A cat on a leash. The owners walked around the park this way.

I had a funny old night waking and sleeping very intermittently. I had no idea what the problem was although I had things on my mind that I was subconsciously worrying about. All to do with car insurance which I spent some time on yesterday. I must have been able to blot them out eventually as I awoke around 7:00 am. I paid a visit to the bathroom with the typical old man’s complaint and thought about staying up, but the bed looked way too inviting, and I crawled back in and cuddled the dogs for 30 minutes. 

I eventually got up and harnessed the dogs so we could attend to the bird feeders and then we went out walking around the camp site. We covered almost a mile on that first walk which was surprisingly good.  

Back at The Caboose, I tied the dogs up so they could watch and went to work watering the plants. I found one plant that I had to stick back in the ground but overall, the deer have not been too destructive…yet. 

One of my neighbors, Greg, stopped by and we chatted for a bit as I was working on the watering, then he continued his walk, and I went back inside having done all I could do outside at least for a bit. 

I fixed us breakfast, but Sandy had one of her “moods” on and would not eat hers. So, I picked up all the hard food that was in bowls on the floor and put it out of her reach. The objective is for her to get hungry enough to eat what I give her which contains her medicine. I wish I knew of another way except using food for her to take her pills. They are crushed up to a powder and sprinkled over her other food. Sometimes, she just gobbles it down, other times, not so much. Dogs… 

I fixed breakfast for myself, and Sandy had a tiny taster, but it did not help in encouraging her to eat her own food. Big sigh. Then it was time to work on the blog. Luckily, I was caught up with yesterday and only had to worry about today and as most mornings are the same, it was not difficult at all. 

I sat and watched as the birds visited the feeders. I have a lot of Goldfinches and they are so pretty to watch with their bright yellow plumage. Then of course, there are the Grackles in large numbers. I even had the squirrel stop by to eat his fill which is not much, so I do not mind him coming. He was bold enough to come up on the deck to get a drink of water out of the dog’s bowl. BTW, the new seed appears to hit the spot with the birds as there is not half as much waste most if which was crushed corn. I guess that the smaller birds do not eat corn in any description as it is probably too hard for them to break up. Besides, it makes a good filler for the manufacturers to dump in the mix. More corn and less seed. 

On the whole, it was a very quiet day with not much of anything going on. I worked on the usual household chores that we do every day or two. Normal things to keep the RV running smoothly. We also sat around a lot either making a fuss of the dogs or trying to doze off which, by the way, I am not particularly good at. I close my eyes and try to relax and that is it. No naps. Still, even without dozing off, it is still very relaxing to sit there with my eyes closed shutting out the outside world. 

In one of the odd moments my eyes were open, I found them staring directly into Sandy’s eyes which had a” Gotta go” look. That brought me out of my reverie and back to reality as we harnessed up to go out walking. 

We wandered around but neither the dogs nor I were into walking, and we only covered 1.3 miles for the day. Still, better than nothing… 

The rest of the evening was spent in the usual way. 

Written March 3, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com

Living in an RV Henly RV Park Thursday 04/04/2024

At times, I slept great last evening but there were other times when I lay awake worrying about this and that. I do not worry intentionally but the thoughts sneak in and are hard to get rid of which keeps me awake. Eventually, I drop back off to sleep. 

I woke up this morning around 8:00 am and crawled out. The first thing was to wander around raising all the blinds to let the heat of the sun in to warm the RV. Later, I lower the ones on the sun side, or the RV will warm too much, and the A/C will come on sooner than necessary. 

RVs are built both for economy and to save as much weight as possible in the construction. Consequently, the walls are only 2 inches thick with that space filled with insulation. When you compare that to a house with four or more-inch walls and at least 3.5 inches of insulation you can see the difference. Consequently, the RV’s A/C must work a lot harder and is nowhere near as powerful a unit as a house A/C. 

Mine has two A/C’s, one in the living area and one in the bedroom, both set on the roof and they both operate independently. Incidentally, there is only one heater unit for the entire RV, but it does the job plus the electric fireplace throws out a lot of heat besides being pretty to look at. 

Modern day RV’s compare well to a house on many counts plus they are moveable. So, if you do not like your current site or have noisy neighbors, then it is extremely easy to get up and leave.  

Daniel was debugging the RV and was spraying both inside and out and told me to be gone for an hour before returning. We just kept on wandering wherever the dogs’ noses pointed and had no rhyme or reason to walk. He wanted us out of the way so the bug spray would dry before we got back. 

We eventually returned and there was no smell or anything and we went about the business of breakfast. Mikey did an excellent job on his, Sandy, not so much and did not eat hers. I have moaned about it many times before, if she did not have a pill to take, I would not serve her breakfast. As it is, she usually eats the same bowl of food later but then she gets only one pill when she is supposed to have two. I crush the pill up and sprinkle it on her food. I try to choose stuff that I know she likes and usually it works but there are those days… 

I worked on the blog bringing us up to date and looked around for something else to do. Not finding anything pressing, we went out walking again. That is one good thing about having dogs is that when and if I am bored or have nothing to do, I can always take the dogs walking and they are always willing to go. Today we covered 2.3 miles. 

The rest of the day was spent just sitting around on the deck with a beer just watching the world go by. Actually, I was waiting for it to start to get dark so that I could bring in the feeders, which is generally the last thing I do outside for the day. 

The rest of the evening was spent in the usual way eating food while watching the TV. 

Written March 4, 2024, read my other blog at https://pondblog2011.com