On Wednesday, Feb. 7th I
was up at 7. Bill didn’t move, I knew he’d been up already at 6 but he was
sound asleep again. Clemson didn’t move either by the time I got coffee and
teas prepped so off I went for a walk. My goal was to tour the other side of
the pond which meant going out of the park.
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| My little tripod at work I didn't realize my shoes were reflective! |
It was another gorgeous morning and
instead of taking a walking stick, I took my funky little tripod. I only have
so many hands you know! It was 54F so almost 10 degrees warmer than yesterday
when I headed out. I only wore my windbreaker and I was quite comfortable. No
wind, that makes a huge difference.
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| I wished for my good camera and zoom lens Good morning, Madame Heron |
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| this is a better picture |
I stopped at the pond and set up my
tripod and got a selfie standing on the dock. It has been a while since I used
my little toy. As I was doing this, I noticed the tailless quackers but then I
saw a beautiful white heron coming in for a landing. He posed for me so I was
able to make sure I had a good picture. After leaving there, I found the road
to the fishing dock that could be seen from the south side of the pond.
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| Strange gnarly cactus |
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| Birds on a Wire I think it is a community meeting |
It is interesting to see where
boondockers set up camp. Instead of coming into the park, or maybe waiting for
their reservation date, this motor coach was parked along the roadside for the
night. Looks like a nice spot with the exception of the traffic. 2 buses and 3
large trucks passed me within 15 minutes which could just be morning workers.
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| Boondockers and shadow person They are close to the road but a nice pull off spot for one night |
I found the gravel lane that took me
to the pond and there was one pick-up truck there indicating that I was not
alone. As I walked to the edge I could see the owner of the truck down fishing
off the dock. It wasn’t long and I saw a blue heron doing a swoop around. This
is why I was here and I did my best to capture him with our little point and
shoot.
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| I'm not done with the heron yet |
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| Nor am I done with the sunrise It is so pretty reflecting on the pond |
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| told ya |
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| The road was hard packed gravel so you could drive on it |
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| From the north, looking across at Yuma Lakes RV Park |
After wandering around a bit, I
retraced my steps back to the road. I didn’t know how long I’d been gone, it seemed
like quite a while so hurried my step. I like it when Bill and I have our first
cuppa together.
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| He said he wasn't catching anything Probably because the herons were getting lucky |
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| Mister Blue Heron |
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| If you can see through the blur, I see the beginnings of a beautiful relationship OR she's saying "it's about time you got home!" |
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| This picture is looking across the pond to the entrance to the park |
He was out with Clemson at the front of the Suite and informed
me that he had just got up so good timing on my part. We read a bit and talked
about the day ahead.
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| dragging his leash, Clemson comes to greet me |
We had an appointment for Clemson to
get his bath and haircut at Pet’s Smart for 11:30 so we had our showers and had
a poached egg on toast. That should fill us for a few hours. We drove to P.S.
and left the little guy with Alivia, even though it was clear he didn’t want to
stay. She had to pick him up as we were leaving. We decided to split up.
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| From this full grown palm tree, a baby grows at the base |
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| Look quickly and you can see that this elephant is trying to decide if he can go on the grass |
I was having some browsing/shopping
withdrawal symptoms so a good fix was for Bill to leave me at it. No point in
him following me around, neither of us would enjoy that. So, I told him to go
do what he wanted, Harbor Freight and O’Reilly’s and I would meander into Old
Navy, Beall’s and Ross’s. Oh my, do I love Ross’s! They have nice clothes, nice
sales and although long line-ups, friendly staff.
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| He appears happy here and ready for a new do |
You don’t need to ask
if I found anything because I did and I’m very happy now. When I was in Beall’s,
the last stop, I was checking out wallets. Mine is in need of replacement but
it is difficult to find one with all the features I want. It has to have a
place for my DL, a zippered or snap coin pocket, a place for bank cards as well
as a slot for paper bills. Full length paper bills, not folded ones.
