I've been trying to wait until I got some good pictures before I posted again, so here are some bird pix, plus a fox. I took all these pictures from our dining room window. We have tinted windows, so I have to manual-focus my camera for these. There is a tall shrub (tree?) right outside our window, and we put a seed bell up for the birds.

The first picture is a brown towhee (pronounced toe-hee). The second is a fox who thought he was being pretty sneaky trotting across the road, just right outside our RV. There were very few campers in the park that day. Check out the broken tail!

The third picture is a pyrrhuloxia, in the cardinal family and occasionally seen in this part of the country. The fourth picture is a white-crowned sparrow, a small bird with lots of kinfolk. They gorged themselves on the seed bell.

I've been trying to get the last bird's picture for a long time. He is a cactus wren and a very busy, quick little bird. They're the ones who build the round nests down in cactus plants here.

We've had our friends Dave and Sally here for the past few days and have been enjoying them very much. Last night we talked Gary and Dave into playing Sequence, and we stopped at 2 games, tied. We then went outside and sat around watching the beautiful sunset and stars coming out. As soon as we got out to the picnic shelter, Dave spotted a skunk. Fortunately the skunk went the other way. It was a lovely evening, temperature perfect with a slight breeze.

However, around 3 am this morning, the cold front came through with a vengeance. We got a little rain along with the high winds (up to 31 mph) during the morning. All windows had to be closed as the rain was blowing. It's cold, damp, and windy outside now. Hmmm, just the kind of day to bake snickerdoodles!

Our friends and co-workers (volunteers) Pat and Marshall are leaving Wednesday. We are sorry to see them go. They have worked very hard for this park, always going the extra mile and doing more than necessary. Like I said in the past, RV'ing can be tough because it seems you are always saying goodbye to someone. Hopefully we'll see them again; they volunteer at some neat places, and we hope to visit them early this summer as we go through Wisconsin, their home base.

That's about all for now! I hope to have some more pictures soon. Thanks for checking on us!