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Yeaaa!

 I get to drive the bus again!  Here we are, out back of the Gulf Waters office all hooked up ready to go.All our driving back and forth to the Valley has been in the Jeep.  The bus hasn’t moved in months. Here is a sight we don’t see very often, our spot at Gulf Waters without the motorhome in it.  It looks so open this way. We’ve brought the rig down to Sandpipers to get ready for a trip.  We get to park it right out in sight of our morning coffee on the deck. We’ll leave here in less than a week.  We’re not going very far right away, but it’s exciting to get on the move again. 
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Far away birds

 Sometimes when I walk at Charlie’s Pasture the birds are far away.  I have binoculars, but I can’t identify shorebirds out on the mudflats that far away with 8 power magnification.  The scope is bulky to carry very far, so I don’t carry it out there.  No problem.  I have my time-lapse scope with me.  My camera.  It fits in my pocket.  I can’t make any identification through the viewfinder of the camera, so I still don’t know what I’m looking at when I take the pictures, but it’s a 20 power lens.  When I get home and transfer the pictures to the computer I get to see what I saw. From far away, I saw a Least Sandpiper. A Semi-palmated Plover. This one looks like a Piping Plover. And I found a couple Short-billed Dowitchers in front of some Black-necked Stilts.  One is really letting the other have it! 
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Ouch!

 We started the day at the dermatologist.  He thinks he’s a cowboy.  He carries the liquid nitrogen canister in a holster.  Judy and I each got shot at least 20 times.  Well, one of the three of us had a good time anyway. Stopped by the Nursery and picked up a couple more Mediterranean Fan Palms.  Got them all wrapped up and stuck in the back of the Jeep.  Went back to the house, packed up, loaded up the computers, dogs, and drugs, and drove back to the beach. We’re at Port Aransas again, but only for a few days.  We’ll take the motorhome back to the Valley with us this weekend.  No more motorhome at the beach until next October. It’s good to be here.