Last Day in Paradise

We have been at Brushy Creek Campground for nine days now. It's uplifting to look out our windows and see all the green, tall pine trees, squirrels, birds, and the lake. We have a great place to walk and to breathe. But enough is enough. We tend to sit still too much in a peaceful place like this.

Tonight we are under a tornado watch, but the weather so far has belied that forecast. We're hoping to be spared. The images on TV are harrowing--cities and lives turned upside down, people killed or injured, scenes of utter devastation.

We will be moving on tomorrow. Today we did some of our chores: checking and topping off the tire pressures; spraying silicone on our slideout rams, jacks, and hitch; and cleaning part of our rubber roof with Tide.

It wasn't all work today, though. We did a 40 minute bike ride around the campground this morning and half an hour walking tonight. We played Upwords (Ken beat me by three points at the very end).

We watched a NOVA episode titled Power Surge about ways to reduce carbon emissions. The approach recommended was called the Wedge Theory: piecing together an array of currently available technologies and resources to prevent further rise in carbon emissions while still providing the power required by developed societies. It actually made the achievement of this objective sound doable.

We watched an episode of South Riding from PBS Masterpiece Classics. It's not Upstairs Downstairs, but we are looking forward to the second episode.

For supper we had fish tacos--but an unusual recipe, with canned salmon for the fish. They were delicious, along with the zucchini and onions and the rice with tomatoes, onions, and peppers. I'd hesitate to call it Mexican food--possibly Mexican inspired?