Many years ago Whitlock Gulch, which runs through the ranch from east to west, was logged. To facilitate the removal of the harvested trees, a road was bulldozed into the gulch. Over the years, the hillside had pretty much returned to normal, and the road had become impassible, even for a 4-wheeler. There are several large dead trees back in there that I want to use for firewood, so I had Harvey use his small dozer to reopen the road. It is narrow, with no place to turn around, but it will allow me to get my Willys in there to winch out the old trees. I estimate that there is a two to three year supply of firewood just sitting there waiting for me.
The next day, Susan and I decided to walk to the end of the road to look for animal tracks. We found coyote tracks, black bear tracks and tracks of a mule deer doe and fawn. We have been watching several does and fawns over the past weeks, so it was fun to get to see the tiny tracks in the dirt.
Here's a picture of an old wagon axle assembly that we found half buried along the old logging trail. It still has some of the original orange paint on it. It's hard to imagine that there was a time when this axle assembly represented the state of the art in farm and ranch transportation. We are looking forward to unearthing more treasures as we continue to explore the property.
Many years ago Whitlock Gulch, which runs through the ranch from east to west, was logged. To facilitate the removal of the harvested trees, a road was bulldozed into the gulch. Over the years, the hillside had pretty much returned to normal, and the road had become impassible, even for a 4-wheeler. There are several large dead trees back in there that I want to use for firewood, so I had Harvey use his small dozer to reopen the road. It is narrow, with no place to turn around, but it will allow me to get my Willys in there to winch out the old trees. I estimate that there is a two to three year supply of firewood just sitting there waiting for me.
The next day, Susan and I decided to walk to the end of the road to look for animal tracks. We found coyote tracks, black bear tracks and tracks of a mule deer doe and fawn. We have been watching several does and fawns over the past weeks, so it was fun to get to see the tiny tracks in the dirt.
Here's a picture of an old wagon axle assembly that we found half buried along the old logging trail. It still has some of the original orange paint on it. It's hard to imagine that there was a time when this axle assembly represented the state of the art in farm and ranch transportation. We are looking forward to unearthing more treasures as we continue to explore the property.
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