The campground opens in two days and three people are registered to spend this weekend here, so today Mark and I started helping with cleaning in preparation for the beginning of the season. Continue reading
Tag Archives: wildlife
Exploring our surroundings
Mark’s first order of business this morning was to unload his Harley from the back of the truck. I don’t believe I’ve ever talked about what goes into this process. Here’s the story in pictures: Continue reading
Bird identification – Guest blog by you!
So many of you have written with names for the birds I posted on my blog yesterday. Here is what some of you had to say: Continue reading
While we wait…
We leave on Wednesday for Ellison Bay, but in the meantime we’ve been working on getting some things done. This weekend we ceased working for a bit and had some fun. Continue reading
Galveston, Oh Galveston!
Yesterday Mark and I left the San Antonio area and spent the night in Port Aransas, an island just off the coast of Corpus Christi. It was a typical beach town, but we were in a tightly packed RV park away from the beach. I was uninspired there, but I took a few pictures. Continue reading
Hunting season
Hunting season has begun. Continue reading
From Valdez, AK, Part 2
One of the perks of working for Rose and Mike is that they are friends with Stan Stephens and his family. Stan Stephens started a successful cruise ship business a number of years ago, and then he tried to sell it. The folks he sold it to couldn’t make a go of it, so he got the business back. Now his kids run it. Since our boss is friends with them, they let workers at Tok RV Village take the cruise for free. We’re taking an extra day off work this week for this trip, and today we got to go on the cruise. Continue reading
From Valdez, AK
Yes, you read that right! We’re in Valdez: famous for the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and the Valdez earthquake of 1964. We had intended to go to church this morning, but it was canceled, apparently due to lack of interest. That meant we were able to make an earlier start than we had anticipated. We left Tok at 1:00 and arrived in Valdez around 7:00, having made a stop in Glennallen for dinner at 4:00. I’ll tell more about what we’re doing here tomorrow, but for now I have pictures to share: Continue reading
Three little birds
This morning I was doing inventory in the gift shop when I heard a noise. I looked back through the back room to the enclosed porch and saw a small bird inside, beating it’s wings against the window trying to get out. Continue reading
Black birds? Ravens? Crows?
I used to think that black bird, raven and crow were all names for the same bird. Not so. Whereas crows make a sound like “Caw! Caw!”, ravens make a sound more like “Elk! Elk!” I guess that’s appropriate for this area. 😉