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| Love everything about my new wallet even the colour, it will be easy to see in my purse |
Bill called while I was
checking them out. Pet Smart called and Alivia said she was unable to clip
Clemson today, he was panicked (?) and she wasn’t comfortable moving ahead. Oh
no! He was leaving Harbor Freight and I stopped debating price on ‘the’ perfect
wallet and checked out. I was closer so walked back to their store to retrieve
the little guy. Of course, my heart was in my throat thinking what happened to
him?
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| Clemson is still walking quite briskly even on these slippery floors! |
When she brought him
out he was wrapped in a blanket, wet and shivering from just coming out of the
bath. She explained that he freaked out at the blow dryer and started barking
and barking. Hmm, Clemson? If you know our pooch, barking is not something you
often hear from him, so this is weird. She was uncomfortable trimming him,
afraid she would panic him even more. Fair enough.
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| "wait a minute, where are you guys going?" |
She had managed to trim
his nails and clean his ears before his bath and graciously apologized, told us
to keep the towel and said it was no charge. Well, that was nice of her. We
still have a fluffy dog in need of a hair cut although he is clean and he now
has his very own pretty blue towel. It is unfortunate because we know he feels
the 80+ temperatures more than us. We’ll just utilize our a/c more often during
the day to help him cope and try again in Sierra Vista later in the month.
We drove home and at my
request, we stopped at Luz’s Cactus Garden on our corner so I could see what
she offered. No vegetables, mostly dried fruit, nuts, honey, dates and other
packaged munchies. Pleasant pretty gal, she was friendly and welcomed me to
browse. All I left with was 3 grapefruit for $1 but at least now I know. We
grabbed a bite to eat and Bill and Clem went up for a snooze. At 2:30 it was
time for me to get changed and walk up to the pool. This is our last day here
and I would like another swim.
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| Another picture taken on my morning walk I thought seeing the white duck/goose was cool and then I saw the heron |
I walked up to the pool
and took a dip right away. It was a dip that lasted 30 minutes and then I sat
out to dry off and read my book. At 3:45 I texted Bill to see if he was going
to join me and he was instead putting things away for our move tomorrow. No
problem, so I got back in the water and floated around chatting with Barb and
another lady who’s name I missed.
Hilarious parrot stories
she was telling us, made me think of Nancy K. When the sun began hiding and the
pool was partially in the shade, I got out and sat for another few minutes. It
was 4:30 when I walked back to the Suite and found Bill and Clemmy outside,
reading. Even though it got to 80+ today, there was a nice breeze and, in the
shade, that breeze gave me a chill after the swim.
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| Many of us in the park are trying to figure this huge house out It must be like townhouses, there are 6 garages |
Early today, before we
went to Yuma, I started a soup with a Ham hock, potatoes, chicken broth, onion,
garlic, carrots and peas. The Suite was smelling awesome all afternoon. We hadn’t
really decided what to have for supper but Bill (the one who doesn’t care that
much for soup on a hot day) suggested we have the soup. That way he could put
the Weber Q away too.
To spruce the soup up,
I made some dumplings and dropped them in on top of the broth. Outside we got
into a conversation with Judy and Bill next door and Verna, our Scottish
friend. She has such a lovely accent and such verbal diarrhea that we just love
listening to her. Bill took Clemson over to meet Sara, their 5 yr old Doberman. One of the calmest large dogs I've met. By the time the dumplings would be done, close to 7 we came
inside and had supper. That was delicious!
My soup/stew with dumplingsand leftovers!
Here I am downloading
pictures and finishing my post after dishes. Bill is reading, Fluffy Clemson is
dozing in my chair. It has been a wonderful day here again today. I feel
content. We’ve met a lot of people here in this park and although I can’t keep
their travel routes after they leave here straight, I know they are enjoying
their adventure as much as we are enjoying ours. I hope you have all had a
great day too.
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| Still morning sun as I walked back into the park Okay now I'm done. |
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