Didn’t go on a walk in the morning because we were planning to go to each of the cell cams, change out the cards and possibly put the third camera out…get our walk in doing those things. However, those plans were put on hold due to a black water tank issue. It’s funny how a little clog will grind everything to a halt. Tank issue was cleared up by 12:30 and we were free to do carry on with our cell camera plans…and buy a different kind of toilet paper so hopefully no more clogs.
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The green truck needed to be cleaned out prior
to purchasing another one. That job took the better part of Wednesday. Finding
a temporary home for everything was the next step. The bigger items were
stashed under the back of the camper and the smaller items were put in a tote
which was then also stashed under the camper.
Then I strategically placed our camp chairs to block the view of the
stashed items. Stashing a bunch of stuff under a camper is basically against
camp policy but this was going to be a temporary thing; thankfully Audra didn’t
have any problem with it.
Today, Kim restocked our stuff in the new truck, cleaning up our
campsite in the process. He also
discovered an extra storage area in the front of the cab. There is a somewhat shallow
console which pulls up to provide a third front seat and tucked under that middle
seat is a bigger storage space. Tricky,
Ford…tricky! That was surprise number one.
Surprise number two was finding multiple glove boxes. There is the main
obvious glove box which is big enough to contain a shelf. Kim found a second one when he wondered what
a particular square button was for. He
pushed it and out popped another glove box. Now we have space to accumulate
those useless forks and spoons that are so important to keep.
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We eventually made the rounds of the cell cams…changed cards out on both and put ‘bait’ out at the desert cam…apples, carrots, potatoes and soup bones. The Nutt Rd camera has been having animals wandering by it, but the desert cam hasn’t shown us much. It’s been sending videos but there’s been
Not long after we got back to camp, the camera
notification on Kim’s phone chirped and Yippee Skippee! a javelina showed up on
the desert cam! And video, also!
The tally for the Nutt Road camera stands at coyote, raccoon, jack rabbit, dogs, crow, fox and bobcat. The desert cam has recorded a fox, coyote, deer, jack rabbit and javelina. 😎
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Kim used his metal detector along the wash when
we checked the desert cam. Didn’t find
anything of note, but he was cleaning trash out of the desert.
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No imaging tonight for Kim…the clouds have
rolled in and there’s not a star to be seen in the sky. This is not typical in our experience out here;
in past years, he might see three or four cloudy nights the entire time but
this year cloudy has been the norm, although he has had some very clear nights.
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This day can’t go by without mentioning
Jeff. Today is the 13th anniversary of his home going. I heard someone refer to death as a home
going and a funeral as a home going celebration and I rather liked the imagery
of those phrases. Thirteen years…that’s the equivalent of a teenager! Some of
the changes in our branch of the Bakker tree that have occurred since Jeff left
include adding two daughters, nine grandchildren, 3 dogs and a hamster. He may
not be present in our lives, but I am blessed to see him in each of my kids. There are even glimpses of him in some of the
grandkiddos. I never shy away from talking about Jeff with the
them. It’s important to me that they know about him and even if they don’t
realize it now, it’s important for them also.
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40 Days of Lent challenge: Take the $ jar you created and bless someone with it.
Each of us made contributions to the jar because of complaining or judging on
the first day. Since Kim is fairly low-key in that department to begin with, he
didn’t add much; I was the one who was making the deposits. However, after the
first day, I made a concerted effort not to complain or judge which affected
the amount of money generated after that point.
So, there was not a great deal of money contributed because of the
challenge; I have, however, been throwing
the loose change jingling in my pocket in the jar at the end of the day. We decided that the KOA Care Camp would be
the recipient of funds in our $ jar.
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