Start of another week on the prairie. This is a gofer tortoise we saw on one of our rides. Know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?? 
As usual the campground fills up on the weekends and this was no exception. There was a large group of “Dads and Daughters” from what appeared to be a church. They took over 4 campsites and there must have been 12 little girls ranging from maybe 4 to pre-teen. The hiked, made banners and seemed to have a good time. But there were more kids! Another group must have been three families with 10-12 pre-teen to teen aged boys and girls. They had separate boys and girls tents and you can imagine how occupied the ladies bath room was all weekend.
Saturday Judy made an apple pie and we had a couple of the other volunteers over for pie and coffee. We sat around curing all the ills of the campground – and the world.
When we went into town last Friday we bought a fruit picker so we can get to the oranges which are higher up in the trees. In the hammock by the equestrian sites there are three or four ‘wild’ citrus. They must be 35 foot high in among the cabbage palms and live oaks. The oranges down low have all been picked, but there are lots of them up higher. Judy has fresh juice nearly every morning.
Monday we started the first painting project. Because of the dampness/mold issues and the hot sun, we first are coating the entire kiosk with KILZ as a primer. But before we could begin that step, Charlie wanted us to wash it down with a weak bleach mixture. After completing that we both smelled like swimming pool. We did get started on the Kilz on Tuesday, but had to knock off about noon. The winds were up and some rain was on its way. That meant that the afternoon was spent doing whatever – and that meant more sewing and nap time.
Here is one of the burros in with the cattle on the ranch next to the park.
There are three and they are to keep the coyotes at bay. Remember seeing lots of them on the ranches out west. Not sure how or why they keep the coyotes away, but it must work as there is a burro ranch on the way into town.
As usual the campground fills up on the weekends and this was no exception. There was a large group of “Dads and Daughters” from what appeared to be a church. They took over 4 campsites and there must have been 12 little girls ranging from maybe 4 to pre-teen. The hiked, made banners and seemed to have a good time. But there were more kids! Another group must have been three families with 10-12 pre-teen to teen aged boys and girls. They had separate boys and girls tents and you can imagine how occupied the ladies bath room was all weekend.
Saturday Judy made an apple pie and we had a couple of the other volunteers over for pie and coffee. We sat around curing all the ills of the campground – and the world.
When we went into town last Friday we bought a fruit picker so we can get to the oranges which are higher up in the trees. In the hammock by the equestrian sites there are three or four ‘wild’ citrus. They must be 35 foot high in among the cabbage palms and live oaks. The oranges down low have all been picked, but there are lots of them up higher. Judy has fresh juice nearly every morning.
Monday we started the first painting project. Because of the dampness/mold issues and the hot sun, we first are coating the entire kiosk with KILZ as a primer. But before we could begin that step, Charlie wanted us to wash it down with a weak bleach mixture. After completing that we both smelled like swimming pool. We did get started on the Kilz on Tuesday, but had to knock off about noon. The winds were up and some rain was on its way. That meant that the afternoon was spent doing whatever – and that meant more sewing and nap time.
Here is one of the burros in with the cattle on the ranch next to the park.
There are three and they are to keep the coyotes at bay. Remember seeing lots of them on the ranches out west. Not sure how or why they keep the coyotes away, but it must work as there is a burro ranch on the way into town.
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