Good Morning Happy Campers, welcome to March! Each day we inch toward spring, the sun is warmer and higher and the end of Winter is near! Not soon enough for us here, and as I write, another bitter morning and at -15 F at 8:45 a.m.
We, like everyone else, are so eager to get the pandemic under control and gain some sense of normalcy. I do understand the borders being closed, but I also wonder why their has an continues to be free travel of any goods across the border here in northern North Dakota? Frustrating as today, which is Sunday, there will be a steady stream of cattle trailers out of Manitoba to Rugby, North Dakota for weekly cattle sales. It does seem odd that they are allowed to come into the US, you mean that cattle sales are essential, what don’t we have any beef in the USA?
On a somber note, CeCe was killed last week by someone from the area. When I came back from Bottineau someone had killed her and layed her body in my driveway in a pool of blood. If you know me, I was and am deeply angered that anyone would do this. The anger burns deep inside of Magoo and I, and we worked last Saturday taking CeCe to the island on Gravel Lake. Last spring I built a campsite on the island and CeCe was layed to rest their and her ashes will forever be part of Gravel Lake. Tina, CeCe’s sister and lone survivor, went along and watched the proceedings. So now Tina will hunt mice alone and there is no doubt that CeCe and Tina would have raised holy hell with the Mice of Happy Camp. Watching the 2 of them work together in our compound trying to catch birds was fascinating to say the least and sadly they will not hunt together at Happy Camp.
I need to ask all of you, why is there so much hate and anger in our country? Why do so few people seem to care for anyone else except themselves? Times certainly have changed and each day Magoo, Tina and I walk this world we will laugh with each other. Magoo is snoring on the floor, Tina is in her hut and I at the computer looking for more coffee.
So as I end this bit, I hear maybe the end of summer will come a time to ease up on the border, keep our fingers crossed it is much sooner, but I sure wish I had Cattle!
Take care and keep in touch!!