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Road Closure

dave — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:54:11 +0000

WORD HAS GOTTEN OUT THIS MORNING 3-3-2010 OF A LARGE LANDSLIDE ON THE ROAD FROM FORKS OF SALMON TO SOMES BAR. IT IS LOCATED AT GRANTS BLUFF, WHICH IS JUST UPRIVER FROM BUTLER FLAT. APPARENTLY, THE SLIDE TOOK OUT ALL OF THE ROADWAY UNDER IT AND STATE ENGINEERS ARE LOOKING AT IT TODAY. APPARENTLY THIS WILL BE A LONG-TERM FIX. ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO COME INTO THE RANCH WILL HAVE TO COME IN ON HWY. 299 THROUGH WEAVERVILLE AND THEN HWY. 3 OR HWY. 3 THROUGH CALLAHAN TO CECILVILLE ROAD TO GET TO FORKS. FROM THERE, THE USUAL ROUTES UP THE GODFREY DRIVEWAY OR THE PICAYUNE WILL BE OKAY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

thatch — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:41:22 +0000

I hope 2010 will be a great year for everyone and the ranch as well. We’re doing well down here at the end of the road for now……..firewood is doing well and we’ve been eating great! We’ve already started on next winter’s supply of wood. Our garlic beds have been planted now for over a month….so we have that going. Some folks are off the ranch right now visiting family and/or friends for a short time but we have 4 of us still here this week. We only got snow here on the ranch 1 day so far and it was only about half an inch. It has rained a hell of a lot though……….just wish we’d get the white stuff so we can have some water flowing this summer!

Tribe

dave — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:58:00 +0000

I to have speculated wether or not tribe should be or not to be, im about 50 50 , i see when its good and and i see when its abused, as the web blog as a replacement,, for now this blog is to dam complicated for folks to figure out, im working with tom ( or web guy) to see if we can make it easier,, you know like just click on the family blog at the bottom ( actully the top of the website would be better) and immediatly it ask for a password user name and bam , straight to the blog. plus this blog is pretty much for familly bussiness anyway. not to chat , i say leave the tribe up but maybe before someone signs up for it, explain that if someone uses it abusivly than ban them or delete the posts. , nieves is the bear pay pal still working ? sorry if ive ask this before and you told me the answer, slightly brain damaged, i want to put up a link and a page to try and get donations for the bear.
dave

info

thatch — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:19:40 +0000

who is ann marie?

nieves — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:54:19 +0000

her posts are a bit trippy on the tribe. just curious.

should we shut the bbr tribe down?

Thoughts on Structure by the barn

dave — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:20:52 +0000

Thanksgiving Meetings

dave — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:04:34 +0000

Hey anyone, dave here,, i was just thinking about meetings that might of happened at the ranch at thanksgivng and if there is anything anyone would share on the blog about them- was there talk about the website-projects-traditional guidlines ext..? peace
dave

WINTER FOOD ORDER ADVENTURE

thatch — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:47:46 +0000

Well, we got the winter bulk food order into the ranch today. Travis and I left yesterday in the old ranch truck and headed down to Forks of Salmon to gas the ol’ rig up. We got there at dark and, since the lights quit working in the truck we were just in time. As we were expecting snow today, we couldn’t be sure what condition the roads would be in. We stayed in the community center in Forks last night and then this morning, of course, the truck wouldn’t crank till we finally got a jump. We woke to snow coming down as well. So off we go from Forks to Somes Bar to get the order, snow falling and, of course, the wipers don’t work. Needless to say it was very slow going and my nerves were shot by the time we got there. We picked up the order and skidaddled it back to Forks. Thinking we’d have better luck going back up the Godfrey Ranch driveway, we decided to make a try for it. We didn’t get 100 yards off the pavement and could go no further. “Plan B” involved backtracking to Forks and trying to go over the Picayune. We did great till we got to the last steep stretch at the top. Slipping and sliding we found ourselves thinking about having to drive back down to the trailhead on Salmon River road and begin the multiple 5 mile hikes up the trail to get our hundreds of pounds of supplies in. We proceeded to load hundreds of pounds of rocks from along side the road in the truck and, with my personal 160 pounds added over the back wheels, finally managed to get up and over the top. From there it was “creep” along into Godfrey, down the Shoefly, over to Blue Ridge and down the ranch driveway in 1st gear……arriving exactly 24 hours after we left. A winter adventure to be sure! But we are now well stocked and will be well fed throughout the winter.

WEATHER

thatch — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:22:54 +0000

Hey Folks,

Thatch here. The sun is shining at the ranch and it’s nice and warm. Looks like the upcoming holiday week’s weather is gonna be gentle to us. Looking forward to seeing alot of folks here. The inside corners of the road (Eddy Gulch) had too much snow a few days ago but we suspect it’s gone now as temperatures rise. A couple here are hiking down the trail today to get their car they left at the bottom of the trailhead and drive it in. We’ll know for sure tonight the condition of the road coming in.

WINTER

thatch — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:59:23 +0000

It’s raining 100% today and 100% tomorrow at the ranch. Temperatures are cold. As the sun went down this evening, there was a good dusting of snow on the firs up above us on Callahan Creek and the Meadow. An attempt was made to get the mini-van out but it failed to happen before the top of the driveway. Hikers just came in that were unable to drive in and they went to the trailhead down at the river.