EJ & Martha Visiting!

For everyone who has been asking, yes, Martha and EJ are here! I have not seen them since I last visited Florida. They have not been home for 11 months, much to the dismay of their family. They have traveled through Canada, the western US and have most recently spent 4 months with friends, Chris and Dick, in Yuma. EJ and Martha are wending their way home to Florida to get doctor visits and prescriptions renewed. They are also putting their RV on the market and hoping it sells so they can do more travel abroad, so if anyone wants a truly great Class A with a diesel pusher and full body slide let me know!

Before I post some photos of our visit, you have to check out the blog of my friend Giles from Australia. He is once again preparing to come to the US, travel north to Alaska and then go all the way to South America. You will absolutely love his account of a recent trip he made to Thailand to visit his daughter and her husband. Here is his blog address:

http://watchingandwaitin.blogspot.com/2014/02/thailand-1-13th-16th-february.html#more

(Enjoy!! I had tears of happiness and awe rolling down my cheeks as I read it!)

Usually the birds eat the handful of seed I leave on the carpet each morning, but if there is any left in the evening the little kangaroo rat cleans it up by dawn! This little one scampered up while EJ, Martha and I were cleaning dinner plates off the picnic table.

First, a tour of the nature pond - turtles & ducks. The great blue heron was hiding elsewhere so we could not get a photo.

EJ at the summit of the overlook.

A camper with a Texas longhorn fetish!

On the way to the Chisos Basin - the pink variety of the Big Bend Bluebonnet. Also, Martha in her bonnet!

Sunset - looking out the "window" from the restaurant balcony. The day had been overcast and temperatures river level were in the 80s so we escaped to get to a cooler place.

Today we are off to Boquillas, Mexico followed by the Hot Springs if there is time AND a cookout followed by watching Downton Abbey tonight! Just the right mix of Big Bend and civilization!