I’m
guessing that this St. Patrick’s Day won’t see much public celebration given
the ‘stay out of crowds’ warning that states are adopting. So much of life as we knew it is on
hold...there are so many people putting their opinion out there of what should
and shouldn’t happen that it’s hard to follow what either the state or federal
government is mandating. I’ve been
reading a lot about the coronavirus and my go-to expert on the virus end of
things is Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sorry, Mike
Pence, Jared Kushner, and Donald Trump...for my money,Tony is the guy with the
knowledge.
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We literally just sat around outside this morning. Excuse for not going for a walk was sheer
laziness. Sometimes that happens. My mom and I did go to the Eloy post office
to do post office stuff. I realized
there was a chance that it would be closed due to COVID-19 precautions but it
was open. Got my stamps, sent my letters
on their way and boogied on back to camp.
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Bird
droppings:
Noticed a pair of doves hanging out in the tree in our site last night. When my mom pointed out a black mark on the
back of their necks that our mourning doves don’t have I noticed that their
body shape in general looked different also. Kim did the research this morning and indeed
the doves out here are different. A pair
of Eurasian Collared Doves were hanging out with us last night. Good eye, Marilyn!
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Apparently, the duchess was admired also by
René-Primevère Lesson, a surgeon and naturalist (surely related vocations). It
was he who named the species.
So
now I know.
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The one thing my mom wants to see is a
roadrunner. I saw three roadrunners
alongside the road when we were out on the bikes today...she didn’t see them. Thing about roadrunners is that it’s very
hard to point them out to someone else or get a picture because they’re usually
on the move. Easier to see if they run across
the road in front of you.
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My camera and my phone can talk to each
other; the camera can become a wi-fi network which the phone can connect to allowing
me to use my phone to remotely take pictures on the camera. Huh!? Neat little feature with so many
possibilities but I really haven’t played with it until today. A picnic table
near a hummingbird feeder seemed the perfect set-up to put it to the test. Put the camera on the tripod then set it on
the table focused on the feeder. I sat a
few feet away with a live feed showing on my phone. When a hummer came to feeder I pushed the
shutter button on my phone and the camera took a picture. After several pictures, I decided to try
video. Hummer came to the feeder, push
the video start button and voila! it took video. Okay, now what? Oh, I know...I’ll see if it works when I’m in
the trailer. Sitting in the trailer
watching the feeder on my phone, I waited for a hummer to come along. Well, no hummers came to the feeder during that time but that didn’t stop me from taking
pictures and video just to see if I could.
Both pictures and video were high quality even with the trailer wall
between the phone and the camera. This
could be fun. 😎
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Left
about 1 o’clock on the bikes.
Destination: Gu-Atchi Trading Post for the express purpose of showing
Marilyn how we do nachos. Grab some
chips, add the cheese, add a scoop of chili and/or a bit of jalapenos if
desired. Go outside to sit at the picnic
table and enjoy. It’s just that
easy.
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We ride on Indian 15, a road through the
Tohono O’odham Reservation, to get to the Trading Post. We’ve been riding it for 5 years now. And it was sometime in the 2nd year
of riding out there that I had a déjà vu moment...my mom and I had been on
Indian 15 in the early 2000s. We had
flown into Phoenix, rented a car and drove around the state of Arizona for a
week. On our pinball route from Yuma
over to Tombstone we took US8 to Gila Bend...then Hwy 86 down to Why and Ajo...then turned onto
Indian 15 with the thought of getting to Casa Grande. And at that time Casa Grande wasn’t as big as
it is today. Riding to the
town of Ajo is what jogged my memory but the ornate memorials along the way sealed it. It was a been here, seen this realization.
I don’t think Mom had the déjà vu thing
happen as she was riding along...but if I showed her pictures from back then
maybe it would ring a bell.
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Super duper hot dogs last night and steak tonight...yum! A salad might be healthier but certainly not as tasty as either the dogs or the steak. I know that before we leave Arizona we'll be heading back to the hot dog stand. My mom says so...and next time she's ordering two. 😋
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Clouds moved out by about 9:30 p.m. so Kim is out imaging. Needs about 3 hours of images so he'll be out there a while...which means we'll have to be quiet in the morning so he can get all of his beauty sleep. 😴
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Clouds moved out by about 9:30 p.m. so Kim is out imaging. Needs about 3 hours of images so he'll be out there a while...which means we'll have to be quiet in the morning so he can get all of his beauty sleep. 😴
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Bikes miles today: 146
Total miles: 1372
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| Tuesday's route x 2...there and back |
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