Day 16
Tues 10th July Eastern Oklahoma
Speak to snowbird in giant A class RV about 12 feet high with a spare car. Comes from 50 miles away. They dumped their droppings and left, wife driving behind in the car, followed shortly by the only other campers in this area. On our own on a great site far away from everybody so we took our kit off and decided to stay a while and take stock.
Lazed, wrote in this blog, sorted out the insurance, strolled and generally relaxed thoroughly in rain and shine. Did very little today. Lawns, meadows, wild flowers, butterflies, birds. Lovely sunset. May have glimpsed a bald eagle swooping past our camp. Too quick to tell but it was huge.
Some kids joyride a truck round the campsite late so I get a little uneasy about being alone up here and sleep with my aluminium pole handy. I forgot the ninja stick but this can give a very hard but probably not fatal crack.
Decided to stay on as we are now alone. More rain in sheets interspersed with glorious naked sunbathing rays. Hugh played with gong, I read. What luxury. Wonderful. Plenty of hot water. Watched sunset and had a good hardwod fire. Hugh writing his blog by the postprandial light while I make us an expresso. First time in ages i’ve seen Hugh playful and boyish for an entire day. Thought the large bird of prey we saw might have been an eagle but it could have been a red shouldered hawk - we just dont know. Need another bird book.