Dave&Callie: 06_2013 City of Rocks

Sunday, July 28, 2013

06_2013 City of Rocks - Part I

I have lost all hope of putting up blogs in chronological order! Still, out of order blogs are better than no blogs. In June, Dave and I loaded up the fifth wheel and headed to the City of Rocks in Idaho. We got the same spot we camped in last year. It's a nice one - private feelings with great views. This year, we added a hummingbird feeder to our list of things to take. It took almost no time to get some hummingbirds visiting us. Pente wasn't too helpful in this endeavor, but they really didn't seem to mind much.

While in the City of Rocks, we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary! We had some prosecco and strawberries and a nice meal. I dressed up in my green fleece and pink monkey pants. :)

This year offered a few more flowers than last year. We looked for Harry the Harrier in his usual spot and he wasn't there. We were disappointed...until we learned that he would fly through camp hunting most days! Beautiful Northern Harrier.

We did some climbing. I didn't do much, but had fun for sure. The weather was (initially) nice and hot! Great to feel some warmth.

This photo is taken on top of Elephant Rock. The pink arrow is pointing to the camper. It's always fun to look down and see the house. :)

As usual, Pente loved it there. There is just so much dirt/granite dust to roll in. She rolled until filthy and sparkly.

Lots of fun birding too.

Dave managed to climb a ton of routes he'd never done before. Most were good. A few were stinkers. Such is climbing. :)

A couple photo at the City.

We skulked around looking to get some nice photos of Mountain Blue birds. While they were around, they were very challenging to get a photo of.

Much easier to get a photo of was "Chippy", our new friend. This little guy had no fear!

Here is Dave trying to walk the cat. It's not easy when all she wants to do is roll in the potholes!

We also did some mountain bike riding. This photo gives a good idea about the extreme lounging that took place on the trip as well.

One morning we woke up to a lot of commotion...a cattle drive! There were hundreds of these heads of cattle. Nasty! I remarked that if steak smelled like cattle, no one would ever eat steak. I stand by that statement!