8/28/07 Invasion of the Hummingbirds!

It was a little after eleven and we were out the door.

First stop was the doctor's office to pick up copies of blood test results so that our medical records are up to date. The staff took the time to go over our test results once again and to explain the new medications to us. We appreciated the time the staff spent with us as we won't be back to this doctor's office again and they know that.

Next stop was Cracker Barrel for a late breakfast. We took turns playing the little wooden peg game that is on each table while waiting for our food to arrive. I'm sure you've seen these games, ten little holes drilled into a piece of wood cut into the shape of a triangle and nine holes hold a golf tee leaving one open so that moves can be made. Neither one of us mastered this aggravating game of trying to leave only one golf tee on the playing board. We were glad when our breakfast arrived.

We decided to go for a ride and ended up in the Meramec State Park. We came across this one place that had a sign showing there was a photo op up ahead. We stopped and made our way to the vantage point where photo's were to be taken. We're sure this would be a beautiful area to take pictures of in the fall with the colors but at this time of year it was just so-so in our opinion.

We spent about an hour exploring the park taking notice that it was all but empty. We saw at most a half dozen campers. We did take notice that the local squirrels have no fear of humans or motor vehicles. We came upon this one sitting in the middle of the road and it wouldn't move! It seemed to dare us to come any closer. We did. It moved.

For the lack of any idea of what else to do by mid-afternoon we made our way back home. We found we had a new next door neighbor move in while we were gone. Within minutes Larry came out of his trailer to meet us. Him and his wife are new fulltimers and hail from Tennessee.

We sat at the picnic table talking and watching the hummingbirds. These little winged creatures were out in full force this afternoon chasing each other away from the feeders. We counted eight at one time. Bob did some reading up on these tiny birds and found that this is the time of year they really start feeding to prepare themselves for their migration to South America for the winter. This must be true because we're filling our feeders every other day now.

Hummingbird pictures.....taken from inside.

Can you see all three of them?

After dinner we settled in for another night of TV. I went outside for a few minutes and couldn't help but notice the full moon. It was huge orange ball in the night sky. I took a picture but without a telescopic lens, well, this picture just doesn't do what I saw justice.

Tomorrow we start our next to last week of work. It won't be long and we'll be singing "On the Road Again"....