I was optimistic this morning as I snapped a 135mm telephoto zoom lens onto my camera. We still had donkeys on our minds from the night before & I had a feeling we might have a remote chance of finding the burrows this morning. Didn't find any donkey suits to wear but figured I always have my jack-ass suite on anyway so our chances would be good.........And they were!! Within minutes of leaving the rig we heard the tell tale sound of a braying donkey far off out in the desert. We headed in the general direction when we noticed Max sniffing the air with his ears pointed straight up. We were down wind from the herd & he had picked up the scent. From that point on we just followed Max at a brisk walk for about 20 minutes. We could occasionally here the donkeys but despite stopping & scanning, we couldn't see anything. There was a tall rock outcropping with a tree on top quite a way ahead of us (I put an Inukshuk up there last year) & we headed for that. The sounds told us we were getting closer so we kept our eyes focused on the desert floor. Problem was, we were focused on the desert floor.......and not the hill. I first noticed a speck of white on the hill which at first I dismissed as the morning sun glinting on a rock. Noticed a few other irregularities about the hill so decided to keep an eye on it. While moving forward & throwing periodic glances at the hill........one of the white specs moved. Ahaaaaaa!! We had finally found the elusive wild donkey gang.
We alternated with Ray's computer in the afternoon & thanks to Kelly's patience & perseverance the whole system is now up & running. Wifi & all. Kelly did a lot of trouble shooting & finally figured out where the bugs were hiding between the computer, modem, router, & wireless network adaptor. She finally got them all communicating properly with each other. The park now has Wifi. The signal distance at the moment is about 500 feet but Ray has a large outdoor antennae ordered which should be here in 2 days, which when installed will reach to the farthest ends of the park. We were all so happy that at last we could see light at the end of the tunnel. The website is published & still in the registration process but we're hoping the Google search engines will pick it up shortly & spread it across the web. I'll post the website address as soon as I see the site on the net.
A good day all the way around.
P.S. The web album to-night is full of donkeys....I hope they don't leave a mess in there:))))
Hi folks, what's the url for Hickiwan Trails? Tried googling it but no luck. We're arriving there on Thursday hopefully. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSome fantastic pics Al,i know just how difficult it is to get shots of wildlife.A few days back i noticed Kelly wearing a camo jacket,just a suggestion but wearing camo may allow you just a little closer in the future.
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P.S. Thank you again for sharing!