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Sunday, April 7, 2024

New 'To Us' Motorhome, Gator, More Birds

 

There's the Motorhome of our Dreams!  Heck, we are ready to sell the condo and just live in this baby forever!!!  Slab City here we come!  (Click Here if you don't know about Slab City.  I do not think I need to say, Late April Fools Day do I???)  


Here is the Gator that hangs out at the pond in front of the Library.  That is a White Ibis in the background.  I am guessing that the Gator is around 6' from nose to tail.  I have never seen it out of the water, and I have never seen it attack anything, but one day he was in about the same spot and he sure had his eye on a bird closer to him than that Ibis is at.  Anyway, I coughed a few times, and it turned its attention to me and swam all the way across the pond to close to where we were.  Of course, I got Indy into the car right away.  I drove away to a nearby store to buy a couple of Lotto Tickets, and on the way back to the Condo I pulled back into the Library and parked in the same location...the Gator was way over across the pond again.  I did a loud forced cough a few times and again it raced all the way over to where I was.  

This is the only day it ever reacted to me as I have tried coughing a few times more and got nothing...kinda like what I got on my Lotto Tickets!




Ibis hang out at the Library Pond the most.  I had not seen the Glossy Ibis, bottom two pictures above, but there have been 8-10 of them hanging out in the neighborhood.

Over at Anclote Park the Bird of the Day is the Pelican.  On a fairly calm day, they hang out near the boat launching area hoping to catch some scraps from fishermen who clean their catch before pulling their boats out of the water. 





Of course, there are other birds at Anclote Park.  Below is a Great Blue Heron

 
Well, everyone probably wants to know how the motorhome search is going.  The past few weeks have been eaten up with visits from Home Health.  When Marcia went to the Neurologist he suggested that she have Home Health come to the house for Mind Therapy.  What we did not expect was that he set up Home Health for Mind Therapy, for Occupational Therapy and for Physical Therapy.  The OT decided after the one visit that she did not need OT, so now we are down to two.  Marcia likes both the Mind and the Physical Therapists, but she is still not sold on the idea of having Physical Therapy...so we will see how that goes.  On Tuesday we need to go back to the Neurologist for an EEG (electroencephalogram), then she has Therapy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  I did get our taxes in the mail along with the First Quarterly Tax Payment, so at least that's another big item off the list.  Hmmm...wonder how much they want for that old bus RV conversion???


10 comments:

  1. Wow, you're going to have so much room in your new RV! I think you can even put a deck up there. ; D

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    1. I saw 7-8 people going in and out of that converted bus, but I think 2 or more were just guests. I am sure it must be an interesting bus conversion, but not our cup of tea.

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  2. You had me fooled! Well, not on the first picture, but I did scroll through quickly to see what you did buy before going back and reading the entire post.

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    1. My guess it is going to be a month to three months before we get what we want. I thought about posting this on April 1st, but everyone would know I was joking before they read a word.

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  3. I would be out by that pond taking pictures all day long!!! A long time ago I did bio-feedback therapy for migraines. I got to where I could lower my blood pressure and my heart rate just by thinking about it. It didn't help one bit, but I can still do it if I want to. Interesting that you can affect your body so much with your mind.

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    1. It is a nice place, even though the homeless will gather (group of 6-10) sometimes...but they are on the other side of the pond from us.

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  4. Lots of us laugh, but some of those conversions are top notch. Every year there is a group of Bluebird RVs that circle the wagons in Quartzsite. Most like the one you pictured are Home Built. One reason is the cost. It's cheaper take the amenities from an old trailer and customize the bus they way you want. People are also modifying retired semi trackers, to pull Fifth Wheels and carry toads because they are cheaper than pickups.
    Alligators start getting more aggressive at this time of year. They eat very little during the Winter.
    Be Safe and Enjoy!

    It's about time.

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    1. Yes, nothing about bus conversions, but we are looking for something much smaller is all.

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  5. As Boondockers Welcome hosts (part of Harvest Hosts) we have seen all types in RVs. Our 343rd guests arrive today. Many bus conversions. Some great, others not so much. Many similar to that one.

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    1. I have seen some nice bus conversions, but Marcia would need a lift to get up into that one...or any of them actually.

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