Week Three

The campground is full on the weekends but only about half or less during the week.  We had 80 departing sites last Sunday which took us to Tuesday to complete.  Many campers hold over for Monday and less traffic so that added to our long list.  Lots of walking so I shouldn't complain.  We try to get to the beach every day for litter patrol especially after the weekend day crowds. There’s always trash that gets blown when the wind comes up so it’s hard to keep the litter from flying out of the bucket.  I appreciate the rains we had last week because it has kept the dust down when we rake.  The fire ban has been lifted in Western Washington but not here.  Maybe for Labor Day.  There's a rain shower tonight that will keep the rowdies in their tents.

On our days off, we went into the Wenatchee Costco and Safeway for groceries.  It was almost 90* there so we were glad to get back here to the low 80s.  Thursday, we picked up our friends in Plain and went to the Douglas County Fair in Waterville, WA.  We checked out all the exhibits and show animals. We drove back over Badger Hill which gives a spectacular view of Wenatchee.  

Summer is winding down for campers with school starting in some districts on Monday coming up.  This morning, it was barely 60* at 8 AM.  However, that didn’t stop kids from playing in the water at the beach.  Last night, at sunset, I watched a little girl run pell mell into the lake, not fazed at all by the cold water and fading sun.

Tomorrow, the Camp Hosts at North Park will head for off an Alaskan cruise.  They already stayed 3 weeks longer than they planned due to the August hosts canceling at the last minute. We offered to pick up some of their work so I'm going to bring my bicycle back from Port Orchard next week.  It's a long walk to the North Park without a bridge over the river on our side.

We have a coffee break at 1 pm and take in the beach
views.  This woman had many tattoos including
the one around her belly button.  I didn't have enough
zoom to see what it actually was.  Bullseye?

No campfires so s'mores have to be improvised.  I cut
out the graham cracker and just went for the big
marshmallow and choco frosting.

One of our tasks is to water the new trees so here is
Sonny lugging water buckets.

Some of the vine maples are turning already.

It's sockeye salmon season.  The salmon
mostly hang out at the other end of the lake
so this one must have gotten away only to
die on the beach.  This young man was
showing off his find to his family......

"Take it Away!!"  He's heading for the
rocks where the gulls will get a meal
with it.

One windy afternoon, the kite boarders came to the beach.  I was
sorry that I didn't see them out on the water.  Their sails
look like bat wings on the beach.

Post Cereals has come out with a new Grapenuts  breakfast meal so they
teamed up with State Parks to broadcast their cereal, fitness and the
outdoors.  We've been asked to hand out free samples.  

Site 65 kids made a squirrel catcher with  veggie bait.  The squirrels are
pretty quick.  Don't know if they were successful in catching one.  I
asked what they would do if one was caught but they
hadn't thought that far.

We had lunch on Wednesday in the Pybus Market in Wenatchee.

Peaches are in season and so good!  These won first prize
at the fair.  They are HUGE, the size of soft balls.

She's holding a 4 year olds chinchilla.  His fur was soooo soft but those
ears were something else! 

We visited the Douglas County mobile command center 5th wheel.  The man
in the white shirt designed the center and was given a grant to have it
built in Ferndale, WA.  It was used most recently at the Pateros forest
fire to coordinate agencies.  The walls inside and out are white board for messaging.
The man in the front here, was born in Portland, ME but spent most of his life
in the South so his accent isn't very down east.

In the upper portion of the 5th wheel, is an interrogation room
with a command view of fair activity.

On display at the fair.  We were guessing it was a boar.

Alpacas and their 4-H handlers.I like talking with
the youngsters about their projects. 

We never thought about growing hair on cattle but apparently, the
4-H kids do.

Did you have a clue?  I wanted to look in a cow's mouth to see if there were
upper teeth. 

I thought my friend, Janice, was kidding when she said these were "Oreo cows".
They have another bred name but really do go by Oreo cows.  This calf was
born in April.

Yesterday, we noticed a horrific smell near the wood pile.  We discovered it
was the wasp catcher bag.  We've seen them all over the park and thought
the ranger had placed them.  We asked what made that smell and learned
that other campers had hung them, not the ranger.  He said get rid of them. Now
that they are full of dead wasps, they smell incredibly bad so here's Sonny
getting rid of the 3 that were in our site.

We noticed this doggie at the beach, today, wearing pants.
We heard that the dog had recently had surgery and
that's why he was wearing pants.

The ever hungry chipmunk was able to get inside the bird
feeder to get the last few seeds.

The forecast said rain possible tomorrow afternoon but his blew in
around 7:30 PM this evening.  The sky looks like it's on fire.