Home Sweet RV Home

I've been here at the RV park long enough now to feel settled in. The fall colors are really popping out now that days are so much shorter and we've had a couple of frosty nights. I've got plenty of entertainment right outside my door, as you'll see from the slideshow at right - birds galore, and a little kitty friend who came to watch them the other day. I've counted at least 10 different bird species at my feeder - often all at the same time, but many are so shy that the minute I approach the door to take a photo they disappear. I'll say one thing, they are eating me out of house and home. If the volume of sunflower seeds that has disappeared is any clue it's going to be a very cold winter!

Moving on

Some of you know we've spent the past month madly packing. Our house sold, and with a 30 day escrow we really had to hustle! Steve just arrived with the u-haul at The Ranch this evening. I've been staying in the RV at an RV park near work. It will be a strange couple of months, but we've had worse! Steve will be back by the end of the month to cheer on the Ducks at the game against SC. Go Ducks!!

Summer Travels

I guess a late update is better than none!
We had a great trip in July as we wandered our way down to Nevada for the annual Happy Birthday America BBQ. We spent several days at Eagle Lake, just north of Susanville in California. We’d never stayed there before so it was an experiment. A nice quiet campground which we had almost to ourselves, a nice view of the lake, and though we never saw him, we had an antelope snorting and whistling at us every evening.

We lounged in camp, read, and whipped up a great new Dutch Oven recipe, "Pete's Pot roast". Check The Cookhouse blog for that. We took a side trip one day, down to Susanville to visit a bookstore and stock up on some California history titles, then over to the Belfast petroglyphs. If it hadn’t been so hot we probably would have stayed longer, but we got several nice shots, enough to study the glyphs at my leisure.

The 4^th of July BBQ was the usual success. Matt won the croquet match this year, but my camera was acting up so I don’t have shots of the “awards ceremony”. There was a really good turnout this year, with some folks showing up that we hadn’t seen for awhile.

Closely following that trip was the annual Tailgate Training Camp. We tossed horseshoes, did several sets of 12 oz. curls, tent set-up, and the camp cook hustle, and I think we’re ready for the first game!