August 3, 2017
There are these little mousie creatures hanging around. When I was on my own, I used to see
them. I admit, I had some fun with
them. These are just like those. OOOH I want one, but my humans won’t let me
run free. Drats!
We slept in till 7 am!
I am usually ecstatic if I sleep till 6, but 7? WOW!
(shhhh, don’t tell me that we are on mountain time now that we are in
Utah and that extra hour is ‘fake news’).
We enjoyed our morning coffee in the sun with Rudy, admiring the flowers
that I brought. Rudy brought some
catnip. I brought the first orchid I
ever bought. It is a Phalaenopsis that I
tortured till I learned how to care for it.
The poor thing fought to survive and rewards me every year with a pretty
bloom. The other orchid I brought is a
miltonia. I have trouble reblooming
them. Last year it bloomed while I was
gone. It was ready to bloom when we left
and, although I don’t like messing with a plant until the blooms are fully
opened, I figured I would take a chance.
Darn it, I want to see it bloom!
So I gave it a little sun… we
shall see…
My morning walk was a bike ride. We headed back out of Ruby’s towards route
12, then west on 12. There is a great
bike path. We wind our way through the
plains. Unlike the brown of Nevada,
these plains are green, with wildflowers popping through. Whites, purples, blues, pinks and various
shades of yellow. Buttes, mesas and
mountains surround the plains. It is
warm with a slight breeze that is quite cool making it perfect for biking. After a few miles, Spouse headed back and I
continued passing a tourist outlet where you could feed deer. Some pretty nice racks in the pen there. I wish I could keep on pedaling without
regard for the fact that I have to go back.
I need a chase vehicle!
When I got back, we moved from our spot into another
spot. People book these spots a year in
advance so when you just pop in, you have to be ready for whatever is dished
up. Our new spot is smaller but in the
woodsy area. Rudy seems excited. I am sure he hung out here in the old days. He was in this area when we went back for
him. If only I could know… Oh well.
We set up and then kicked back.
And then the rains came!
With thunder! YAY! Not good for a fire in the firepit, but I
love the sound of rain on Hannah. We did
manage to cruise through Bryce once again.
It is a magical place. It amazes
me as we rode along the ridge how on one side of the car there is the ponderosa
with pines and mountain scrub, then on the other side of the car, the startling
red rock canyon with all of the hoodoos.
There is no transition, it is either ponderosa, or hoodoo canyon.
We did stop at the visitor center for a minute. That is all it took for us to go in, then run
for our life to get out. TOO MANY KIDS!
And tonite, I got a fine how do you do… I use a sony camera for pictures. Not only did Spouse not bring the charger for
the camera, his new laptop does not take the chip for the camera. What is that all about? ARGH!!!!!
I guess I will get real familiar with my iphone. But alas, the pictures from the bike ride
will not be there… I am sure you will
contain your disappointment! And I got keep my fingers our of the picture...
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