watch out for bears

i just got back to coronach tonight after three weeks of holidays. the original plan for my holidays was to help my dad with harvest, the weather however had other plans. the first week we were able to combine, then it started to rain and we weren't able to combine for the last two weeks. the rain allowed me to have more free time than is normal for harvest, you might think i would use this free time to accomplish something but alas, i didn't. i went to yorkton one night and partied with some of my buddies including d.j. danny ismond of gx94 fame who i hadn't saw in quite a while, i also gave saskboy a shout to have some beers but he was in calgary(im not sure how i figured out his phone number). i also have some recollections of balcarres bar but im not sure when i was there. tank and i even visited lemberg bar one night.

one of the more interesting things that happened while i was at home was when my dad and i were out checking grain bags. my dad uses large white plastic bags to store some of his grain after it has been combined. when filled these bags stand about 5 to 6 feet tall and can reach lengths of over 200 feet. after checking one of the bags near abernethy we discovered that deer, and racoons had poked holes in the bag to eat the grain inside, needless to say my dad was pretty pissed. after we patched the bag we drove to another bag located right on top of the qu'appelle valley. when we got close and i saw the damage done to this bag i hoped to hell we wouldn't be patching the holes in this one because we would be there for days. in addition to deer, and racoons, bear had broken into this bag. there was grain, animals tracks, and racoon shit everywhere. next year we won't be storing grain in bags near the valley. below is a picture of one of the bear paw prints on the bag with my hand beside to show a comparison in size.


as everyone knows, the stones concerts in regina take place this weekend. i will be in the city friday night for sure and will be wanting to get blacked out drunk after the concert(if im not already), so anyone wanting to join me can track me down in coronach this week until wednesday then ill be back in abernethy on thursday for the long weekend.

also there is a new photo gallery on breakfast meat, its not safe for work or school so be warned, and if anyone has any submissions they would like to make please send them in, all identities will be protected if that is the desire of those submitting.