This is mostly going to be the photos I couldn’t upload yesterday. I’ll throw in a couple more. I intended to post a different update today, but without much of a connection, you kind of get the words yesterday and the pictures today.
We’re home now. I had my usual comedy of errors getting out of there. I couldn’t remove the sewer cap to flush out our holding tank. I left the dump station rather than back up traffic waiting to use the septic system.
I forgot my block for the trailer jack, so we had to loop back through the campground. It was still where we left it. While there, I decided to take a rock to the sewer cap and it worked like a charm. One more lap through the dump station and we got to head home.
This was what I wanted to call my office in the post yesterday.
This is the little doe that hangs around the campground. She browsed about ten feet from Otto this morning while he had his breakfast. Nothing interrupts that boy’s breakfast.
A glimpse at part of last night’s supper.
These boys were hanging around the dump station this morning and posing for photos. These are all mule deer, for those who only have white tails around.
I always hate to come home, but it’s good to be back.
Welcome back. Glad you got that sewer cap fixed. Don’t want to know what you would have to do if you couldn’t get it open. Nice neighbors you had there too.
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I had a fleeting thought about a boiling hot rag to see if I could expand the cap just enough. A few simple taps took care of it. The deer look a bit scroungy. They’re between winter and summer coat, and all still in the velvet.
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Is that how they usually long around this time?
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They’ll be a pretty buckskin color in a couple of weeks, then start growing a winter grey in September. All that velvet comes off and they polish up their antlers.
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Has to be amazing to see in person.
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Your office and kitchen look utterly delightful, Craig. Love your friends dropping by, too. Thanks for taking us away, my friend.
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Thanks for stopping around. The deer are a little rough looking since they’re between coats.
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I’m glad you posted the photos. Mule deer are huge.
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They can get really big. These three are young adults.
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Great pictures! You got a beautiful camping spot. I always love to see deer.
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Ponderosa State Park is always beautiful. We had to make our reservation back in January.
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Oh good! Look at that! 🙂
I hope you have a good week, Craig!
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Staycation the rest of the week.
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Oh man, I am totally jealous — this week at work is BRUTAL. It’s one of those ‘put out fires’ weeks, where you get sidetracked so many times you can’t remember what you were doin! Gah! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! 😀
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I’ve been there. Hope it calms down soon.
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Love the office and kitchen! Glad you had a nice time, and glad you’re home safely. Enjoy the rest of the week 🙂
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Thank you, Harmony.
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Welcome back. Love the pictures!
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Thanks, Staci.
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Nice photos. The lobster tail looks delish! Glad you made it home safely.
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We always try to make something fun while camping. I want to take our paella pan and the rice, then maybe see what their local markets have somewhere. Might be best if we ever go to the coast again. Add some clams, crab, snapper, etc.
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It’s lovely to see the photographs that go with your trip.
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I really wanted to weave them together, but my signal was too weak for that.
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Glad you enjoyed your camping trip, and were able to be so productive during it (even if you had to wait to upload these photos until you got home).
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I worked on a few projects during the quiet morning hours. It’s so relaxing to be able to work in a place like that.
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Beautiful photos, Craig. Looks like a gorgeous campground. Love the mule deer, too. Nope, we don’t have them here. Just white-tails and a smaller subspecies, of them, the Key deer. I did see mule deer from a distance in Colorado with my daughter last fall. And even an elk or two, again from a distance. Wonderful animals.
So glad you had a good time, but as you say, it’s always good to get home again, too. Welcome back! 🙂
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No elk this time. The park gets the occasional bear at night, but we avoided that. A couple years back a cow moose moved in around a swampy area.
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Those lobster tails look yummy!
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They were awesome, thanks.
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It looks like you had a peaceful break except for the sewage hassle. I like your office! We’ve had a few opportunistic deer in our garden lately, helping themselves to the kale. I like your woods variety better. Welcome home.
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It seems there are always a few issues to deal with on trips. Overall, I always score them in the plus column.
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I would agree with that!
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Great pictures. We don’t get this wildlife at our camp.
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It’s always exciting to see wildlife.
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That’s some office! Great pictures! I’m glad you were finally able to upload them. Love the deers. ❤
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Seem to be plenty of deer around the park. Other things show up, too, but we were limited to deer.
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Wow, those deer are something else! Sad to say, I’ve never seen one in the wild…just a few kangaroos 😊
I’d love a place like that to be my office. Imagine the peace and quiet for writing.
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I’ve done that multiple times. This time all my drafts are finished. You’re in a different part of the world. I don’t get to see cockatoos.
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Haha, cockatoos are a dime a dozen here. Funny isn;t it?
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