Guinea Rescue

 

Blairsville, Ga (high 78, low 62) cloudy

 

It certainly has not been as cool this year as in years past.  In fact it’s been downright hot with temps in the upper 80’s most days since we’ve been here.  The past two days have been cloudy and we’ve gotten a little rain, so it’s cooled off.

I usually love sunny blue sky days, but here in the mountains cloudy days offer a special kind of beauty and I love watching the clouds forming over the mountains. 

We’ve been staying busy planting flowers and making things pretty.  We have people that mow the grass, trim, and edge, so all we have to do is our own planters.

Our hydrangea is always beautiful every year.

We splurged on some baskets.  This one fits on the deck railing.

 

This one hangs by the hot tub.

Despite the fact that the goldfinch love zinnias, I planted some in the three window boxes.  They are my favorites, so I just have to do battle with the birds.

We’ve also been doing a little trimming and planting at our other Rv lot.  It’s vacant for a few more days then it will be rented mostly through November 2nd.  

We have been looking for bears every night when we take our golf cart ride on the back roads around the campground.  No bears so far, but there have been some reported.  Tonight, we may take a drive by car to nearby Vogel State Park, where many have been seen.

We did see a flock of geese though.

 

We went to the library yesterday.  I got a few books on through hikers on the Appalachian Trail.  I’ve read a few books about through hikers and enjoyed them both, so I thought I’d check out a few more.  Today might be a good day for reading.   Nice and cool and cloudy.

We were outside working yesterday and kept hearing some sort of bird squawking.  It kept getting louder and louder and finally it started to sound like it was in distress.

We got a little concerned, so we jumped in the golf cart to look for it.  We quickly found the bird sitting on a roof on one of the cabins behind us.

At a distance, it looked like a bald turkey, but when I zoomed the camera in, this is what I saw.

Then I remembered Al telling me one of our neighbors lost a Guinea chicken.

Yep, that is what it was.

 

We ran over to tell Chris we found his Guinea and he rode back with us.  We chased it around and finally herded the bird back towards his property, but not before it stopped on our Rivers Edge Rv Park sign.

He tried to use feed to entice it back into it’s pen, but with no luck.  It was safe on his property sitting high in one of his trees.  We heard later it found it’s way back to the pen.  So it was a happy ending.  At least I hope so.  Hopefully he has them for eggs and not meat. 

It looks like it’s going to be a lazy day in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Murphy Has Been Visiting

 

Rivers Edge Rv Park, Blairsville, GA  (high 88, low 59)

It’s been much warmer than normal this year and it’s been pretty hot during the day. So much for the cool mountain air.   Fortunately, the past few nights have cooled off very nicely.  It was 59 degrees when we got up yesterday morning and 62 this morning.  That felt wonderful, but we had to add a few layers of clothing before we went on our early morning golf cart ride/bear hunt.

We have been extremely busy trying to get our lot set up like we like it.  First on the agenda was to get some flowers planted.  Gotta have your priorities, right?

We were able to repair the fridge without spending any money.  When we got here the door wouldn’t close all the way and the gasket didn’t hold it shut even when you pushed on the door.  We think that because we left the door wide open over the winter, and it may have warped a little. The guy at Home Depot said to kind of twist it in the direction you want it to go and be sure to have the front a little higher than the back. Surprisingly, it worked and it seals now.    So problem number one resolved.

Problem #2 was the hot water heater.  We have a cabin on our lot with the fridge, water heater and washer/dryer.  The water heater has never really worked and Al decided to try to replace the element.  The crazy way it was hooked up would not allow you to put a hose on it to drain the water.  Al thought he had all the water drained before we left last fall, but quickly discovered he didn’t,  and a good bit of water ended up on the floor and soaked the carpet.   He pulled the water heater away from the wall, disconnecting the electricity and pvc connections and have about decided to get a tankless water heater.  Then we would have no worries about draining it each winter.  In the meantime,  Al hooked the washer up directly to the water supply, and we’re able to use the washer with cold water.  I don’t even care. I’m just glad to have a big washer again. 

Problem #3 was the hot tub.  It wasn’t heating at first, but for some reason, it’s heating up just fine now.  Yay.

Problem # 4 was the water connection to the coach. Al had a quick disconnect hooked up, which corroded due to the hard water in Tampa and he has been unable to get it apart.  He finally found the right parts to reconfigure it.  It seems all we have done is fix things.

 

Our friends Ralph and Terry left yesterday morning after a month.  We enjoyed seeing them again. Their pups loved to ride the golf cart and go “bear hunting.” 

Look at those faces.  Aren’t they adorable?  Ralph is pretty handsome too, isn’t he?

The dogs remembered the golf cart from last year and couldn’t wait to go for a ride.

This was Grace’s first time to ride the golf cart, and she appeared to enjoy it as well.  Catherine and JoBeth are leaving Tuesday. so our golf cart rides are limited.  We’ve not seen any bears yet, but other people have, so we’re hoping we will too.

There are plenty of deer though.

They are in the soybean field.

We haven’t done much except work, visit Home Depot and eat.  We’ve hit most of our favorite restaurants already.

We have found time to ride the country roads around the park.

 

One night, there was a beautiful cloud formation glowing in the setting sun.

We had lunch at the golf course one day. It’s always a beautiful view.

 

 

the end