Sunday October 8th 2017

The weather forecast called for cooler temperatures today. It was about 3 degrees cooler topping out in the low 90s. That’s still hot.

The rabbits in this park are very cautious. They run for brush as soon as they see or hear you.

Unless I have something specific planned, I generally get active around 10:30 or 11 in the morning. By that time I’ve finished breakfast and I’ve caught up on the news and such from the Internet. On weekends the time zone gets in the way. For example, this morning the NFL coverage started at 9AM and the games at 10AM. I got sucked into watching football games, with a little NASCAR thrown in, all day. I’m not addicted enough that specific plans wouldn’t have prevented such laid back behavior, but sports action combined with the comfortable AC kept me in most of the day. If I’d been in an eastern time zone I’d probably be out doing something when the games started unless watching the game was part of my plan for the day.

The campground emptied out more than I thought it would today. There are still more people here tonight than last Sunday night, but I guess this is not a big three day weekend in this area. Schools are off but businesses are probably all up and running. I’m not complaining, I get a quiet campground again. All of the big noisy groups in tents have gone home.

One of many birds that sit on the top of the cactus and sing.

Wednesday is a travel day. Hopefully, between now and then I’ll see some of the wildlife in this area. On my late afternoon walk I saw one bunny and a bunch of birds. I haven’t gotten a close enough look to attempt an identification, but one variety of bird seems to like to sit on the top of Saguaro cactus and sing. I’ve passed several of them on my hikes.

I will probably (note the uncertainty) get out of the campground and do something tomorrow. If for no other reason than I’m running out of quasi junk food like bread and cookies. I have plenty of meat, vegetables and dairy. Just not the stuff that makes everything fun to eat.