Thursday October 19th 2017

Once again the day began with a flock of birds landing on the roof of the RV. They were about twenty minutes later this morning. I wasn’t rudely woken up until almost seven. Like the last couple of mornings they were gone within a half an hour. I wonder what the attraction is on the roof? Do I want to know what they may be leaving on the roof?

North side of the London Bridge in the Desert.

South side of the London Bridge in the desert.

This morning I drove over to the resort area at the London Bridge. The parking area is under construction to add a new Holiday Inn Express to the accommodation options. It made access to the bridge area difficult. There were not many people in the resort area this morning. Clearly the snowbird season has not really started yet. The ducks in the channel outnumbered the people by a large margin.

Duck taking a drink between quacks. It was making a real racket.

Spitting Lion statue.

The second order of business this morning was restocking the refrigerator. I drove out to a large Walmart on the far north side of town. It had everything I needed including a little impromptu entertainment. One group of three not quite senior ladies shopping together provided the entertainment. Each of them was using one of the stores electric wheelchair shopping carts. When I encountered them they seem to be having a race down the cereal aisle that turned into a demolition derby. Nobody was hurt and they were all laughing and enjoying there race. I saw them later in another part of the store fighting to get to the dairy refrigerators first. My guess is this is a regular adventure.

Back at the campground the guests are changing from the mid week residents to the weekenders. There must be an old car or hot rod show in the area this weekend. At least three big box trailers pulled behind motorhomes have exposed their contents to be loud old cars. They were loud both visually and audible. Yellow was the predominant color and large headers and exhaust pipes provide the noise.

This campground is very nice, but it is not quiet. The hot rods were just the chorus. The featured noise makers are the speed boats on the lake. It seems like the boats are either calm and quiet pontoon boats or speed boats. The speed boats come in all sizes, but have two common features. The cockpit is big enough for one or two people and the area behind the occupants is all engine. They are loud and they are fast. The early part of the day before the wind creates waves on the lake and late in the day after the breeze goes down are their favorite times.