This is the trip for power outages. While we were in Kinder Lousiana over New Years there was a power outage and we were concerned about how long - it was getting pretty cold and that forecast was to drop into the 20's that night. Fortunately it came back on in 4 hours. Then, this morning at 7:15am there was an outage. Sounded like a gunshot, there click, no power. Seems a bird decided to stradle the terminals on one of the transformer boxes on the pole not far from us and - pffft. Bird is fried and most of the park is out of power. Very concerned as to how long this outage would last - yesterday it was 96 and us and cats were miserable. Forecast for today is 87 and with no power - couldn't run fans (can't run the a/c since the site we are on doesn't have 50 amp power) and we thought maybe we would have to put the cats in the truck and go for a ride with the a/c on - just to keep them cool. Power was off only about 2 hours - thankfully it's on now.
There is a camp dog here, named Bubbles, who is a lovely yellow lab. A winter Texan a couple of years ago got sick and had to leave and couldn't take Bubbles, so Bubbles became the campground
dog. Every morning someone comes to feed her, give her water. Then about 7am one camper comes and takes Bubbles for a walk. They are gone for about an hour and when she comes back, she usually has on a bandana. He takes it off once he gets her inside her gated area - an area about 30 feet X 25 feet. Inside her fenced area she has a dog house, a lean to where she can hide from the sun, there is a tree which when in full foliage should provide her with alot of shade. The morning visit/walk that Bubbles gets only started about 3 weeks ago. We are wondering if the man who comes get her is thinking about taking her with them when they go. It is heart breaking in the morning to see her about 6:50am start sitting in the corner of her fenced area, waiting for this man to come get her. When she seems him she starts yelping, waging her tail, turning around in circles and we know without looking out at her that he is coming. And then when he has her clipped on her leash, and they go out the gate and gone, Bubbles is so happy! One morning the man didn't come for her until 8:30am, she stayed in the corner just watching - at which point I thought - how cruel that he did that to her! But he did come and they did do their walk. People come all day long and walk their dogs past Bubbles gated pen, they give her treats, she is well cared for in that terms. But it is clear that she would rather be with someone all the time. Because of this and how I feel for her, I am glad we are going next week and won't know the fate if she goes with this man or not. I couldn't bare to see her here after the man has gone.
There is a camp dog here, named Bubbles, who is a lovely yellow lab. A winter Texan a couple of years ago got sick and had to leave and couldn't take Bubbles, so Bubbles became the campground
dog. Every morning someone comes to feed her, give her water. Then about 7am one camper comes and takes Bubbles for a walk. They are gone for about an hour and when she comes back, she usually has on a bandana. He takes it off once he gets her inside her gated area - an area about 30 feet X 25 feet. Inside her fenced area she has a dog house, a lean to where she can hide from the sun, there is a tree which when in full foliage should provide her with alot of shade. The morning visit/walk that Bubbles gets only started about 3 weeks ago. We are wondering if the man who comes get her is thinking about taking her with them when they go. It is heart breaking in the morning to see her about 6:50am start sitting in the corner of her fenced area, waiting for this man to come get her. When she seems him she starts yelping, waging her tail, turning around in circles and we know without looking out at her that he is coming. And then when he has her clipped on her leash, and they go out the gate and gone, Bubbles is so happy! One morning the man didn't come for her until 8:30am, she stayed in the corner just watching - at which point I thought - how cruel that he did that to her! But he did come and they did do their walk. People come all day long and walk their dogs past Bubbles gated pen, they give her treats, she is well cared for in that terms. But it is clear that she would rather be with someone all the time. Because of this and how I feel for her, I am glad we are going next week and won't know the fate if she goes with this man or not. I couldn't bare to see her here after the man has gone.
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