Monday, November 22, 2010

Glad to be settling down

Spent the day getting things set up which entails digging out the items that we pack up while travelling, setting up my computer desk, emptying tanks and filling water tank, setting up the dish and requesting a satellite change via phone, we cannot use the same satellite that we use in Alberta, some cleaning (travelling is a dirty business) the windows on the road side of the rig are so dirty we can hardly see through them from driving on wet roads but will wait until another day, we do not have that much ambition today, dusting and vacuuming will suffice for today. The dogs are great, it will take them a few days to realize that we are staying here, they let me know when I take them for walks that are thinking it is another travel day as they keep an eye on the truck if Woody is not with us, as I always walk them just before we leave a campground while Woody hooks up the rig, so when I start walking they keep looking back to see if the truck is going to move. The campground is not in as good shape as previous years and there are many stickers and such around, the poor puppies get them stuck in their feet and face. The one type of sticker is easy to pull out but the other one is sticky and has to be cut out; these get stuck in their fur. We spoke to Charlie (work camper and friend here) he said they just couldn’t keep up this summer due to the many monsoon rains here and Charlie says if they unable to keep the wild grasses and weeds cut they go to seed and then the only way to rid the ground of these pesky items is to burn them with a torch, raking does not help much. I try to keep the dogs on the road which is clean but of course the dogs seem to find any sticker that found its way onto the road. It is a beautiful warm day and we spent a good part of it just relaxing, well I spent the day mostly at home and Woody ventured out for some visiting, big surprise there eh! LOL. Some of our friends arrived earlier and of course Jim and Anne (Activity Coordinators here) stay the year around. Life is good!

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