Thursday July 14th 2016

Today was a humid and cloudy day bracketed by rain showers. I got underway north to the house in New Hampshire after the showers passed about 9AM. The air was thick enough to cut it was so humid. It was not a good day to get a lot of physical labor completed.

Overall it was not the most productive day. I’m working on making the kitchen presentable. I took a couple of boxes of dishes and glassware to Goodwill and made a final pass through the cutlery to make sure I have everything I want in the RV.

My plan had been to work outside today. It just wasn’t practical. I would have passed out from the heat. It isn’t that it is extreme overall, it is just that we haven’t been having many days like it. After a few days of similar weather you get acclimated and can tolerate more activity in the humidity.

Based on the morning weather forecast I returned to the campground early to be there when the afternoon thunderstorms came through. I should have checked the weather radar on my phone. The storms didn’t get here until 8PM and they were mild compared to the forecast. I used the extra time back at my RV home to get the laundry done.

The campground is not as full tonight as it was last night. I had expected it to start to fill for the weekend, but it doesn’t seem to have started yet. Among the travelers here tonight are a lot of tent campers. I counted about 10 sites occupied by tents during my walk this evening. There are all sizes of tents from single person tents to large cabin size tents.

Turkeys under the awning as seen through the screen door.

The turkeys on the far side of my site.

I had another visit from the turkey family during supper tonight. I looked out the screen door to see the little turkeys coming out from under my motorhome. They didn’t bother to go around, they just went right under. They wandered across my site into the woods on the other side, then came back a few minutes later. There are two adult birds and many little ones of various sizes.

One of the adult birds bringing up the rear.

The turkey family behind my camper when they returned for another visit.

I can remember when there was great concern about the survival of turkeys in the area. In recent years turkeys are becoming a common sight. I’ve had them at the house in New Hampshire and all around the neighborhood. If you watch the sides of the Interstates you will often see them at the edge of the brush. Ben Franklin should be happy. His idea of what our national bird should be is thriving.