The rain did come back, as expected, but fortunately not for that long or that heavy as before and we even had a few dry days in between!
Pretty much all fruit and ornamental trees are flowering and I can't stop taking pictures of them. They're so pretty ..



We had a new (to us) bird at the feeders:

It's an Evening Grosbeak and the big colorful dude in the pictures above is the male, whereas the dull creature below is the female .. now where's the justice in that?
The animal world is really weird that way!

                                            

By the way, Grosbeak” comes from the French Gros for “thick” and Bec for “beak,” and these finches do have very thick beaks .. some might say they're grossly thick!
They're not exactly rare but they have declined in numbers over the last decade or so (loss of habitat) and not so easy to find. So cool that they stopped by!

As I mentioned, we had a couple of decent days, so we decided to tackle the RV for a spring cleaning:

We usually clean the whole shebang each spring and fall but last year the weather turned bad so suddenly and we had a lot going on that we never got to do the fall cleaning.
Which definitely started to show .. we'd gotten a little 'green' around the edges!

                 

Not having cleaned it for a year is only partly to blame though, because going through an Oregon winter with all the rain and the moderate temperatures takes care of most of the rest, as well as being parked under a huge oak tree which really finishes the deal!



James first tackled the roof, there was some nasty black algae growing there and I took on the north-side awning over the slide which was covered in green moss!

It took us a whole day and we were pooped, as well as soar, at the end of it.
We took a day to recuperate (during which we also took care of some exciting business. See below!) and when the next day promised to be sunny we soaped up and scrubbed down all the sides ..



After dinner that evening James treated the roof with a special rubber RV roof product to (somewhat) protect it from the elements and the job was done!
Woohoo!

So, let's talk a minute about that 'exciting business' I mentioned above ..
Well, it so happens that our landlord is going to sell the house, which includes 'our' orchard, and which means we have to move once again!
He's listing it per the 1st of June and wants the place vacant by than, but has kindly offered to park the RV for a while at their new place in Sheridan if we can't find anything else.
I called around a bit for vacancies at the local campgrounds but unfortunately most are full and we're also running into the problem that quite a few are thinking that our 23 year old RV is 'too old' for their parks ..
Than I wondered if an add on Facebook's Marketplace or Nextdoor would help, so I wrote one up and placed it.

Guess what, somebody reacted that same day and we met and talked things over and took a look at the site and  .. voila, this is most likely going to be our new spot!

The RV will be where the picnic table is sitting

It's the site of a previous mobile home that has since been removed but all utilities are still there and there's a cement foundation that we can park on.
The house where the couple who owns the place live is the grey building on the right so we'll be hidden behind the red barn for some privacy for both of us ..

The road we're on is a rural one and seems not too heavily traveled ..

This would be the one side and back yard:

Also, that red barn held an other surprise! The owner has an office in there which is big enough for 2 more people (he used to have some employees) and guess what ... James is welcome to one of the desks!

            

Another huge perk will be that we'll be bartering for our rent by helping this couple with mowing and maintaining the property, their large vegetable garden and greenhouse and occasional projects. How awesome is that?

Needless to say, we're very excited and are starting to clean up and reorganize ourselves a little because this means we're moving in as little as 3 weeks!

New adventures! I love it!