Craft Day

I took a break from working on my family history and did some other projects.  (I really needed the break) This is something I did today.  I wanted to put up pictures that I have taken over the years as a reminder of our travels and happy times.  I put some of my favorites on a piece of construction paper, as many as I could.  There are many more, but I'm happy with the resulting montage.  Next, I will cover the whole thing in special plastic I got at the arts and crafts store to cover photographs with.  Then I'll find a place to hang it.  It seems simple, but it took a long time figuring out which pictures were best representative of happy places and at the same time dynamic enough.

The picture on the right is of one of my neighbor's creations.  Every time I'd walk past their place, these things would sparkle at me in the sun.  These wind chimes definitely looked homemade because I had never seen anything like them in the stores.  Finally, I decided to go and take a picture and find out how they were made.  I was surprised to find out they were made out of old fishing lures they had collected around the nearby lakes and streams.  They used some old antlers that deer shed naturally in the wild to hang them on.

I was so impressed - if there was a prize for the best and most creative re-purposing, I would have given it to them.  Well-done, fellow RV neighbors.

Another project I did: I added some craft objects to our cabana as it was a bit hazardous and I needed some way to alert people so they wouldn't trip over the strings that were attached to the cabana to hold it up.  I had taken apart a door wreath I had paid 99 cents for on sale from a craft store.  I found new use for these flowers and quite attractive too.

Happy trails everyone!

Summer of 2015 Part One

It's been a busy summer working up here in the high country.  This is our first time working in an RV park for the summer and so far we love it.  Here's a few pictures that highlight our experience.

Work Jeep gets decorated

4th of July bike parade day.  Bob was the judge for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  He went up to every participant and talked to them about their decorated bikes.  It added to their excitement and pride of their accomplishment. The owner of the RV park led this parade of assembled bikes, carts, remote control cars and people through the park with patriotic music blasting out of his truck.  We put low riders and boom-boxers to shame!  The streets were lined with observers cheering the kids on. We threw them candy in celebration.  We had a blast. 

Some things that great us around the park: 
 

Beware of bear signs

Orange Columbine

Huge crane fly greeting us during bathroom clean up

Grinding holes left by American Indians