MAGGOT FEST RUGBY

Yesterday (Saturday) Ike, Brenda, Doug, Connie and I went up to Missoula to the Maggot Fest Rugby tournament.  Our American Legion Post has been feeding the referees and the Army team for this tournament for three years as a fund raiser for our Post.  We get paid for the referees, but the Army team just donates whatever when they come through the line. Doug and Ike cook up some pork shoulder and beef brisket and Brenda cooked up 30 pounds of beans.  Plus Doug makes his grandmothers coleslaw which is a big hit.  We serve it after the games on Saturday.

Rugby is a different sport.  The comparison I hear most is it is football without the pads.  And that is pretty close except they have different rules.  And it gets a little rowdy.  There are teams from Australia as well as all over the states come here for this tournament.  There is a lot of beer consumed by the players as well as the fans.  It was the first time Connie and I had been there and were impressed! We did have a good time and made some money for our post.

Doug, Brenda, CJ, & Ike setting up for feed the troops.

Part of the troops.

Brenda and Connie heating everything up.

The serving line.

Some of the Rugby.

LOTS OF ELK

Got call from my brother first thing this morning and he told me he had a bobcat going by their house and 40 elk.  Called again and said the neighbor was down changing his sprinkler pipes so the elk turned back and were headed our way.  I went over and sat on the cabin porch and took a few pictures of them going by.  Don't know where the bobcat ended up. That is the first one we have seen around here.  

Looking a little ragged as they are starting to shed.

They were pretty much in single file as they went by.

After we fed the horses we went for our walk up to the east of our place.  We saw elk, don't know if they were just part of the original herd or some new ones.  They were just above the power lines and there were only about 20 head.

Part of them still grazing along.

On our way back to our place we came upon a pretty large bunch on Jenkins Lane.  They were in the thick trees so don't know how many there were.  So we don't know if we saw two different bunches or just one that had split up.

A couple of them watching us walk up Jenkins Lane.

A little cottontail was also watching the elk.