If you were
wondering what the noise was all day on the 6th to the west of here, it
appears that a helicopter was pulling cut timber up by cable from the
wooded area just west of the airstrip on the Sumner-Buckley highway.
Is another housing area being cleared?
Our roadway
up the hill is getting a repair job again, with the collapsed section
receiving another patch of concrete which will be followed with asphalt
surfacing.
What if there was a Republican
presidential caucus on the 9th and nobody else from our precinct came?
It was a great way to learn the political process of choosing our next
president. If I had the energy for such things they would have
named me your delegate. I declined, but now suggest that everybody
take their mail in ballot and prepare to cast it in the upcoming primary
election that is slated for the 19th.
Perhaps it's time to take note of a memorial located nearby.
At the intersection of Connell's Prairie Rd E and Barkubein Rd E, this
pyramid of stone has the following inscription on its four faces...
"Near here
Indians lay in ambush and killed Lieutenant McAllister and Michael
Connell October 27, 1855"
"In this vicinity seven white men
on way from Camp
Naches to Fort
Steilacoom were ambushed by Indians October
31, 1855. 2 of the number Colonels Miles &
Moses were killed"
“50 feet directly in front of this
was the Military
Road from Fort
Steilacoom via Naches Pass
to Fort Walla Walla. located A.D.
1853-1854"
“This Memorial erected by the Washington State Historical
Society A.D. 1924"
There is an
interesting historic account of the Indian War at the
Washington Wars website.
The
moon put on quite a show early in the evening of the 20th when it arose
in the advanced stage of a total eclipse. Quickly it disappeared
in the clouds to return a while later when the skies cleared. These photos
are a little fuzzy, but show the earth's shadow as the
moon emerges. This is the last time we will
see the total eclipse until December 2010.
A late
morning visitor at Golden Ripples entertained our family, (three
generations), on the 23rd. It has been Identified to be the Great Blue
Heron.
When it emerged into the yard, it was photo-op time.
Some
neighborhood activity alerted it and soon it was airborne. A
cell-phone camera recorded a video of the flight. I suspect it may
be seen again as I did note it on the same flight path a week ago.
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