Holiday in the swamp

This year for Thanksgiving we decided to head out to my favorite camping place, Pettigrew State Park. Yup, gonnna spend the week in the swap in hopes to see bear. We got there on Saturday and it either rained, drizzled or misted the entire time we were there. Plus the mosquitoes were crazy, the @$#* bugs kept gettin' in the camper and feeding on us while we slept. This was not one of our better trips but we did met some great folks in Columbia NC, saw tons of deer, lots of bear pooh, no bear, just pooh, great horned owls, snow geese, tundra swans and bunches of different water birds. We also headed to the outter banks and yes, the jeep went out on the beach, not far, but it did go on the beach.

taken w/camera thru the binoculars, these are the tundra swans

The welcomed and not so welcomed

It was nice to see Gregory over the past few days and good for the neighborhood. Neighbor Betty put it something like Gregory's spirit arrives before his physical body does. If you know Betty this makes soooo much sense and if you don't I'm not sure how to explain it to you. But the time we had was nice and refreshing. They worked on the yard a bit and hung 2 doors.

<~~~the welcomed

<~~~the not so welcomed, found this nest of yelllow jackest along side the tree that was trimmed up the night before

blah weekend

The weather was incredible this past weekend, perfect for hiking, biking or just getting out into it. Pulled upper back muscle so Saturday was spent on muscle relaxers and back massager, NOT how I planned the day. By evening it felt much better so headed over to neighbors house to hang for a bit. Yes I'm in pj's but it was just the women and TJ. Sunday also did not go as planned so I gave up and watched a movie on the computer.

No, it's not a shrunken head that Leslie is holding.

Crazy Cat (a.k.a. Momma Kitty) and Gracie discussing the meaning of life through the door at Betty's place.