May 9, 2008
Day 2, summer trip 2008. We started the day with coffee about 6:30 this morning. We watched the local news and discovered that 60 miles to the north in Montgomery, Alabama they had tornadoes during the night. We heard a little thunder but had no bad weather. We were a little nervous about the storms and decided to get a better update before continuing our trip north. Strong winds and severe storms are not very good for RV’s. We saw some of the wind and tornado damage as we went through Montgomery later in the morning.
As we were breaking camp, I found one of the front tires on the car was low and needed to get the air compressor out. It was around eight in the morning and I didn’t see many neighbors out yet so I decided to wait awhile before making a lot of noise. After completing the usual camp breaking tasks and airing the tire it was 9:00 and we decided to leave. It was a couple of hours later when Char checked the time and we learned we had changed time zones. It was actually 1 hour earlier than we had thought. Then we understood why our neighbors were not up and out like normal campers.
This afternoon we had a very friendly welcoming as we set up at the campground. A pair of ducks came calling and stayed until we gave them a small treat of bread. They stayed a while, then bowed their thanks and went searching for the next free snack.
After dinner we walked to the pond to see the rest of the ducks and geese. We saw two baby ducklings with their mom and a few geese.
We also saw some gourd birdhouses hanging high with lots of activity going on around them. We wondered if they had babies or were just setting up there new homes.
There are some new kittens here also. We weren’t fortunate enough to see them as we wandered around the campground. The campground owner told us about a path through the woods to a small creek. This sounded like our kind of walk. The path was a little rough and muddy from the recent rain, the mosquitoes were getting bad and the camera battery had just died and I didn’t have another with me, so we turned and went back to our camper. Hopefully, next time we will be better prepared for this kind of walk.
Today was a better day as we only drove a couple hundred miles and stopped early. This is the way we like to travel. We have time after stopping to enjoy the natural beauty and surroundings of the campground. It also feels good to go for a walk after driving for a few hours.
As we were breaking camp, I found one of the front tires on the car was low and needed to get the air compressor out. It was around eight in the morning and I didn’t see many neighbors out yet so I decided to wait awhile before making a lot of noise. After completing the usual camp breaking tasks and airing the tire it was 9:00 and we decided to leave. It was a couple of hours later when Char checked the time and we learned we had changed time zones. It was actually 1 hour earlier than we had thought. Then we understood why our neighbors were not up and out like normal campers.
This afternoon we had a very friendly welcoming as we set up at the campground. A pair of ducks came calling and stayed until we gave them a small treat of bread. They stayed a while, then bowed their thanks and went searching for the next free snack.
After dinner we walked to the pond to see the rest of the ducks and geese. We saw two baby ducklings with their mom and a few geese.
We also saw some gourd birdhouses hanging high with lots of activity going on around them. We wondered if they had babies or were just setting up there new homes.
There are some new kittens here also. We weren’t fortunate enough to see them as we wandered around the campground. The campground owner told us about a path through the woods to a small creek. This sounded like our kind of walk. The path was a little rough and muddy from the recent rain, the mosquitoes were getting bad and the camera battery had just died and I didn’t have another with me, so we turned and went back to our camper. Hopefully, next time we will be better prepared for this kind of walk.
Today was a better day as we only drove a couple hundred miles and stopped early. This is the way we like to travel. We have time after stopping to enjoy the natural beauty and surroundings of the campground. It also feels good to go for a walk after driving for a few hours.
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