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Unsolved Mysteries

 At Rusty’s RV Ranch.See in the photo above?  That little red bucket?  It’s just there.  What do you suppose it’s for? Here it is a little closer.  We saw a Park utility cart stop at it briefly.  It looks like it has water in it. It’s probably not a low-tech watering solution.  We’ve seen those before in the back country.  Native plants are planted, then they put a large bucket of water with a small hole in it next to each one, and the new plant gets a nice slow prolonged watering to help it get established. That’s not what this is, though.  It’s right next to a tree that has a higher tech watering solution.  There are drippers run to each tree that give it a good soaking once every week or so. Yes, the little bucket has water in it.  Park maintenance cruises by and makes sure there is always water in it. It’s a puzzle. 
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Even though it lasted three months

 It was a modest trip. It only involved five states (Unless you count Oklahoma and Utah.  We didn’t stay in either of those; just drove through them briefly.) We only drove 5,000 miles. I only gained 4 pounds. Henry is happy to be home again too.   
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Three months on the road

 It was a good time traveling, but it’s good to be home too.  Now for the last mark on the trip map for the year. 2016 Summer Trip Map Back to our cozy little house.  The mandevilla went crazy while we were gone. The esperanza got really happy. Some things outside got a little dusty. There are a few blooms left on the crape myrtle. And Judy’s cactus/succulent collection traveled well.She’ll be transplanting them into little fairy gardens once we get settled back in.  
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We needed three birds while we were here

 American oystercatcher, magnificent frigatebird, wood stork.  Saw seven oystercatchers at Indian Point Park outside Portland, and a frigatebird at the Port Aransas marina area over the weekend.  Got the last of the three, the wood stork today. We also needed to see the neck surgeon for our last follow-up.  He says I’m excellent!  He may have expressed that with a limited scope in mind, but I’m going to take it as an unqualified endorsement. Drove past our most favorite billboard for an update. 2010. Same message over time. Nature rules. Dinner with Rich and Carolyn at Fins.(Rich and I are not pictured.)  
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Marina Beach RV Park

 2016 Summer Trip Map Port Aransas, TX.  Interestingly, it is not at the Marina and it is not at the Beach.  The words go together well though. The Corpus Christi skyline.It includes an aircraft carrier in the middle, and a really big bridge over the ship channel. The ferry ride across Corpus Christi Channel in the rig.The ferry ahead of us is empty.  There is so much traffic coming off the island on a Sunday mid-day, they don’t fill every boat on the Aransas Pass side before sending it back for more.  Got to meet-up with Bigfoot this evening for dinner; Chris and Jan Christenson.  Bigfoot is the guy who, for all those years at Gulf Waters, would sit in “his office” (the bench at the top turn of the boardwalk over the dunes on the way to the beach) and visit with anyone/everyone who passed by.  We got to catch-up on stories we have missed these last few years.