Sleep In

We finally got a chance to catch up on some badly needed sleep today. We got up at 9:30 a.m., only to find that it was actually 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. Half of the day was gone already, but we definitely felt more rested. It rained steadily but not hard all night last night, but cleared up during the day. On our morning walk we took some photos of the campground.

Mallet pool (pockets look like PVC caps)

Outdoor ping pong, mallet pool, and volleyball are new games

Ducks quacking along the river front. Maybe we'll give them some food?

Elegant streetlamps were moved from the bridge because they couldn't stand up to the vibration from big rigs.

Later in the day we took our laundry to the Clothesline Laundry in town. It was unexpectedly large and well equipped. We always like to use front loaders, and some of theirs are newer high efficiency models.

Then we went to the Apple Valley Market and Natural Foods store. For a small town, we found a good selection of organics, although the prices were a bit high.

We saw deer tracks on our walk this evening, and a bit later, a deer emerged from the trees and browsed along the edge of the meadow. I tried to get a photo, but it was too far away and all my shots were blurry. We were delighted to see lightening bugs flashing in the dusk. Like the cicadas, their show is all in service of passing on their genes to the next generation.

We are missing our friends already. We won't see them again until we meet in the Rio Grande Valley in the fall.

Tonight we played some Rummikub. Ken won two of the three rounds.

We had Portobello Mushroom Stroganoff for dinner and strawberry crepes with whipped cream for dessert. Yummy as usual. Tomorrow is our fourteenth anniversary and of course the Summer Solstice.