Settling in at Park of the Sierras 9-10-07

The last couple days we have just been settling in and relaxing. We’ve gotten good at relaxing…we kinda like it. It gets down to about 66 at night and up to around 94 during the day...stunning weather.

We’ve walked around the RV Park which is hilly and very large, there are over 250 sites on 161 acres covered in oak, manzanita, pines and dried grass. There are gray squirrels, quail, bunnies, woodpeckers and miscellaneous other birds hanging around. We were given a tour of the park yesterday by a volunteer in a golf cart and it was interesting. He took us back into the undeveloped area down past the dry creek bed of Coarsegold Creek which is where I took these photos of the rocks that were eroded back in the days when glaciers covered this area. As Indians lived in the area at one time there were several grinding stones too. That monstrosity on the hill across the highway from the Park is the largest Indian Casino we’ve ever seen, they are doing so well they are expanding.

The red trunked trees are manzanita, a hard wood but they have such graceful swooping shapes.

We got our chores done, Larry washed the trailer, its roof was black with ash and washed and waxed the truck.

I talked to my cousin Darcy. She continues to do really well and she is discovering that once you have faced death there is really nothing else worth being afraid of in life and being unhappy is no way to live so she is getting on with hers. I love talking to her because she continually amazes me.

The countdown has begun…one week until we see the giant black mouse…woo hoo!