Full Time RV Living–We Were Just Pooped

The entire month of March was  grueling. . .just flat wore us out .  We were told the month of March/April would be the busiest in the park, and they were correct. . .Spring Break Week. . .ai yai yai. . .

but we survived, and in an effort to recuperate drove over to Brazos Bend State Park to visit Park Host friends Judy and Dick Mott.  We originally met them in Estes Park last summer, where we all park hosted for Larimer County. . .then later, when Fort Parker had an opening, they called us, and we park hosted with them for a few weeks there. 

I love the juxtaposition of the flowers with the alligator

This reminds me of post cards I've seen at National Preserves

Young alligators were everywhere. . .not in the least bit afraid

this humongous specimen. . .Dick said it was a female. . .was lying fairly close to the walking path.  I can certainly see why patrols are posted on the weekends. . .they say the teenagers will walk right up to the alligators, even go so far as to poke them with a stick.  I would say. . .if this one gets ahold of ya. . .you are in a world of trouble!

I almost wish we had followed them over to Brazos Bend. . .so many fascinating, fabulous things to see.

Notice the young gator at the bottom of the pic. . .almost camouflaged

and all the different varieties of birds. . .just amazing!

Anhinga drying it’s wings

After a five mile bike ride around two lakes. . .getting off multiple times to take pics. . .and an hour drive home. . .I lay down across the bed and went into a coma. . .a seriously relaxing day. . .thanks Judy and Dick for playing hosts. . .we loved it!

Full Time RV Living–It’s War Around Here

In our last blog post I showed your our resident wren’s nest located up in an exhaust vent.

Because I felt guilty about destroying all their hard work,

I laid the nest materials out on the picnic table,

where they quickly began gathering them up. . .

here’s where I found their latest homebuilding attempt. . .

sorry guys. . .still not gonna work. . .

Wonder what the plan is now. . .I’m keepin’ an eye out!

A very nice surprise this week. . .my brother brought my Dad and Uncle by to visit. . .

They were on their way to the deer lease to hunt hogs,

so I made home made pulled pork barbecue sliders

using home made Parker House Style rolls. . .

I used Alton Brown’s recipe. . .they were dee-lish-us!

the rest of the week has been spent on our park host duties. . .

while I met with Ranger Lisa about a school group that will be here next week. . .

Dave mowed the sites in our camping lot in preparation for the weekend campers!

Til next time,

Janice

Full Time RV Living–Busy Busy Holiday Weekend in the Volunteer World

Wow. . .it’s been busy around here. . .

The Thanksgiving Day group totaled about 75. . .as did the group on Saturday. . .

waiting for today’s crew to show.

They’ve all done a marvelous job of cleaning up. . .

so all we need to do afterwards is swab out the bathrooms. . .

clean little hand prints, and nose prints off the glass. . .