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[Morgana]

So excited, FINALLY saw javelinas on my morning walk! There were two of them, walking down "my" sidewalk, I crossed the street to give them some space. My landlord hates 'em b/c they get into his trash but I had not seen a single one since I moved here. The neighbor two houses down leaves out food for critters, which not all his neighbors appreciate. I'm kind of surprised not to have seen any nice scenic rats, actually. One of the javes went over and nosed the food bucket but it was empty. Other than that I have seen a million bunnies and quail and almost stepped on a rattlesnake once. I heard there are wild burros around here too ... the weather here in southern AZ has cooled to mere double digits; it's heavenly.

 

[maki2]

I do have a very recently acquired late evening viewing habit on YouTube. I started watching the highlights of that evenings “late shows” the beginning of the program where the host features that days news events and helps to interpret what was being said by whom about goings on things in the news. Laughter is indeed great medicine

Of course there is always a lot of bad stuff going on in the world so I need to counter that with some happy to be alive and camping out in so many lovely places. Trees, mountains, birds, squirrels, butterflies, good books and movies have all been great companions this summmer. I have had a shortage of streams and ocean time though. Maybe next summer I will shift to a different area to get more of that.

 

[maki2]

Down she goes! The early morning temperature that is. It has now gone into the 30s hear at Tusayan,AZ. But as there is a 40 degree swing between high temp and low the daytime high is in that much desired 70 degree range. Some of the deciduous bushes and trees are just now starting to show some change in color to yellow on part of the leaves. But it is not yet the fall color viewing season. That takes a hard freeze to happen. There have been no 32 degree nights so far. Maybe in another week or two but I will be heading to lower elevation by then.

 

[vanbrat]

The trees are juuuuuussst getting started here too. I love the fall colors and the reason I want an early frost.

 

[maki2]

Mother Nature just turned back the clock! A week of mostly sunny, low 80s for a high is ahead! I do not have to come down out of the forest to the desert for a while longer

I finally did make it into the National Park today. No long lines at the entry and plenty of empty showers. I filled up my water jugs with the great natural spring water, got rid of my trash and headed back to camp. I just did not feel like doing any sightseeing today. But hopefully one day this week I will head out for a bit of viewing of that very deep canyon. It really is an awesome sight.