Baby Javelinas...

I forgot to tell you in my last blog that snakes aren't the only wild life out here. There are some very large rats as well as all other sizes. We actually have the pack rat here. Even more interesting was the two baby Javelinas that walked across the mountain near our ledge. They were walking slow like they didn't even know we were watching them. Patches, my sons dog knew they were coming a long time before they got there. That is why you have a dog out here. He was smelling in the air; raising his head and sniffing. As they got closer, he started a low growl, as he does when something is close, to warn us. The dog chased one of them until it escaped and he could run no longer. The terrain is very rough on the mountain side. There are rocks; big rocks and very big rocks of all sizes all the way down to small. Where is my camera when I need it? Last week I also saw the second roadrunner since I've been here. They are fast little boogers, just like the cartoon that was on tv one time long ago-you know the one with the coyote and roadrunner?