Winter Excursion 7, Day 156 The Life of a Camp Host

I was starting to think I was somehow cursed after yesterday. Today was a breeze. A few campers left, a few arrived, most everyone behaved, the bathhouse was easy to clean, and all was well. 

Until 2145 when a camper arrived with no reservations, so out of bed we came. Luckily I was able to put them in the one unoccupied site we had. Funny thing was they have reservations for tomorrow night. So why would you arrive a day early expecting to get a site? We are staring to think we've seen it all, but something new happens almost everyday.

In the afternoon Nick (assistant manager) came by and asked if I would go ride the trails with him as there were no Maintenance guys on today. There might have been issue with one of the primitive sites, but ended up being nothing. On the way we saw this guy.

The pic doesn't show it, but he's a little over a foot long. He's a gopher tortoise. They dig and live in burrows. His burrow is across the road from the campground. He crosses the road  sometimes to eat the flowers and weeds in the field near the campground/day-use-area. If you get to close he will hiss at you.....so I thought he was a female!

The find of the day was this poison dart that probably came from the same kid that's been trying to dart me!

We are off for the next three days, rain is in the forecast, but we just plan on relaxing and avoiding darts.