


Melissa A Smith from New York on June 11, 2012: Yes, I think he had a pretty good life, and we did enjoy his company. Rochelle Frank (author) from California Gold Country on June 12, 2012: That is a cute photo of Duffy and Peeper. Your outcome was good all things considered right up to the end of the story. You are correct in warning people about not keeping wild animals as pets. Peggy Woods from Houston, Texas on April 16, 2018: Joe Peeper was a very friendly and amusing pet. Rochelle Frank (author) from California Gold Country on April 16, 2018: They popped in and out of the burrow with eye-blinking speed. This was a first outing for the babies which were less than half the size of of the adults we were used to seeing. We had seen the appealing whistling rodents on other summer trips to this place, but we were earlier this year. The babies were experiencing their first outing from the underground tunnels. I was focused on the ground squirrels.Īpparently we had arrived on just the right early spring day. The creek pond was the apparent playground of wild trout that jumped with a joy that inspires a fisherman's dreams.Īfter the trailer was set and the canvas extensions pitched, my dad was off to catch the joyful trout. Rugged peaks in the distance cradled perpetual snow patches between the treeless, rock covered slopes.Īt lower levels, tall pines, and grey granite conglomerations of boulders surrounded the meadow of tough green grass where we camped.Ī gushing creek spread out into a placid pond in front of the meadow.
