This is the view Sadie and I have on our morning walks when we cross the meadow on the other side of the campground.
Eventually there will be horses in here this summer but for the time being it's empty and the perfect spot to let Sadie off leash for a little. (except for the abundance of horse manure which she'll eat if I'm not looking) :(




The little building in the collage above and below is an old school building. Obviously it has seen better days!

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous from the time we've arrived with very unseasonable warm temperatures (for here) of 72-74F. Normally those are temperatures for June or July, if you're lucky.

Nature has reacted by putting out a wild flower display in 'my' meadow:

Left: Larkspur (delphinium) and Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Glacier Lily in the middle, Prarie Star (Saxifrage) at the top right
and Sugarbowl (Clematis Hirsutissima) and Yellowbell (Fritillaria) at the bottom.

I just love the scenery here! The view from our RV is just incredible. One of the reasons my blogging speed is way down is that my laptop sits right in front of the window, as you can see below, with my binoculars right next to it and I'm constantly on the watch-out for wildlife.

Now I know these pictures aren't much good, the zoom on my camera just doesn't cut it, but through the binoculars I can see these horses quite clearly.

The same goes for these prong horns....

and this moose.... (I know, I'm reaching...)

One morning I even spotted a bison but he (or she) was chased out quickly by the farmer who owns the land so I couldn't get a picture.

Apparently this is a yearly occurrence. 

Cows come down to the lower meadows around the park to give birth but unfortunately the afterbirth can cause brucellosis, a disease that causes cattle to miscarry so every year a full on 'bison hazing' occurs (they even use helicopters) to bring them back to the park.

Some are not happy about the stress this causes to the pregnant cows and the sometimes only hours old calves and are protesting every year.

As always, there are two sides to a story but I can't help thinking: "who was here first?"

Any-who, the pool that looked like this when we arrived in the first week of May......

 

.....yes, that is ice!

                   .......has thawed and is now up and running.

One of James' first 'special project', which he is in charge of here, was to install a lift-chair for handicapped use. He was the first one to test it too!

Watch the sign: 'Pool temp 85F', now that's my kind of swimming pool! Also note the 'absolutely nobody under 14 in hot tub'. 'Seriously'. I like that too!

My plan is to swim every other day to get a little exercise. OK, we'll see how that goes....

  

These are a few of the other jobs James has been doing so far... 

Taking the boards from the windows of the cabins, replacing some

rotted out boards and studs from the deck at the swimming pool entrance, and demolishing a shower. 

The last one is an ongoing project that will last all summer since they're going to renovate all showers. He's actually drawing up CAD plans for it at the moment (bottom left), something he loves to do and something that allows him to work from the RV.

So far he likes the work and the fact that he's working by himself, at his own pace and that his boss, Ed, is a real nice and easy-going guy.

And he can drive around in his cool John Deere cart!

My work so far hasn't been too spectacular except for a lot more baking....

The raisins in the cake were supposed to sink in.....they didn't...

I've also been sitting behind the computer a lot, when I'm not outside exploring and taking pictures,  trying to post blogs and researching and ordering a whole bunch of replacement parts for the RV.

For some reason all kinds of small stuff is either leaking or failing all at the same time so we have some work to do.

Among all the boring parts that have arrived from camping world was also the set of dominoes I finally ordered. We played it once with Joe and Deanna and I've always wanted to get a set of our own.

Since I had to find something that would get me over $100 for free shipping, now we do :)

Guess who likes to play too?

By the way, he has fully recuperated from the mysterious 'attack' of a few weeks ago and is as adventures as ever so that unfortunately didn't make too much or too long of an impact.

Sadie has perked up considerably since we're here. She has always liked cooler temperatures and she seems very happy to have left the dessert behind.

Her back legs are still in bad shape though, she's very unstable, but she still can and wants to walk so....go for it girl!

And although she can't jump on the couch anymore she does like to snooze the day away on her comfy bed and pillows!

That wraps it up for today, I think. Here's the end of another perfect spring day, with a nice sunset towards the Lion Head Mountains just behind us.