We got thrashed. Every morning at the campground in Silver City. By its name, you might think that a singing thrasher would produce a harsh sound, but not so. A thrasher sings the sweetest song, sung to us with great enthusiasm every morning while we were there.
Colorado springs
It was a good day at the zoo.
Colorado springs
Woke up to a pack of chubby gamble quail pecking their way through the bird seed I’d spread the night before. An early leaving, and a nicely uneventful day driving. Stopped at Garden of the Gods Campground, and met up with Becky, Brian and Kids after dinner. Yesterday, when we figured out we would be passing through Colorado Springs while they were here, we called and asked if we should join them or not, considering that this was a family spring break trip for them. They put it to a family vote and called us back. The vote, from this family of six, came out 6 to 1 in favor. 6 to 1? They voted yeas and nays. Conner, the one-and-a-half year old, voted both. Tomorrow, we all get to meet up for a day at the zoo.
Bosque
Darn it! We’re done here. Done with Silver City. I think we need another job here so we can come more than once a year. Finished up this morning, drove as far as Bosque del Apache. Spent a couple hours in the preserve. Eared grebes, white faced ibis, sharp shinned, coopers, swainson’s, ring-necked pheasants without rings around their necks. They were all white winged (Afghanistan) variety. Black necked stilts, american avocets, long billed dowitchers, snipe, black phoebes everywhere, a good look at a marsh wren, chipping, savannah, and white crowned. Plus all the usual suspects. Not enough time here. We stop for the night on the way through, then wish we had a couple days to spend. Ah well, maybe next time. Tomorrow, Colorado Springs. Becky, Brian and the kids are there on a spring break trip. Can you believe it’s spring break already? We hope to meet up with them for a day at the zoo.
Lordsburg
We don’t have much experience with soft water. We had it in Lordsburg though, and it makes me wonder….. How do you know when all the soap is rinsed off, if you’re still as slippery as when you first got soapy?