We seem to really be enjoying our vacation from our volunteer duties at home. Very lazy morning. There was a bit of rain early on but the sun came out by lunchtime.
We did leave the premises for a gas run to Costco in Reno (19.2 miles away). It's a beautiful drive through the mountains (Highway 431) with spots of snow still on the ground. We stopped at a park for a picnic lunch and noted how nice it is to do things midweek without crowds.
Then back to feed the bluejays (they do demand our attention).
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Visitors
Ruth's day started at 6:00 this morning, starting the coffee and noticing some movement outside the kitchen window. A very large black dog? but no pets allowed here. Another look...hmmm...must be a black bear walking through the complex. yes, he reaches up, grabs a branch of a tree, chews on it? lets it go (boing!)...on to the next tree and branch. Sorry, no camera. And the cell phone camera only comes on when I try to answer a call. And it's downstairs anyway.
Our friend Lorelyn from Santa Monica has been in Nevada with her 92-year old dad visiting his 88-year old brother in Grass Valley. They (she and her dad, Joe) came for a day trip to visit and it was a great pleasure to at last meet him. We had a pleasant lunch and visit and Ruth enjoyed some opera talk. We look forward to seeing them again.
The most entertainment we've had is watching the training of Don to put out tidbits for the Stellar Bluejays in the area. First whole peanuts, then some grapes we bought for lunch. I was beginning to wonder if these poor birds were going to have terrible digestive problems - do they find peanuts and grapes in the wild? what do they really eat? The internet is so spotty here I haven't been able to check it. Oh well. We found some wild bird feed – sunflower seeds – and they are now really scarfing those up. Now I'm concerned about them becoming dependent on humans – at least this area is populated year round.
Our friend Lorelyn from Santa Monica has been in Nevada with her 92-year old dad visiting his 88-year old brother in Grass Valley. They (she and her dad, Joe) came for a day trip to visit and it was a great pleasure to at last meet him. We had a pleasant lunch and visit and Ruth enjoyed some opera talk. We look forward to seeing them again.
The most entertainment we've had is watching the training of Don to put out tidbits for the Stellar Bluejays in the area. First whole peanuts, then some grapes we bought for lunch. I was beginning to wonder if these poor birds were going to have terrible digestive problems - do they find peanuts and grapes in the wild? what do they really eat? The internet is so spotty here I haven't been able to check it. Oh well. We found some wild bird feed – sunflower seeds – and they are now really scarfing those up. Now I'm concerned about them becoming dependent on humans – at least this area is populated year round.
Monday, June 27, 2011
June 2011 - Lake Tahoe, NV
well, we got off early on Saturday morning (early for us anyway, well before 10:00 a.m.). We had a reservation for a motel in Tulare and it was "no vacancy" for anyone else by the time we got there.
It was another full day of driving to Incline Village - beautiful scenery along the way. But a very long day. We arrived at Club Tahoe at 5:00, checked in and started unloading. On entry, there's a choice: upstairs to the public/kitchen/dining area or downstairs to the bedrooms/bathrooms. We have discovered how very nice it is to have two bathrooms - no waiting in line for anything. true luxury. We have a view of the trees and nature and the bridge over the stream. It is quiet here and very pleasant.
Monday we spent resting up - that's a luxury too. The bluejays here have trained Don to put peanuts out. He counted seven for one peanut. I shudder to think what he will have wrought by the time we leave.
Sorry, no pictures this time. We've been looking for the camera and finally realized the last time it was used was at the yard sale. I suspect somebody picked it up and walked away. It was a pretty ugly blue.
more later...
It was another full day of driving to Incline Village - beautiful scenery along the way. But a very long day. We arrived at Club Tahoe at 5:00, checked in and started unloading. On entry, there's a choice: upstairs to the public/kitchen/dining area or downstairs to the bedrooms/bathrooms. We have discovered how very nice it is to have two bathrooms - no waiting in line for anything. true luxury. We have a view of the trees and nature and the bridge over the stream. It is quiet here and very pleasant.
Monday we spent resting up - that's a luxury too. The bluejays here have trained Don to put peanuts out. He counted seven for one peanut. I shudder to think what he will have wrought by the time we leave.
Sorry, no pictures this time. We've been looking for the camera and finally realized the last time it was used was at the yard sale. I suspect somebody picked it up and walked away. It was a pretty ugly blue.
more later...
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