Creeping back to feeling normal

Which pretty much describes how I’m feeling about this trip following upon the last. My sense is the entire world is trying to get to some degree of normalcy after the height of covid—note I didn’t say post-covid, because I doubt we’ll ever get completely post-covid, at least not in my lifetime. But being off on another trip definitely helps me feel better.

And this post will be shorter, dammit. Whatever I get done tonight is going up, even if I cut a lot out.

I got to the first CG nice and early, and took Scamp over to the lake for a walk. It was beautiful (for me)

and for her, I had taken along her favorite fetch from water toy. So here are lots of videos. Hey, it’s my blog, and you can skip as many as you please 😊. And being selective takes time.

Mostly I don’t remember which videos go with which walk, but this last one was definitely from the next morning, because I had deliberately chosen not to take the toy along so she wouldn’t get all wet before we hit the road. However, she foiled that plan by finding a stick 😏.

Got a few things done that require being in more citified environs (upgrades on a couple of hi tech devices), and then spent that night at Champoeg. Here’s the star of the post, Scamp, again.

And my attempt at a video with that stick.

Not to completely neglect the cats, here’s Phantom. With Scamp 😄.

And a sweet photo of Shadow. He was resting next to me, and just reached out his paw and put it on my arm. He left it there for well over five minutes.

The next day—yesterday—I stopped for lunch at my niece’s. Here she and her partner are trying to vacuum up some hover flies.

Mostly unsuccessfully, sadly.

I then came up to this spot for a two-night stay., which is where I am now.

I had reserved the site sight unseen (heh), but it has turned out to be practically perfect in every way, particularly for the cats. They’ve had all the outdoor time they asked for. Here’s Phantom.

He’s done the cat-confronting-something thing a few times today. I have no idea what, but I think I’ll keep both cats in the rest of the night.

Here are a couple of shots of plants imitating animals seen on walks with Scamp. At least, that’s what they look like to me. This one may have had some human help.

This one, however, must have gotten there entirely naturally.

I hope you can see what I’m talking about. It looks like a stag with multiple antlers, at the top of the photo.

It’s been a good day. I had originally scheduled a full day in camp so I could shower—always a major undertaking while on the road—but it has also included a semi-strenuous couple of walks with Scamp (not all that long, but quite a bit of uphill), AND I cooked supper. Which is very rare.

And now I have a blog post done (pats herself on the back.)