After our one successful one night stay at Maumee
Bay, we knew the park was going to be on our repeat list! The following weekend we headed back to MB. We found out, as we checked in, that it was Birders
week.
Apparently, it’s the Biggest Week in American
Birding is a 10-day festival in northwest Ohio, "The Warbler Capital of
the World!".
We thought it was super cool when the office
told us about it, so we went and bought a bird feeder, seed and a pole. It would appear the cheapest bird feeder we
found sucked. So we ended up dropping the
seed on the ground.
But it was so cool to see all the beautiful
birds!! We had a Cardinal that didn’t
leave our site. There were quite a few
Blue Jays, and a TON of Red-winged Blackbirds.
On Friday, as usual, it rained. We ended up switching sites b/c the Friday site
was booked for Saturday, but our Saturday spot was not booked for Friday! WOO! Instead
of staying one night at #119, the park let us moved to #55 Friday, so we could
set up our site.
Since it was so chilly on Friday, we didn’t
stay outside long. When we came in to
watch tv and stay warm, the tv wasn’t getting any local channels. So weird, because it was earlier. Guess what..Dennis forgot to put the antenna
down. At least he didn't forget me! *First mark against our newbie RV
selves.
Saturday was nice but so cold. We had my mom, brother, Jenny & kids over
for dinner. Jenny wasn’t feeling well
and spent most of the time napping inside.
It was chilly and I ended up getting sick around 7. I was so upset b/c we were having a good time
hanging out! The other stayed outside
and taught the kids how to play Euchre.
Sunday morning, we could hear the birds
singing. I opened the blinds in my room
and we watched them fly in and out of our yard.
It was so peaceful. We were all pointing
out different things about each bird.
Since
it was warming up, we decided to stay one more night. (Luckily MB is close to our
home/work/school!).
We did have to go to a different site, but that
was fine – it was less muddy. Cai, Bry & I were setting up the site and saw a
beautiful yellow bird. After some online
and book research, we found out it was an American Yellow Warbler. Unfortunately, both times it was near us, we
couldn’t get a good picture. Boo.
But we followed it with the binoculars.
Later, as the four of us played Euchre, a girl
about Bry’s age & her older brother rode up on their bikes. The girl said “Can we be friends and ride
bikes?”
The girls looked at me and I said ok – go ahead. Off they went. Dennis got into his hammock, I reclined my
chair and we sat there in peace. After
about 10 mins, I said, “The girls didn’t take their phones. How am I supposed to check on them? Maybe I should go look for them.”
Dennis said, “I’m sure they’re fine…but I did
just watch this Criminal Minds episode where they used kids to lure kids.”
Me:
!!!!!!! Why would you tell me this??!!
Dennis:
I don’t know.
Me: Give me the keys!
Off I went…As I pulled off of our loop, I saw a
couple walking their very LARGE dogs. As
I got closer, I realized they were not dogs – they were donkey’s. One had flowers on it’s ear and the other was
wearing a lei. Perfectly normal.
I took a picture b/c I knew there was no way
Dennis would believe me!
I went down 3 of the loops and by the park – no
kids. I started to panic. I headed back to our site to tell Dennis he
was coming to help me find them and there they were, waiting for me.
Ugh…
After that, I asked them to stay where I could
see them. Too many bad scenarios were
going through my head. Later, my mom said they never knew where we were. Well…as the child that was off doing things –
that was a bad decision on their part. We
did so many stupid & dangerous things! The little girl (McKenna) was talking to me
(while Dennis slept in the hammock) and I asked her if she lived close, she
responded yes, 5 mins away.
She asked Bry if they could play the next day
and I told her that we wouldn’t be here.
She was disappointed. She asked
if we’d be back Friday and I said maybe.
I asked her how old she was (same age as Bry)
and what school she went to. When she told me, I asked her if she knew my
cousin’s son. She responded yes, he’s in
3rd grade, right?
Since she "checked out" I felt much better letting the Bry play with
her – haha – yes, I am insane. When they
rode bikes over to her site (a loop over), Bry came back and told me her mom
was a volunteer there and they go camping every weekend.
We were so sad to have to leave Monday
morning. We are really loving this
camping thing. Even if it’s local spots –
it’s worth it. Just being away from the
house and hanging out in these parks is a lot of fun!
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