Deer Hunting.

We went deer hunting last night.     Nope    no bow and arrow and no shot gun.
We took my camera.

When I got home last night Bud said Momma deer and her two babies went west along the cornfield. He was not fast enough with his phone to get mama,  but did manage to capture the babies before they went in behind that shed.

We had seen her the other night.  We were actually close enough to her that she raised that right leg, as if she was telling us to move on and get lost, these were her babies.

Then we saw this one in the middle of the side road.

She went into the bean field with her two babies.

The babies were so small yet that they had to raise their heads up or all you saw was their little ears.  Almost looks like a bunny ear straight up from the date on my camera photo.

Once again, this guy had one standing in his front yard.  We had seen one there on Saturday and she looks like she belongs there.  Stood there like a statue.

From there we drove back down the road coming in from Rt. 51 where I had seen the big buck the other night.  We went down this gravel driveway into the field where we saw there were some in the clearing in the back.   There must have been 50-100 of them back there.  The sound of the wheels on the gravel sent them scurrying into the woods with their white tails bobby.... Did manage to catch one on camera...Next time we need to park and walk and be very quiet. Then perhaps we will see the fellow in the photo below.

So yes, we went deer hunting.  But we wouldn't hurt them at all.  Jerri told Bud this morning after the back of the campground is closed down all we will have to do is go out our back door to see them. So I am sure I will be doing more deer watching this fall/winter.

Saturday fun.

On Saturday, Kim, Clay and Kenley came to see where we moved to.   At first they thought they were lost, but then they did find us after all.
Since we have two lakes on the campground we all took a walk to see what the campground looked like. They had brought her wagon along and we had a lovely walk.

In the back by the back pond there is this lane.  I have labeled this one

"A walk into the future, Mom and Dad by my side"

Kenley really liked the water, but she really wanted to get in and swim.

Trying out the bench with Grandpa.

Father and Daughter.....resting on the bench.

We made our circle and came back via the corn field.  Therefore Kenley was able to see and touch her first corn and corn stalk. 

It wasn't long till we came upon the play area.  Kenley really liked this area.

At lunch time we went into Clinton to The Shack for lunch. 

She really loved the chocolate milk shake mommy shared with her.

They came back to the campground and we walked over to the other pond and threw some bread in for the fishes, but they weren't very hungry.  So we came back and sat under the shade tree and chased each other around for a while.  Grandma can still out run her, but as she gets older I am sure she will be able to run faster then grandma.

It was a very fun day!

Bud went fishing

This is the lake at the back of the campground. I walked back the other night and took some photos.

This pond has a dock so that you can walk out on it to fish.

This is on the front lake.  The fountain made it seem so peaceful up there.

This lake has moss on it, And with the fountain on they were not biting that night.

But on Sunday morning Bud walked back to the back lake and this was his first fish that he caught.  He went back in the evening and caught a few more, but definately not big enough to keep.  But he did enjoy doing some fishing again.

Some evening I just want to walk back there and sit.  Walk down the path and enjoy the peace and quiet.

 

Heart to heart with grandma

 This is not the proper way to ride a horse.  Grandma had just told you that you needed to sit down when Momma came around the corner and again told you to SIT!

I do not know what we were discussing, but this looks serious.

A bit of grandma C fun.

Be it this face that you make at us.

Or you trying to be cool wearing mom's sunglasses.

Trying to snap your fingers.

 Pool fun with mom.

 Meeting Marley at the pool.

 Having pool fun with Marley.

Playing in the pool with grandma C.

Are you there grandma?

Wait....I see grandma over there sitting down in the pool.

We must throw water on her. (And that they did!  Both Kenley and Marley were splashing me).

Going to Meat Heads for lunch. Yum, yum.

Asking over and over again.  Bunny? Bunny?  wanting to see the Easter video of the Bunny that you were afraid of.   How engrossed you are in that little video and very happy that grandma let you hold her phone and watch it over and over again.

Or rolling over grandma when she was on the floor.  We had been playing and reading when I lay face down and as you can tell I got attacked.

She had the most fun rolling over me.

Trying to stand on me.

And simply loving me..... Thanks Kenley for another fun filled Saturday.  Grandma loves you very much!

Relocating

 Why did we want to relocate?
In the local trailer park where we have had our home parked for the past 14 months we were parked on the corner. The street behind the trailer was only a stones throw away.
 
Oh yes,   they began throwing stones at the trailers parked along that street.  Pour little 80+ year old lady two doors down wasn't getting much sleep at all.  2:30-4:30 a.m. the kids were prowling the neighborhood.
The straw that broke the camel's back was the 2:30 rock that hit us and I thought it was a bomb. And I sleep in the opposite end of the trailer.

Then they would stop at the corner and rave their motors. And their stereos are way, WAY to LOUD!!
Plus they would go down Tiffany Terrace at 50-70 miles an hour and speed limit is 15.

Thus we started to investigate things more.  We found that the place we originally wanted to be last May had openings again. They have 5 year round spots up front with water and sewer hook ups.

So we unskirted it and started preparing for the relocation.

So here we are, just a couple more jacks to put up, and unhook the power and we are ready to go.

Since our truck doesn't have the towing package on it yet, we hired the service manager from Four Winds to take us to our new location.   Here we are waiting for him to arrive, and Bud acted as tho he was going to pull it himself.   My caption for this photo is "Can he pull it?"

Hey, this even looks like our truck, (But it is not), Starting off leaving our home spot of 14 months.  This is the first time in those months that the slides have been put in also.

I had parked at Jessica's next door. He went down and around the circle.

We proceeded north on Greenswitch, but Justin and Bud turned off at Illiniwick road and went over to the highway to go north.  I went straight north thru the country.

I was sitting at the picnic table waiting for them when they arrived.

He came up and around the bend and stopped to survey where we were going.

Pulled down toward the road and came back to see in person.  We thought she would want us as far to the left as possible, but after he had backed up into the spot, she decided that we needed to move to the right about 18-20 inches so that the slide outs would be on the gravel also, so she would not have any problem mowing.

She even went and got us the concrete blocks to put under our jacks.

Here we are all set up.  We do have to remove the ties there in front, our steps will not sit up to the door with the wood there.  She had told us that would not be a problem.  She also showed us where we could set our shed that is being picked up today and delivered by Svendsens towing.

Parking in front right next to the garbage dumpster.

This is the view out our patio door.  So peaceful and quiet, except for the crickets, and cicadas that are still around there. The air is cooler so unless my allergies really flare up, we shall be able to leave the a/c off a bit more.

The shed has been delivered, so I am anxious to see how it looks now with it there, plus I am sure we will have to open it and rearrange everything that was in it.

So now we are just south of Weldon Springs State Park, but our mailing address will be a P.O.Box in Clinton, Illinois.  It will mean that I have 30 minutes to work instead of 15 and I have to drive 22 miles one way.  But that too shall pass. I can do it for a number of months.  After all in years past I have driven 40+ miles one way to work.