Emergency Vehicle NOT!

Forget the "emergency vehicle" cop shop and TV newspeak.

This is an honest to Christmas firetruck.

More specifically it is a Dodge Power Wagon (1945 - 1968).

It is still in use up in the mountain village of Idyllwild, California.

In a Mountain Town in Southern California

The idol of Idyllwild

the gray squirrel

seldom idle often wild

Lurking for Peanuts

Photo by R.W. Seeley

Who knows what peanuts
lurk in the hands of men?
The Shadow knows!

How Did I Get Here?

Once a tall tree
now a water logged log
funny how the world works

The Coy Pond at the Lodge

Accomodations
commendable
swimming unendable

How to Get to Heaven

Wending up 6,000 feet from the 110-degree desert valley
we find a cool stream shaded by pine trees of seniority.

Shadow of the Hummingbird

hummingbird so fast
we think we see you but it's
only a shadow's memory