Time Flies

I can't believe that this is already Sunday!  Last Wednesday was my niece's 4th birthday-Happy Birthday, Zoe!  This picture is a couple years old, she is much taller and older now! 

The campground is very full! Friday and Saturday were great warm weather days and the moon was full! ( yes that's a McDonald's sign under the moon).  Sunday it rained in the morning and cooled off and has been cloudy most of the day.  Not a very good pool day.  A couple of campers left early, not sure why, maybe because of the cool weather.  I don't really have any interesting camping stories to tell.  Vel has had a few little boys dancing around outside the bathrooms when she closes them to clean them, and then their faces show a sigh of relief when she allows them to go inside. 

The fishing has been good in the lake, the store sold out of night crawlers, so then the can corn went, and someone said hot dogs is good for bait also. I haven't heard how that worked, yet.   There are lots of kids, bikes, dogs, campfires, cars, it's definitely a holiday weekend!                                            My folks, brother, sister- in- law and niece came over this afternoon for a visit.  It was nice to see them!                  

The sun is starting to peek out, it should be another beautiful evening!-M

Sunrise

We have had a couple good rain showers since we've been here.  And some beautiful sunrises! I know we've also had a few pretty sunsets, but I haven't gotten a picture of them, yet.

We had a RPOD trailer come in the other day. I like the looks of them, as they remind me of teardrop trailers, but a little larger.  This one had a little pop-out sleeping area-pretty cool.

We are getting ready for the Memorial Weekend, the campground will be full!  We'll have to see what interesting stories will come up! Stay Tuned!-M

Not much to write about

It hasn't been too busy here at the campground. Vel's been doing great with her knee. She's able to do her jobs, cleaning bathrooms, cabins, mowing on the rider, and even using the push mower.  We've had a few interesting camper's come in. Some College students on their way to Wyoming to do some archeology digs.  A family from Holland, that have resided in the States for a few years, that took a month off to travel. A couple from England traveling the States.
Last year I checked in a couple of gentlemen that wanted a tent site. I asked them what they are driving and looked out the window to see 2 mopeds. To my surprise they were traveling across the United States, they started in Seattle area and were headed to the east coast. They could only go about 35mph and were taking all the back roads. Now that's a slow way to see the country!
That's it for now-M

working away in MargarettaVel

Back to work!  Vel and I worked 2 hours Sun, Mon, and Tues, each.  Boy it's tough!! Ha Ha! We are slooowwwwllly getting back into it!   Tuesday morning I walked over to the lake and had my coffee, the water was very calm.  The other day I saw a couple of White Pelicans, but didn't see any that morning.  They probably are on their way to Canada for the summer. 

           A couple of weeks ago, our friend, Michelle, made us a really cool bag for our travels. It is insulated and has pockets inside.  The material is all of the States and the State Capital!  We Love It!!   Then, when we stopped by on Monday,  she was in a Martha Stewart mood and made us some chocolate chip cookies and banana bread. (they were excellent!)  But, then she got really creative and made a jean short bag to put them in.  It is too cute!  It has plenty of pockets, too!  She even had to fix a hole in one of them.   She's got plenty of ideas for her bag business!!!  What will she think of next?

Oh, and Vel's follow up Drs appointment for her knee, on Monday, was very good!  She can start riding her bike and start building up her thigh muscles, by climbing some stairs.  The Dr. is very pleased with her progress, but said that since she has had so much done to it over the years, that it will still ache for a while. All is good!-M 

Settled in for the Summer

Friday we drove to our Summer Workamping job in Iowa.  We have a nice site, towards the front of the campground.  This is the same one we worked at last year, so it's nice to see familiar faces. And there are a few new ones, too!  I'll be working in the office and Vel will be mowing, cleaning bathrooms and cabins.  Since it was a wet winter here, the small lake next to us is pretty full.  We are anxious to get the kayaks out!  Bring on summer!!

  I couldn't get a clear picture, but Saturday morning when I looking out our window, I saw this Indigo Bunting!  It is a bird that we saw last year in Texas, very pretty!  So, I don't know if it is just migrating north or if it's here for the summer. I'll have to keep tabs on it, hopefully this is their home for the summer.

Here are a couple of shots of our rig in my folk's driveway. It just fits and I'm sure their neighbors don't really like us blocking their view to the main street. Their neighbor right next to them has a pop-up camper sitting in his driveway. It's kind of fun to see the comparison.  That's what we started out with years ago.  We even pulled it to Oregon a couple of times, to see Vel's family. We have a few pop-up stories!  Like having a tire blow-out in the middle of nowhere Wyoming, and we couldn't get the bad tire off!  So, we had to drive on the shoulder of interstate, back to a scarry little gas station, that had a nice couple running it, to help us.  We ended up camping next to the gas station for the night, I'm not sure either one of us slept.    Or the time we pulled into someplace by Salt Lake City for the night. It was dark and storming, we were at a campground by a creek.  It rained very hard all night, we thought for sure by morning we would be floating down the creek somewhere.  Memories! -M