May 2021

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Hi All!

So I have decided I will try to update my blog monthly. I am staying here in this park for the summer and very possibly through the winter. I really like it here!

June 1st marked 11 months living in my RV on the road! In reality it has been over a year now since I moved into my RV before I sold my house. I still love it. My RV (Wanda) is really comfortable and feels like home. It's nice not having to worry about a house (mortgage) and all the upkeep and utility bills.

The best part is knowing I can just pick up and move on whenever to wherever I want!

Had a great visit with Phil and Pam and Gavin. They flew to Denver to pick up their new really nice truck and stopped by here on their way home. It was a short visit but great to see them!! Unfortunately we didn't take a picture :-(

I finally took a drive up onto the National Monument. It is a 23 mile drive that goes right along the edge. There are several areas to pull off and hike to scenic views, which I did. There is a lot of history there.

Cool story!

I will be hiking to this spot from down below in the near future!!

Coal caves

Still loving the animals around. For some reason I'm getting animals coming to my site. We can't figure out why, I don't leave any food out. These ducks were sleeping here every night for a while.

There was a cat and then a stray dog that were also hanging out here, sorry, I didn't get pictures.

We have birds nesting at the shop too.....

And of course the geese! The babies are getting big!!

I am still learning to operate different equipment. Got to run the bobcat! That was really fun!!

And never get tired of spotting deer!!

I love the sunsets here.....

Went on another hike just across the river. It was really nice. The views were amazing. First 3+ miles were uphill. Did about 7 miles.

Happy face rock!

Almost half way at the turn around point, break time.

Very cool app that records where you go!! Play the video!

A few days later I had an awesome surprise visit from my friends Jim and Della from Fallon, Nv!! It was a short visit but great to see them! So glad they stopped by!

And last but not least....I did another mod in my "house". I added a counter extension on my kitchen island. I love it!!

Well I think that covers my month of May! Stay well everybody!!

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Not much new here....spring is finally in the air! There are many geese that migrate here for the winter. Most of them have already left for the summer except these guys that need to raise their young first. They mostly hang out in the lake but I have seen them in the river as well. I just can't get enough of them they are so cute!!

This guy was watching me fish and hoping I would share (fat chance!)

These guys were sleeping outside my door! Cute little quackers LOL

We've been working on cleaning up some over growth (that's not me!)

We also got the irrigation system started. One section was stuck on all night down by the river (we didn't know it was on). Temperatures get pretty cold at night, so this happened! It looked really cool!

It's crazy how many "newbie" RVers are on the road now. We see a lot of them here and trust me it's easy to tell who they are. This guy opened his slide and took out the water faucet. It took us a few hours in the rain to fix it.

I like walking around the park in the evening and checking out the RV's, you see some interesting rigs. This one was really tiny and cute....

That wraps it up for this update. Stay well everybody!!

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It's been a while since my last update.....I've been busy! I am still here in Colorado with no departure any time soon. I am really liking it here! The campground is now just about full every night, and is booked until the end of the summer. 

I am learning and doing lots of fun stuff helping in the park maintenance dept. Working with and meeting lots of new friends. I'm pretty good on the John Deer Tractor now. I mowed down a huge field of brush with the tractor and the brush hog attachment.

                                        I also trained on the Bob Cat mini excavator...it's fun!!

I've moved my camping spot a few times. Don't like being under any trees. I am in a permanent spot now with no trees! 

With the weather sort of starting to warm up, we are seeing rafters coming in. They will camp here in the park overnight then launch the rafts in the morning from our boat launch.

March 1st is the beginning of the season for fishing licenses. Since I love to fish and we have a lake right here in the park full of trout I couldn't resist! I had to purchase the non resident pass, $$$, so I will just have to catch a crap load of fish! HAHA!!

                    It took a while to figure out how to catch them. This is how it started out......

Not good at all, but I kept trying and finally figured it out! Now I catch my limit (4) pretty much each time I go.

                                                                    Fish Tacos!!

                                                                Been perfecting cutting filets!

There is also a Bald Eagle that lives near the lake and comes out to fish in the lake every afternoon! I love to watch him.....

We finally got a really nice day with warm temps so had to hit the hiking trails! Did what is called the Devils Canyon Loop. It was a great hike! Did about 8 miles. The scenery was crazy, pictures don't do it justice. The rock formations are so cool.....

                                           This was a very old/primitive camp just off the trail

                            This was a cabin at the halfway point way out in the middle of nowhere

                                      The hike started way back there at the start of the canyon

                                            Looking back down the canyon, I hiked up the canyon on the left side and back down on the right side, hence a loop :)

                                            There are rocks teetering all over the place

Can't wait to do some exploring, there is tons of it here to do!! Stay tuned.....

                        I have seen some wildlife, hope to see more...Bambi checking me out...

                                 These geese were out on the river, the little ones were sooo cute!!

That pretty much wraps up this update. Next update sometime in the near future....

Stay safe everybody!!!