A Bird Feeder Visitor

 The usual birds and squirrels that hang around the bird feeder were not around this morning, but a visiting Red Tailed Hawk was hoping for lunch:

Until Next Time - 

Backyard Feeding

 I was getting bored, so I dug out the camera and chased birds & butterflies in the back yard.  Not much else is going on.  I did put new Goodyear Endurance tires on the trailer, including replacing the 6 year old spare.  The on-the-road tires only had 24,126 miles on them and could have gone another 4-5000, but since I still plan to head west in another month and have a trip to Michigan & Niagara Falls planned between now & then, I decided to replace them now rather than trying to find a place in Arizona.

Anyhow, some photos:

A Monarch Butterfly at the Butterfly Bush

Female Ruby Throat Hummingbird

Hairy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Female Ruby Throat Hummingbird

Female Ruby Throat Hummingbird

Until Next Time - 

Trip to Bolerama & Takoma Park, Day 12

 Sunday, July 16, 2023 - Home, Oswego, NY, 211.3 Miles, 1047 Miles For The Trip

We never got the heavy rain that was predicted, although it did rain a bit off & on all night. We packed up and were out of the park by 10:30. Most of the trip was on I470 & I81. A few stop & goes when it went to single lanes, but most of the trip was OK. I arrived at Oswego around 3:00. The blueberries are ready for the first picking, but the tomatoes and beans have a while to go. There are flowers on the cucumbers, but no fruit as yet.

The Tomatoes Are Still Green

The Pole Beans Are Climbing

The Blueberries Are Ready For The First Picking

Home And Parked

Dinner will be a trip to Rudy's for a shrimp plate.

Trip to Bolerama and Takoma Park, Day 11

 Saturday, July 15, 2023 - LeHigh Gorge Campground, Day 2, 0 Miles, 835.7 Miles For The Trip

A very slow day. I did walk around the campground. Most of the roads are gravel, and hilly. With the heavy rain yesterday & last night, some of the steeper roads were quite washed out. During the morning a tractor with a scraper/plow was rebuilding them. If that happens with every heavy rain, it looks like job security!

Other than sitting out reading, the walk was the only thing I did. We decided to have our main meal at lunch since storms were predicted for dinner time. A turkey Burger for me, and Bubba Burgers for Anne & Guido. Around what would have been dinner time, Anne & Guido went to the grocery store for water, etc.

Around 8:00 distant thunder was rattling, so we put in the awnings and headed inside. As I said, a slow day.

I do have a photo I can add - Karin sent me a copy of the one she took as she was getting ready to leave Cherry Hill on Thursday:

Jon, Ken, Lorna, Anne, Guido

Trip to Bolerama and Takoma Park, Day 10

Friday, July 14, 2023 - LeHigh Gorge Campground, 225.1 Miles, 835.7 Miles For The Trip

We left Cherry Hill on time, hit a few traffic slowdowns, bypassed one of them, and arrived at LeHigh Gorge around 3:00. We are in sites 5 & 6 (me in 6) pull through full hookup sites on gravel for $60.00 per night. I'm using the campground WiFi (although there is an AT&T signal) since it is fast (83Mbps down & 11Mbps up). After hooking up the utilities, I fired up the AC to cool down the trailer from the 85°F it reached during the drive here. While warm outside, it is far cooler than yesterday's 95°F at Cherry Hill. The predictions for tonight is down to the 60's, so sleeping might be comfortable & quiet!

Me in Site 6 (and the Guidos visiting)

Guidos in site 5

By the way, while Cherry Hill has the best showers of the trip, it isn't perfect. Lots of road noise, both day & night, and the flight path of a small airport goes over the campground. Still, for a campground in the middle of a DC suburb, it is surprisingly comfortable. While there are not any trees or other screening shrubs between sites, there is a good batch of them between rows, making it feel more like a state park than a commercial campground.

We were sitting outside of my trailer planning dinner, but what started out was a few drops of "is that rain?" turned into a thunderstorm. We are now back in our trailers. 

The plan for dinner is hamburgers since the tomato I bought the other day is just hanging in there. The heat has been rough of some supplies - we discovered that almost all our rolls are moldy, even an unopened package. 

Still not sure what is going to be for dinner. The rain (and lightning) keeps stopping, then starting, but with breaks too short to set up a grill & cook. It might be leftovers....

So the rain started up in earnest, so at least for me, dinner will be a Saffron Road Chicken Biryani microwaved bowl.