition, they had a dinner for him. I was bummed I couldn't go 'cause my back is giving me trouble, but I'm sure it was a great time.

Congrats to you, Doug!

(if you're wondering about the rock in it's mouth, ask an elder)

"The Cat"

Here's a late post. A while back Joey caught a nice male lynx in a conibear set. Pretty unusual for a cat to get caught that way, but he'll take it. We skinned it the next day in the shop and put it on the sretcher.

3-28-09; Beaver Finale'

Today we made the last trip out to the beaver trapline. Gerald "Pluto" Patsy and my friend Brian (the MARC pilot) came along. It was a warm, sunny day, no wind, just great.

We had five sets in (one per house) and caught two beaver; one medium and one blanket. Pluto scored on the blanket, as you'll see in the video. He's having a hard time drying it off 'cause it's pretty heavy. We pulled the sets and called it a year.

Over all, it was a very successful season. We caught a total of eleven beaver. At least nine guys were involved, many of them were out there multiple times. The catch was shared between the guys who did the work and several elders. Can't wait for next year!