The Squirrel Hunter

I got a call from a friend who was having some trouble with someone stealing his walnuts. Being a nutcracker I can't stand nut thieves. I expected to hear about some pesky kids stealing bags of walnuts and hoarding them for wild weekend parties. It was even worse. Squirrels were sneaking into his backyard and taking them one nut at a time.

After some serious planning I set up my trap and waited....and waited.....and waited.


I saw movement and watched as a little brown squirrel made it's way across the yard and over to my trap. Luckily his brain was smaller than the nuts it was hunting. Without thinking twice it walked into the cage and the door slammed shut behind it. Like a big game hunter I posed next to my prize.



I hopped in the car with my friend and headed out to the woods. We pulled over at a place that looked like any squirrel would be proud to call home. We opened the door and the one time walnut thief ran into the woods to live out the rest of it's life. (Due to my friends lack of yard space for PETA picketers this portion of the story has been edited. Actual events my have differed.)

We went back to his house and I looked across the neighborhood. There were a lot more squirrels out there waiting to steal my friends nuts. I do know one thing. It won't happen on my watch.

Whidbey Island NAS

I couldn't think of a better way to spend Independence Day then touring Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. I hitched a ride with a friend and his family and made the drive up to Whidbey Island.

On the way through Anacortes we found a police car that I insisted on getting my photo taken with.



Next we stopped to take a look at one of the better views I've seen in Washington so far. My brother and I posed for a picture but we were both pretty nervous about falling off the edge.


Our final stop was at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. We both had a great time touring planes and looking around the base. I took some of our photos and made a slide show for everyone to see. We had other pictures but they were of highly sensitive topics. I could show you those too....but then I would have to kill you.