Bears...Bears....Bears!!!

And lots and lots of cubs this year...

Already, there are several sets of twins...two sets of triplets...and a bunch of singles.

18 to be exact...although we have already lost one to the raging river...so we are back down to 17.

Cubs have a rough start...and we routinely lose 50% before they turn three...which is why the parks department doesn't assign numbers until they are emancipated.

It is great  to start and end the day with the bear-folk, again...and we are soooooooooooooooo excited about the number of littles seen!!!

Holly's daughter, Jolly...and her three Jolly-Beans

https://youtu.be/kSily5TKQ_g?si=W92sbxfOILY7PitY

#164 Bucky

https://youtu.be/ZmJHg1uA2zM?si=Ae32tYbfuxBIf2A2

 #89 Backpack

https://youtu.be/h7zi7gQChFo?si=QUJqklupM0A_ddG7

#83 Wayne's Brother

https://youtu.be/yZXgKvP16yc?si=8pK0sddJ_lp27vCA

Who has the distinguishing aberration of white claws making him easy to identify.

 #151 Walker is back...

 

And hibernation has just ended. 

The salmon are slowly returning...

 and the gulls have returned...to divide the spoils when the bears start fishing.

...we call all the salmon "Reggie" and the gulls "Alice"...

Still missing Otis

...tears...

who will always be "KING".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Jamaica: Things are not Always What They Seem in This Place

 

 

Well...we didn't find a dirt-bike race...but there was The Donkey Festival.

Which did have donkey races.

Donkey Festival

https://youtu.be/t2gEJs1h-9w?si=NV80ECN1CYnuXxWm

https://youtu.be/b_8sG8PxjFU?si=EuXdCOC-WLG8NpwE

 Actually the (loud...braying....funny) donkey races was just the tip of the iceberg...there were also beer chugging contests...many vendors booths...food...and the locals (...some as colorful as their donkeys).

What an odd place this Clarendon Parish...of radioactive spa waters and donkey races.

 

 I have to wonder if it is the radioactive water, the ganja, the rum, the people or just Clarendon itself that makes this place a little odd...

 

https://youtu.be/VaJF59vvr14?si=icvfml5aGmcIoYWo 

Anyway...next week we will move on to Manchester...and not a moment too soon! 

 

Virtual Jamaica: Milk River Mineral Bath

Milk River.

It is peaceful...rich with minerals...a hot spring staying roughly 90-95 degrees...and one of the most naturally radioactive bodies of water in the world.

SAY  WHAT?????

Enough so that it sends a Geiger Counter clicking away.

 

 The water, which they tout as having healing properties, is so radioactive that you are permitted only 20 minute sessions per day.

Yeah...

 

No...I'm good.

 

You lost me at Radioactive.

 

 

Sorry I dragged you all out here.

 

Tomorrow, we will check out 

the dirt bike races.

 

Until then... 

 

 

The Bear-Folk are Back!!!

The Bear-Cams are on...and hibernation is over!

It is still pretty cold and sparse out, right now...but just wait. 

Chunk was, reportedly, the first bear out/seen.

Several have mentioned a bunch of cubs this year...haven't seen them yet.

Excited!

The bears are back!!!!!

 

Virtual Jamaica: Clarendon

 

Welcome Beach, Clarendon

 

Here we are...back in virtual Jamaica!

Our hotel for the week is The Dynasty.

Much less grand than the name implies....boasting of a pool and a/c.

The rooms are nicer than a guest-house but far beneath a Holiday Inn.

 

It is affordable...$71 USD per night...and clean.

Besides...there doesn't seem to be a lot to do in this Parish...so we will be moving on fairly quickly.

Attractions include The Milk River Mineral Spa and The Woodleigh Dirtbike Race Track.

Wednesday, we will check out the spa...

 

Father's Day...John...and a Little Rant

 

...but first.

 

What the fucking fuck???

I mean, seriously. 

At first, when they drained the Reflection Pool...painted it dark blue...walked and drove on it...refilled it...ignored the professionals who told them the 90 degree heat and dark bottom, shallowness and still water would create a perfect environment for algae growth...and it did...and even when the Department of the Interior said the water was clear...even though it was Mountain Dew Green...I stayed quiet. 

When they dumped gallons of hydrogen peroxide in...which was kind of like spitting in the wind because the pool is filled with 6.75 millions of gallons of water.

...you do the math...

I stayed quiet.

It wasn't going to kill the algae...much less the ducks/ducklings.

When the paint started peeling and floating up...I just nodded and said that obviously the "I KNOW A GUY" approach to contract work didn't work.

And assumed our litigious-happy inhabitant of the Oval Office would hold the contractor responsible and he would be forced to fix the mistake.

Boy, was I in for a surprise.

No...the Orange-Idiot took to TS to blame the usual suspects for vandalism...adding something corrosive to the pool...slashing the blue liner 250 feet...and posting the National Guard to guard The Algae????

Really???

And MAGA...well, they lapped it up like a dog eating its own vomit.

 Now...instead of being able to litigate the original contractor for the shoddy job and peeling liner...he has given him an excuse...in writing.

Face it...he is an idiot.

Okay...I'm done.

 

Wished James and Chris Happy Father's Day!

 

 

John is improving every day!

Eating well...now weighs 168.2 pounds...walks and can climb stairs without assist...enjoying pool games with Jonathan and is winning again.

And all of this with no further collapsing or shortness of breath!

He is developing a Santa Beard.

We're soooooooooooooooooo happy...and feel he has turned a corner!

 

Back to Jamaica, tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

It's GREEN

 

Welcome to month 20 of the Trump Presidency.  

And a quick note to the Department of the Interior...no...it is not clear...it is swamp green...with floating chunks of Flag Blue paint in it, now.

What a mess for the upcoming 250 Anniversary of our country.

So...let's look at the past month:

 

Noem...Gabbard and Bondi...all fired....Hog's Breath...er..Hegseth...surrounded by influenza breakout after insisting the enlisted did not have to take (checks notes) the flu vaccine...right....the war is over...no it is not...now it is over....or not...repeat 36 more times...okay...there is a cease-fire...uh...shit is still blowing up...well...cease fire doesn't actually mean they stop firing...(rolling eyes)...the strait is open...now it is closed...now it is open....oops...it's closed again...gas is up...inflation is up...prices are up...they had to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Memorial...the tarp is STILL up...we had a freaking cage-fight on the WH Lawn...no...really...(breathe)...they painted the reflecting pool and refilled it...the algae took over and now it is green...so they dumped a bunch of hydrogen peroxide in to try to kill the algae...then the paint started peeling up and floating on top...

Idiocracy is a documentary.

It is temporary.

He is temporary.

MAGA is temporary.

We will get through this.

Only 31 more months!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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