Winter Excursion 10, Day 133

We made up for the past two easy days today!

Our day started at 0430 with the weather radio going off. At first is was only for severe thunderstorms, but at 0545 we received a tornado warning. We got in the Host Cart and notified all the campers to head for the bathhouses. Of course we got soaked. Thank goodness the tornado never happened, but north of us some damage did occur.

The rain let up around 0830 and then a normal day started. The campground is filling up for the weekend so all the sites needed to be checked and cleaned.

As things were winding down around 1700 a new arrival contacted us with an electrical problem. It turned out to be their camper and not our pedestal. I was able to lend them my battery charger as their converter was shot! That will get them through the weekend, otherwise they were going to leave.

At about 1830 I finally was able to take my boots off! We are "OFF" for the next four days.

The find of the day was this bow tie.

I think it may have belonged to Pee-Wee Herman! It could be priceless!
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 132

Host duties were very light again.

Ed arrived with the trap for the cat. He had transported the one we caught yesterday in the trap. I'll wait till tomorrow to set and bait the trap again. The weather tonight and tomorrow morning is calling for severe thunderstorms. Last thing I need is a drenched cat in a trap!

The girls in the Kiosk found a very small turtle in their parking lot. 

This little guy is about the side of a quarter. He is a baby Yellow Neck Slider. We took him to the lake and released him into the water. He was very happy and swam away immediately.

The find of the day was this packet of fishing jigs.

It now lives in my tackle box.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 131

Host duties were light, but we had three campers that left their sites late. That always messes with our schedule.

The best news today was we got one of the cats! Tilly finally set of the trap. We called Ed and he drove over to get her. 

So we have one more cat to go, Tipper will be hard to catch as we hardly ever see her.

When I was doing first rounds this morning we had a late arrival on Site #19. They arrived last night. They have a very interesting camper. The guy and his dog sleep in it!

 With the temps getting warmer the find of the day was these turtles.

They are Yellow Neck Sliders. We also have two types of snappers, but I haven't seen them yet.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 130

Our first day back on duty was an easy day.

The cat wrangling is still not producing any results, but I will keep trying.

I finally got around to washing the truck. While I was getting ready I noticed a small bird hanging around the truck. It was particularly interested in the mirrors and windows. I could not get him to go away. I even tried spraying him with the hose. After I finished washing and drying the truck he was still hanging around and proceeded to poop all over the hood and mirrors! I think he was just lonely and thought the other bird he was seeing in the mirrors and windows was a friend. 

The find of the day was this little guy. 

I found him at the boat ramp parking lot while I was cleaning it. He must have fell off a boat! He now lives on my host cart dashboard.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 129

It did rain a little last night, but it was not as bad as forecast.

We left camp late morning to do a little shopping as we are "ON" for the next four days.

We stopped at Old Clinton Barbecue House in Gray.

It is advertised as the "best BBQ in Georgia". If that is in fact the case we will not be eating any BBQ in Georgia!

Back at camp it seemed like the day flew by. It must have been the time change.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 128

Something new in Cat Wrangling did not work. I hooked up some fishing line to the trap and sat out there all day waiting for the cat to arrive. It finally did in the late afternoon, but would not go into the trap like yesterday. She smelled around the trap and took a bit of tuna that was just outside the trap door. Took one look at me 15 feet away and walked off! Damn Cat! Here's a pic of the two of them on the neighbor's picnic table. I took this pic 100 ft away from them.

I took two steps toward them and they fled.

It is supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. I hope they both get soaked!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 127

The smoke came to the campground! I woke up around midnight and could really smell pine burning. I looked outside and the smoke was so thick I could not see 10 ft away from the camper. When the employees arrived in the morning the smoke was still bad, but not like last night. Both of them said the smoke was so bad they were doing less than 20 mph and just following the yellow lines on the road! We all think this "controlled burn" got out of control!

We spent the day in camp as our Co-host has a doctor appointment this afternoon so we covered for them.

Cat wrangling is still evading me. We were sitting outside in the late afternoon when the cat showed up. It went into the trap, ate some of the food (bait), but didn't spring the door shut! This is one smart cat. I was sitting almost next to the trap, but every time I moved the cat scampered away. I will try something new tomorrow.