Slept in today. Probably shouldn't have, since there's six antelope classification routes out there that still need to be done, but it's been a long month and hunting seasons start Saturday. Well, actually, some start tomorrow, and others have been going since the 15th. But check stations, for me, start Saturday.

So, in preparation of the blue grouse season opening tomorrow, the heeler sisters and I spent the evening setting up two wing barrels in the mountains.

Should talk about the day. The neighbor who walked over to show off his new .458, in preparation of his Alaskan brown bear hunt this fall.

The confirmation that I am losing one of my wardens to a transfer. Good for her, but they may not replace her job here, which is bad for me, and the remaining warden.

My harrassing a brood of blue grouse, and them standing frozen in the road as two SUVs came barreling by, literally slaloming in betwixt the birds. The second driven by a co-worker of the wife, who had to stop and harrass me back.

But I'm flying antelope in less than eight hours. Since the wife just jogged my memory enough for me to find my tape recorder, after already tearing the office and truck apart looking for it, I'm ready to go.

Just need sleep.

So, here's a shot from the return trip this evening.