HOW NOT TO RV

HOW NOT TO RV by Jennifer Flower is a free Kindle upload, and a very funny book. I even think that folks who do not RV fulltime will enjoy this book. Allow me please to return to our week stay in Caroline's front yard. Before anyone gets the wrong idea, we had a blast with Caroline, Sam and the boys and cherish every minute that we are able to spend with them. However, their friend, "Big Al," who lives a short piece down the road from them raises Black Angus cattle and they pasture close to Caroline and Sam's house. Our first night out of The Forest, we were serenaded by "Big Al's" cattle mooing, baying, and making strange loud noises throughout the night. I noticed on the following day that the cattle were again not out to pasture all day. We were serenaded once more on the second night so I inquired what in the world is "Big Al" doing to his cattle. They informed me that he was weaning 150 calves, and he couldn't let them back out to pasture until they were completely weaned from their MAMMAS! So our nightly chorus highlighted the Mammas calling for their little ones and the calves calling for their Mammas! We stayed at Caroline's for a week, and those unfortunate cattle were not let out to pasture once. Just thought it was funny because I have never given any consideration to how you wean a calve. It was hard enough to wean my two children. There is a big hay pasture in Caroline's front yard, and the owner decided to mow it down on Saturday before Easter Sunday. Most of Caroline's Easter guests were sneezing and poor Kelly's eyes were so swollen that she looked Oriental. On the following Wednesday the farmer got out into the pasture and raked his hay up into rows. Then he spent two full days bailing baling it up into bales. Lincoln enjoyed each pass of the tractor with the baling machine (whatever it is called) on back spitting out bales of hay about every 25 yards. The photo below is of Phil, cousin Lily, and Lincoln climbing on a bale of hay. They are all so cute. I promised the kids a huge game of Hide N Seek around the bales when we visit the next time.

Billy and I are still somewhat busy sprucing up the campground for Memorial Day weekend. We surprisingly had almost all of our waterfront sites full with weekend guests this past weekend. We are still immensely enjoying our unlimited supply of water, and Billy grilled dinner for us outside tonight and we did not have to rush to cool the grill, clean the grill and put it out of bear's reach or scent. It still seems strange to us to not be "bear aware" at all times. Our refrigerator/freezer saga continues. We had a repairman out Sunday to look at it, and he has had to order a part that will not arrive until May 7th or 9th. MEANWHILE, yesterday out of the clear blue sky the freezer managed to freeze once again. Whatever! It is under factory warranty so we just want it to be dependable. On that note, allow me to close for now and go to our refrigerator across the street for a soda. "Life is Good Today" as always!