Buckhorn Fire Damage

Here are a couple more pictures of the damage at Buckhorn. The first is the inside wall near the stove pipe.

Fire at Buckhorn Video

Today I took some video at the Buckhorn Camp and got everyones name that was in the camp during the fire. This is Sheila explaining what happened only a few hours after they arrived at camp. Robert Staller Sr. and Jr. are also in the shot. Adam, Matt and Ozzy were there as well but do not appear on this video.

I hope Sheila forgives me for making her a star.

Mountain Girl, Paula , Logging out!

Things get HOT at Buckhorn Camp

When someone knocks at my door at 1 am and asks for a fire extinguisher its never a good sign. A fire up here usually means a total loss of building, life or both. But this story has a happy ending.

The smoke detector failed but not the noses of the camp members who were just getting ready to go to sleep. The wood stove pipe overheated and caught the wall on fire. All of the walls up here are double thick solid hemlock and once fire gets started between the boards it can be a difficult thing to stop.

Quick thinking and drinks and water thrown

mostly on the fire, Sheila in the excitement of the moment tossed a bucket of water right into Robert Senior's face. They still managed to get enough of the water on the fire to keep the cabin from burning down until the fire company came as backup.

The Germania fire company came within 40 minutes of my 911 call, which isn't bad on these slippery roads. The smaller brush truck was all that could drive back the 1/2 mile lane to the camp and it was indeed fortunate that not much was needed. After careful inspection and the adding of more water the wall was deemed safe enough to leave.

And now you know the reason the people in the last picture are smiling. The cabin still stands and
no one was hurt not even their new puppy, part Rottweiller and part Bermese Mountain dog who at eight weeks looks like a small bear. They all smell like smoke and probably won't sleep the rest of the night. But this is the kind of stuff you tell your grandkids. Because you lived through it. This is one lucky camp.

Sorry the pictures are so blurry.. guess my hand isn't too steady at 2 am. Mountain Girl, Paula, logging out and hitting the pillow. I will post more tomorrow when I am awake.

Christmas message from Leetonia

The dogs and us are starring in two videos check them out....

The whole gang is in this one it is pretty crazy good for a laugh
www.elfyourself.com/?id=1164407296


Leo is in this one
www.scroogeyourself.com/?id=1164831768

Changes in Leetonia

For those of you who haven't been up in the last month, I have taken a couple pictures of the latest change to Leetonia. A trailer has been moved into the site of the old store, which was torn down about two years ago. It is unfortunate to loose such a landmark and have it replaced by a trailer, but with lack of any ordinances against trailers and one across the street it is difficult to stop.

Although, I have nothing against people wanting to come to Leetonia it is a shame to put something like this in such a prominent spot in town.

The Petite camp is the most affected with a large mound of dirt not more than a hundred feet from the front of their cabin. Their only saving grace is the row of pines which somewhat block the view.

As you can see it snowed again and is snowing today. The wind has been very high in the last couple days and we lost power yesterday morning, however it was restored fairly promptly.

Today promises more wind and snow it won't be a fun day to work outside, which I must do. You all have a great Leetonia day. Mountain girl, Paula, layering up and logging off.

Mystery Bottle

Since Lee talked about the bottle in the video I decided to post a picture of it to see if any of you know what might have filled it.

She found it back by the pond and the date on the bottom is Sept., 1931 it has a shamrock on it as you can see.

Most people think it was filled with imported beer. But no one can tell us what kind. Any input would be great. Mountain Girl, Paula, logging out!

Its movie time in the Mountains

I didn't think this would work its my first attempt to upload video to this site. Lee shot this during her walk with the dogs. There was a lot of wind interfering with the sound. We got about 3 inches of snow last night and they are promising more guess we won't know until morning what the damage is. If this works well it will bring a whole new dimension to the news from Leetonia. Seems most of the hunters left today and there are only a few people up here this Sunday. The cold is a bitter reminder of how much winter we have left. Officially winter doesn't even start until Dec 21st. and last a very long three months. We don't have an extremely fast internet connection so loading a lot of video probably won't happen but it is nice to see things in motion every once in a while. Mountain Girl, Paula, logging out!