Finally Something Other Than Driving

Saturday 2-24 - Up early and feeling very rested. Have a feeling this is going to be a Henry and Patti day - forget about Hagar and Helga.

One thing about camping is once it gets dark, unless you have a campfire, you go to bed soon after. We did not bring the TV this trip but do have half a dozen DVD’s but alas this park has no power. This morning my honey made a great breakfast. He had grapefruit and we both had pancakes, bacon and hot tea. I pre-cooked bacon and wrapped them in four slice portions and froze them so they can be crumbled into scrambled eggs or like we did this morning, just slip the bacon into the pan with the pancakes.

So rested and well fed we went out to explore. I took pictures of the sun coming over the tops of the mountains. As you might imagine, firsgt the peaks are aglow with sunlight and as the minuites pass, the sunlight slides down the mountain face until finally it is here in the campground. I would never tire of watching the day begin this way.

The campground is full of Western Bluebirds and Mexican and Grey Jays. Lots of folks are looking at them. There is a creek passing through the campground so hiked along the creek looking for found wood or pretty rocks. I always bring rocks home, don’t ask me why!

Back to camp after our hike and Henry wants to take the bikes out so we rode around tcampground and that was enough for me. Snacked on some string cheese then Henry rode off to explore and I got to carving on a woodspirit in cottowood bark, Is this living or what???

Sitting in the sun feeling lazy and writing in my journal. Henry is studying the mountain and rock surfaces with his spotting scope and trying to convince me that his stories or versions of what caused some unusual feature is true and should be believed. We saw two deer pass behind our site today. There is a fair amount of dodo around and about and Henry has identified it as—well several different possibilities - I’m just sure it is dodo.

It has been a wonderful day. Himself just buzzed through again on his bike. Wonder where he plans to walk off the leg cramps that are sure to hit in the middle of the night. I guess he’ll have to take a walk on the wild side...with da bears.