Time winding down

We have less than a week here at the campground. Wow, our time here has gone fast! I can't believe tomorrow is September 1st!  We are surrounded by soybean and corn fields, they are just starting to dry out. So, it won't be long before the farmers start harvesting. We are going to be full this weekend for Labor Day, the last summer hooray! 
Not much happening at the campground.  Last Tuesday we had a camper pull in and asked at the front desk if our campground was quiet. He was told yes, which it is during the week and we are pretty strict on our quiet hours 10pm to 8am. Well, Wednesday is mowing day and he got a little upset when we started mowing. DUH!!  The problem was, his chronically ill wife sleeps during the day and it needs to be quiet. The owner went over to talk to him, and told him that to keep our campground nice, we need to keep up with our maintenance schedule. So, they compromised and just mowed on the south side of the campground and not the north, where he was.  I bet they don't find too many campgrounds that would accommodate them, that well.

I found this grill grate of the Internet a while back, just thought is was funny.-Later-M

campground news

Yesterday we had a motorhome come in and backed into the water/electric post at their site.  OOPS!!  That didn't make the owners of the campground very happy. The motorhome is new to the guy and I just don't think he is use to it yet.  Hopefully he gets out and double checks or has a helper from now on. Or it could get a little costly for him!

He put a little dent in his bumper, but that still hurts, especially when it's a new rig!

Also yesterday we had a couple from Australia come in. The lady flew to L.A. and went with a group to do a 22 cities in 26 days tour of the southern United States. And then the guy flew to New York to meet her and they now are renting a Motorhome and driving back to L.A.  They are heading to Yellowstone from here. She told us about the places they have stopped and to listen to her in her Australian accent was interesting. Very cool couple!

That's life at the campground!!-M

It's a moth, no a bird, OMG it's a bat!!

Vel and I did our rounds, to check on things, at the campground last evening. We walked into the dark office and I saw something fly from the corner of my eye. I just thought it must be a big moth. As I was walking towards the front of the office, I realized how big it was, a bird.  It was flying so fast, it took us a few fly bys to realize that it was a bat!  OMG!!!! So, then I duck, and Vel is yelling to turn on the lights and open the door. That's what I did, ducking the whole time!!  Vel grabbed a towel and is shooing it towards the door!  It didn't want to be in there any more than we wanted it in there.  And after about 10 circles around the room it finally exited!!  Whew!!!! Thank Goodness, it was out of there!!!  Gave me the hebe jebes!!!  I like bats when they are outside eating the mosquitoes, not inside!!
So, that was our excitement for the evening!! Enough of that!-M

Winding down

This tree frog was on the CRV's back door the other day. Cute little thing!  We have alot of toads here at the campground. Last weekend there was a group of girls "collecting" them.  I walked over to the playground at 10 pm, to remind them of "quiet time" and they had at least 25 of the toads on the slide.  They were going to count them and then let them go. Poor things!
We have less than 3 weeks left here at the campground.  Then we will head to Lincoln, because Vel has decided to get her other knee replaced. So, after she recovers from that, we will head south! 

Vel's CRV hit the 100,000 mile mark this summer, it's been a good little car!  I don't think she is going to take it south this winter, so she has to decide whether to sell it or just store it. Time will tell!

Not much going on, I think we both have hitch itch, we are ready for our next stop! Later-M

cooling down finally

Not much going on at the campground. There are quite a few people heading home from Sturgis and staying the night. They all look pretty exhausted! One guy said it was his 1st time and might be his last," too crazy up there" is what he said. 

It has finally cooled down today, it's suppose to be in the upper 50's tonight. Good camping weather!!

Tucker has his "let's play ball" face, just waiting for someone to throw the ball!

Later-M