Rolling, Rolling to Ellis, Kansas

August 3, 2024 We did most of our check list yesterday, making this morning packing up a breeze. We did run into a gross situation. As I was removing the blocks of wood we use underneath the stabilizers, a vast number of earwigs poured out. I knocked the blocks of wood on the concrete pad […]

Current News – Promised Pictures of the Truck

August 2, 2024 Since we couldn’t get a good look at the truck last night, we wanted to get a good look today in the bright daylight. This morning, Bruce drove the truck to a nearby parking lot so we could get a good look at it. In the dark, the inside of the truck […]

Current News – We Picked Up the Truck

August 1, 2024 Today, Bruce called the body shop at about 3:30 PM to find out if the truck would be ready. Bruce was told how much work it was getting the truck put back together. Apparently, everything overlaps in the cab, so taking a roof off and putting it back on means removing the […]

Smoke from Wildfires

August 1, 2024 We’ve been affected by the wildfires in Canada and California. Lookout Mountain was vey hazy at sunset the other day. The views of the mountains on our railbike ride were hazy, instead of the beautiful clear views we normally get. Yesterday, I woke up with a sore throat. The RV smelled like […]

Wildlife in Tin Cup Park

August 1, 2024 Here are some pictures I’ve taken our walks in Tin Cup Park and at Dakota Ridge RV Park. We see a lot of Brewer’s blackbirds in the Dakota Ridge RV Park. According to my Merlin Bird ID app, Brewer’s blackbirds are uncommon. Yesterday was the first time we’ve seen magpies in […]

An Interesting Bumblebee

July 31, 2024 When walking in Golden, CO on July 16, I noticed an interesting bumblebee in the Russia Sage. The bumblebee had an orange belt on her abdomen. A search determined she was a Hunt’s bumblebee. The Hunt’s bumblebee is an important pollinator and is used commercially to pollinate tomatoes in greenhouses in Western […]

Bright Flash of Yellow

July 31, 2024 On July 14, we were walking in the Tin Cup Park. I was trying to get an artistic picture of curly dock/yellow dock seeds. They are a dark brown in amongst the greens, light browns and tans. A bit further on the trail, I saw a flash of yellow out of the […]

Interesting Campers in RV Park

July 31, 2024 We’ve seen some interesting campers in the RV park.

Flower of the Day

July 31, 2024 The teasel has been blooming in the Tin Cup Park and at the bottom of the ridge. I mostly see white flowers on the teasel plants, but sometimes I see purple flowers on the teasel plants. Teasel was a very useful plant until fairly recently. It is now considered an invasive species […]

Current News – Truck to Be Ready Tomorrow

July 31, 2024 This morning, Bruce was able to reach the body shop. They promised the truck would be ready tomorrow evening. Since this is what they said last week, we are expecting it will really be ready this week. Based on this promise, we decided try and extend our stay one more day, just […]