Skunk Heaven in Oregon

Set the trap down, prop open the door and get back about 50 feet

After about 5-10 minutes the skunk pokes it's head out

It seems OK out here

Checking things out a bit more

I'm outta here!

One of the less appealing aspects of my job here at Promontory Park is dealing with our rather large skunk population. Since we started here in early July we have probably trapped and relocated more than thirty skunks. Some of the campers here think that we should drop the skunks, still in the traps, into the lake and leave them for an hour or so. No way. You either come and see nature in ALL it's glory or go stay at the Motel 6. (getting down off my soapbox now)

When I say that we relocate them, we actually drive them down the road about four miles, cross the river and take them about six miles up in the mountains before we release them...very carefully.

I've attached some pictures of the process. This is the ideal way...set the trap down, open the door, back way off and wait for five to ten minutes. Sometimes a skunk just won't come out and you have to turn the opened trap on end and shake him/her out. This is done very carefully because when you do that they are not in a good mood.

Ain't life grand!?

Gary
hoping I never get sprayed!

Roadtrip to Eastern Oregon

Some of the country we drove through to find the casino

Surprise, here it is

View from Timothy Lake campground

Boaters out on Timothy Lake

We decided to get away from the campground for the day so headed out to really get away from it all...sort of.

First we stopped off at Timothy Lake to scout out the place. The people we are now working for plan to take over operation of four campgrounds located on the lake so we did some looking to see if we might be interested. We like the fact that it is so remote and love the fact that the campgrounds are on a lake. It is also close to Mt. Hood which is a plus.

Next we headed south of Mt. Hood to check out another of the company's campgrounds. This one is located on the edge of the high desert just outside of Warm Springs Oregon. We decided that we didn't much care for this one, mainly because of the 90+ degree temps there in the summer.

On our way back through Warm Springs we saw a sign for a casino. Knowing that Cecile hates to pass by any casino, we turned off the highway and went to find it. We started to think that the sign was a joke after driving through about twenty miles of semi-desert country. Finally we found it. It was a gorgeous resort-type place with a golf course, RV park, hotel and very nice casino. Cecile was in heaven...AND we actually won money!

Ain't life grand!?

Gary & Cecile