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Big Pine National Forest, Knotty Pine

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

RB193 The Fire Bomber's Pink cloud

 Our RANGER BILL adventure story for Monday afternoon, June 16, 2025, is:

(The Fire Bomber's) Pink Cloud

Abner Benson is Bill’s friend from the service. Abner is a pilot with a new way to fight fires by dropping pink clouds of calcium borate on grass. His plane crashes while demonstrating his idea and nearly kills him. Abner’s wife Marge wants him to quit flying. Can Abner stay out of the cockpit to please Marge and still lead Bill’s new fire bombers? 

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=ranger+bill+pink+cloud&mid=C3BEBFDA167AFFE0BCC1C3BEBFDA167AFFE0BCC1&FORM=VIRE

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

RB192 The Fishermen and the Fire Bug

   RANGER BILL for this Tuesday, 4/14/2026, with:

RB192 Fire Bug aka The Fishermen and the Fire Bug

Several campfires are left unattended along the river. Rangers Bill and Ralph suspect two out-of-town fishermen are to blame. Mike Demory discovered a fire on the edge of his farm. He suspects that “Old” Buck Sawyer is a fire bug. Mike insists that Bill arrest Old Buck. Bill must find the fire bug before fire destroys the farms and woods.

I believe this is one of the last of the RANGER BILL episodes. Gray wolf and Henry are missing from this story. Also the opening is from the later half of Bill's adventures.

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Ranger_Bill_Singles/Ranger_Bill_62-05-09_ep122_Fire_Bug_aka_The_Fisherman_And_The_Firebug.mp3

OTRR #143

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntKJCRdyepk

Saturday, April 11, 2026

RB077 Henry's Bus Trip

  Our Ranger Bill for Saturday afternoon

April 11, 2026, is RB077
Henry's Bus Trip

Henry is taking a long-distance bus trip home to Knotty Pine. He meets the Cavanaugh family and several other of the bus passengers. It’s getting dark and the mountain roads are getting rough, winding, and narrow. Rains have caused landslides, damaging the road and trapping the bus.

RB112 The Mad Bats

  RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning 4/11/2026, is:

RB112 The Mad Bats

 Bats invade the attic of the Phipps' home, and one even bites Edna Phipps. Bill and Stumpy go to evict the bats and discover the bats are sick with rabies! The boys get help fighting off the bats from some feathered friends. One of the Phipps' neighbors causes Bill even more trouble than those pesky bats. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfSf_Y4sHak

Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Golden Mole

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday morning 4/11/26

Holly the Golden Mole visits with Uncle Bob Devine today. Namibia in southern Africa is home to Holly. She lives under the sands of the Namibian Desert. She "swims" through and under those sands almost like swimming through water. Many other small creatures live in those sands and are food for Holly.

Holly's fur is the golden color for her 3-inch body. Listen to Holly tell you about life under the desert sands:

https://moodyaudio.com/products/holly-golden-mole