Today started very early for me ... not necessarily for Denise, except that it's Sunday and she didn't need to get up early. She, Henry & I did an early evening Wally the beaver watch, the other night ... and again ... no Wally. So when we got back to the house, we decided that maybe a morning stakeout would be in order... Well 6:45 came early for me, but I got up, put a pot on so I could make some oatmeal before heading out. I had parked my jeep out by the pond the night before so that we didn't have to drive it up in the morn and possibly frighten Wally away. The plan was that the three of us were to walk over during predawn hours and wait to see if Wally's an early riser too. Well, Henry wouldn't/couldn't wake up so it was just Denise & I. So there we sat ... in the jeep ... in the dark ... and waited ... Seems like Wally may be keeping his business hours a secret ...
Anyway, after an hour or so, morning had dawned and we packed it in ... But now I'm up ... we're in the Jeep ... and there's an 'illegal' road that someone bulldozed off the access road that runs along Denise's property line. I want to get the tires dirty and there's plenty of mud. So we drive a short way, to where the 'new' road begins ... and right there off to the side, is all this stuff. So I got out to take a quick look and find all the makings for a Guerrilla Marijuana Grow. Flower pots, gas heaters, fans, framing for a structure with clear corrugated roof for sunlight, tubing for water, etc... Now yes, we're in the boonies, but this isn't exactly hiding it well ... :-? 
Gas heaters and metal shelving to keep the plants off the ground ... all this stuff is literally on the shoulder of this 'illegal' road ... no attempt at concealment ... What were these guys thinking??? Knuckle Heads ...
There's over 300 starter pots and trays, clear corrugated roof panels for sunlight, tubing for water ... it's all here. Later I told Denise "at least it's not a Meth lab" ... this didn't amuse her ;-) The only thing we couldn't tell was, is this operation going up or was it dismantled from some where and moved here? There's a very interesting story about the previous owners of the farm that's much too long to tell here ... that, and I can't remember the whole thing ... But let's just say that there was a family with about 16 adopted/fostered children, ages 2+/- to 17 +/- and all their names started with the letter 'J' ... when a new child was brought into the fold ... a 'J' was configured into their name - I don't think much more needs to be said here. But it seems that one of the older children still owns this piece of adjoining property ... and ..... enough said.
Denise in her Bush outfit, hunting with a Nikon. So anyway, after that we continued up the small road, ... 4 wheel drive ... I was happy. As we hiked around, we came across another 'strange' sight ... someone had cut down some small trees on the side of the access road, but they cut them at 3-4 feet off the ground. And this lead to a trail disappearing into the woods. So here we are ... might as well investigate ... The brush along the trail looked like it had been macheted but why? it wasn't that thick anyway ... and if it was the Growers looking for a grow sight ... nice breadcrumb trail genius's ... Well the one trail split into two, and later split again ... and I didn't know anymore if we were following people trails or wildlife ... and if it were the Growers ... 'common sense' would indicate that they would probably traverse deep into the woods, maybe for hours ... who knows. So we stopped and headed back... 
There were too many oddities about this whole scene ... nothing seemed to make sense. They're probably two different incidents, but one seemed to lead us to the other ... Anyhow, all the clues weren't adding up to anything tangible which left us very confused ... intrigued ... but confused.
Can you spot the cougar in this pic? Denise told me of a story about a family that went on a safari of sorts, when they stopped for a family pic ... Later ... back home, while going over the vacation pictures, they spot the face of a cougar in the bushes behind the posing family ... So she's (Denise) on high alert now when ever she's out in the field, after her two cougar sightings. This river is part of the Bellingham water supply and runs through the property, and part of it feeds the pond. p.s... there is no cougar in the pic ... only Denise ... I think ... ;-)
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