6-28-20 - 7-4-20 - Camp Host Week 3

This was our first full week working as Camp Host.  As we rode around doing our chores we were frequently distracted by nature.  We stopped and moved an Eastern Musk Turtle off the road Sunday as we were heading to the beach.

The campers poured out on Sunday morning, leaving us about 24 campsite to clean.  We had them done in about an hour.  On the other hand, the beach goers were after 7 pm before they cleared out which gave us time to sit on the bank and enjoy the river flowing by.

Ferny Kat was very vocal wanting us to get up way too early on Monday morning.  Before taking off for our chores, Lauren had to work on the Gator.  It was definitely a Monday kind of day.

We got our work done, then took Ferny Kat for a ride to Crossroads with the hopes we could keep her awake during the day.  She enjoyed her ride home, but was cat napping by the time we got there.  She slept in the closet until we drove back.  All for keeping her awake during the day.

The Northern Cardinals continue feeding their young from the feeder and a Cat Bird was hanging out in the trees.

We were greeted by a Fowler's Toad and a Green Heron at the Interpretive Area.

We had a steamy road after the rain on Tuesday afternoon when we made our rounds.

When we got back to Camp, Ferny Kat came out to explore and drink and play in her bowl of rain water.

There was a Green Heron hanging around in the branches on the river at the Beach area and some pretty Trailing Fuzzy Beans blooming on the bank of the river.

Our chores at the beach were delayed Wednesday morning when we got distracted by an Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, a Blue Grosbeak, an Eastern Kingbird, and a Red Spotted Admiral.

We spent the afternoon drilling holes in each of the campsite post for flags to be placed in for this holiday weekend.

We are the gate keepers, in our gated community tonight.

Thursday we continued to enjoy nature as we did our work.  We had our first armadillo sighting for this area on our way back to camp Thursday night.

There were 2 Green Herons at the Interpretive Area on Friday morning.  One of them strutted around the pier with his cool tufted head feathers.

When we got back to Camp, a Swallow-tailed Kite circled above us allowing us good closeup pics.

Saturday was a Happy 4th of July!  It was another nature chasing kind of day as we got our work done.

We were entertained by a pair of dancing Mockingbirds at Camp this afternoon.

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