Wednesday, March 29…Lizard Life (ZZ Top)

    No walking for me or my mom today, but Kim did his usual 3+ miles. I’m taking it easy to allow my knee time to do some healing. Don’t have a clue what I did that caused this issue, but it went from fine to not-so-fine in a hurry. So walking is off my agenda for a bit.
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   Kim was notified that his glasses were ready to be picked up at Costco, so we made another trip to Tucson. I had no intention of walking through Costco on a bum knee, but I also didn’t want to spend the entire day sitting outside around camp, so I went along and just waited in the car for Mom and Kim to do their shopping. I welcomed the change of scenery and the opportunity to take a short snooze.
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   We’ve had neighbors in the site next to us for maybe two weeks…a very pregnant mom, a daughter, and a son.  Oh, and a dog named Nala. Then on Monday, another camper pulled into the campsite across from us…the one that Joe and Mikki had vacated on Sunday.  A mom, two boys and a small dog.  Turns out the ‘moms’ are sisters and at some point in the last few days a baby made an appearance. Lots of activity between the two campsites. 
   Today, all of them got in the car and took off…two moms, four kids between the ages of ten and fifteen and a newborn in a car seat. But they left the small dog behind; it was barking when we left for Tucson and barking when we got back. It continued to bark throughout the afternoon/early evening and occasionally it let out a mournful little howl. Poor thing…its people left it all alone. It’s now dark out and it seems to have calmed down but what a rotten thing to do to a pet. Since we aren’t allowed to enter someone else’s camper, there was nothing we could do to alleviate its loneliness, but they will be reported to the office tomorrow.  Don't know what the office will do but....
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   It was in the low 60s when I went to bed last night and this morning it was warm right from the get-go. That hasn’t been the case lately with the temperature getting down to the low 40’s/high 30s at night and the air doesn’t warm up until the sun is higher in the sky, about 10 a.m. But today we experienced

the Arizona weather we’ve known in the past…warm night which means a warm start to the day.  And the slight breeze was warm, too.  Having a bum knee forced me to just sit around which is not my favorite way to spend the day but the weather made it easier because the lizards were out to entertain me.😎 Watched six lizards crawling  up and down the tree.  Five of them were small, about 1 1/2" from nose to vent but there was a bigger one, maybe 3” from nose to vent, that seemed to be in a threatening mood...the bigger one circled around a smaller one which made me think there was going to be lizard rumble. The little one stood its ground for about 3 seconds then scrambled down the tree limb. No lizard trouble today. 
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   Kim changed out his scope this afternoon…off with the ‘big’ scope and on with the ‘little’ one. Clouds might become an issue tonight but he’s giving it a try. 
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   Earlier in the week when I saw the temperature was supposed to be in the 80s on Wednesday and Thursday, I was thinking it would be perfect for taking a ride. Don’t know that I trust my knee enough right now to get on the bike.  Passing up a ride on a day like today is hard, but better safe than sorry is what I’m telling myself.
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40 Days of Lent opportunity: Do 2 acts of charity today. One for someone you know and one for someone that you don’t know. I didn’t do this one because I was sitting all day nursing a bum knee. Sitting either in the camper, in a chair outside or in the truck.  No interaction with people.  Although we did buy my mom a bag of piggy cookies so I suppose that might qualify as completing half of this one.   

 

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