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I bought an iPod charger – yes, I know I bought one
last time but, mysteriously, that one never emerged from
the shopping when we unpacked it later in the day. I don't
know if we left it at the checkout or threw it away with
the empty bags and excess packaging or what happened.
Anyway, I am pretty desperate for my own music so I bought
another one. I have to say that we have not been totally
deprived of music. We have found a radio station called
“Ethel” which we all like. It plays continuous
rock music with no adverts or chat and it is great for
driving to.
Back at the camp we swam a lot, got rather sun-burned
(which forced me to work out where I had packed the
San Tan Lotion and dig it out), rented some bizarre
three and four wheel bikes and rode around the camp
site, got a huge load of dirty washing done in the very
cheap camp laundry and I listened to my iPod.
All these sites have WiFi so Ian tackled The Veterinary
Centre newsletter and the boys can make contact with
their on-line gaming friends.
One of the great things about these camps is that we
are starting to see a bit of America's wildlife, other
than roadkill I mean (we have seen plenty of dead deer
and racoons and other unidentifiable creatures on the
roadside). The birds are similar to ours in Britain
but not identical. There are some birds that look a
bit like a thrush or a female blackbird but have a really
golden yellow breast plumage, there are very large almost
black butterflies, there are lizards and in the evening
the sound of crickets ( or are they cicadas?) is amazingly
loud and rather like the noise you get if you are close
to an electricity pylon, a high-pitched vibrato hum.
We also saw fire flies – or rather we saw momentary
flashes of fluorescent green light at about shin level
between the trees and mostly on the edge of our field
of vision. I suppose you get used to them if you live
here but I thought they were just magical!!
Arthur's Log:
Good day. I was in and out of the pool all day
and George was in and out the shop all day.
The Harry Report
The bikes were very strange at first, having to lean
as I turned, but good once I got used to it.
George's Musings
The bikes were very fun
but hard to steer. Harry got very frustrated with them.
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