More Pictures

I was working in the gallery yesterday. Beautiful day though there was not much traffic. Today I went to the Barn and Ranch Sale, I found a hat to replace the one I had that got smashed.

A few more pictures that I have culled from my archives.

Fawn

Custer State Park

South Dakota

2016

Pronghorn

Custer State Park

South Dakota

2016

Pelicans in the Fog

Bodega Bay

California

2016

Reviewing more Pictures

Received and e-mail from the solar company, I should receive my part on Wednesday. Depending on the time they deliver it I may be able to install it. Otherwise it will have to wait until Friday, as I will be at the gallery on Thursday.

I was contacted by a friend to assist her in finding a painting for her new office. I will be going out to see what I may find for her.

Still going through my SD cards, here are some more photographs.

Custer State Park

South Dakota

Pronghorn

American Bison

American Bison

Rhode Island 

Great Blue Heron

Seagull

Great Blue Heron

Quarantine Day 1

 As you may know my trip was cut short at the Canadian border.

This morning I awoke and loaded the first of three loads of laundry. Because I am solar I have to wait for the sun to hit the panels before starting the machine.

Went out to my garden, checked that the holding tank, I have well water, was full and then started to turn on the drip system. Found a leak where the bunnies had chewed one of the lines, so I had to fix that.

Went to the vegetable garden and found it was overrun with goat heads. So I got my gloves on and my weeding tool and started to pull them up. The gloves didn't work so well, as I got a huge blister that took off a layer or two of skin.

The pile of weeds and my blister.

I switched the drip system and started to drain my hot tub, so I could clean it and refill it. It was full of algae so I had to scrub it and am leaving it empty to dry out overnight. Tomorrow I will refill it and leave it cool since it is so hot out.

Switched to the last drip line, turned on the well pump to refill the tank so I could do the laundry.

Went in and started the first load.

I started to go through my camera equipment and discovered I had left my camera on the floor of my friend's car. He had picked me up in a BMW, which would not make up my dirt road. We went to his house and switched over to his jeep. Being late and exhausted, I grabbed my three bags and left the camera. Sent him a text and asked for him to take it out of the car and I would drop by later to get it.

I know, I broke quarantine, but I had to go get my mail which is four mile down the hill. My house sitter had told me her key wasn't working. I used her key and it opened right up. I also picked up my camera.

By this time it was very hot, I was still doing laundry and cannot run the A/C at the same time. The limitations of my solar system.

I made a loaf of bread as I was out.

Finally, had time to sit and write yesterday's, trials and tribulations.

The sun has set and I am going to veg out in front of the TV.

FUBAR

I had a good nights sleep, Lisa not so much, the dogs wandered around and jumped on and off the bed.

We got moving, checked out and went to get some supplies at Walmart in case they would not let us stop in Canada. We were only a couple hours from the border.

We were driving down the road and came across an Antelope stopped in the road, stopped to take a few pictures. If any turn out I will post them later.

We were getting excited about crossing into Canada for the next half of our drive. 

We pulled up to the border station and gave them the paper work, we were asked to park the car and come inside. There they again went through all of the paperwork, asked a bunch of questions.

THEN THEY DENIED ME ENTRY.

I was denied entry because I was considered a tourist and they are not allowing tourists in. My sister has a home she is moving to, as well as, a business in Alaska, so she was allowed to transit Canada.

So, then we had to turn around and Lisa drove me to the Great Falls Airport, where I caught a flight to Denver and then back home to New Mexico.

Waiting, in Denver, for my connecting flight to Albuquerque.

Lisa then had to drive back to the border. They had a shift change and they went through the whole routine again.

I got hold of my friend and he came down and picked me up at the airport. As we are driving back to Cerrillos he tells me his partner had bought some cheap clay pipes for when people come over (covid). He then told me mine was in the glove box loaded if I desired. So nice to have good friends.

My trip has ended. I told Alex and Lisa that the maze I was drawing for the trip will turn black at the Canadian border and won't actually work because I never got to Alaska.

Prong Horn Antelope

Day 11 Custer State Park

I woke up to rain so I slept in for a bit and then read. Finally got up and took a drive.

Along the way I found a rusty tractor and a few flocks of wild turkeys.

I then decided to visit Custer State Park and arrange for a campsite for a few nights.

Drove through part of the park and saw Bison, Pronghorn, Whitetail and Turkeys. I will be right by the entrance to the wildlife loop and hope to get more wildlife pictures.

We are supposed to get hail tonight and then clear and hot for a few days.

There is a lake I am hoping to get the kayak out over the next few days.

First, Mount Rushmore, looks good for both sunrise and sunset, it will also be Saturday. I will see what I can do. I plan to go back on Tuesday.

Walked through more of the town and their profusion of shops. Some are really nice others filled with “made in China”.

It started to clear up and warm up around 2pm and the clouds started to gather again by 6pm. I went and got take out and am now posting pictures and watching crap on TV.

It will be nice be out in the silence again, though I think they have Internet out there.