Things are humming along here at the KOA and we are blending in to the operation. Staying close to home with all the insanity that is the Memorial Day weekend. The campground will be full of holiday revelers and all their family, and when I say all their family I mean everyone. In addition to the 6 registered guests they can have a number of visitors for the day. I am guessing that at any given time on Saturday and Sunday there might be 1000 or more people in the park cooking, swimming, riding bikes, playing games, participating in the scheduled events, and drinking. As with any outdoor cooking and dining there will be lots of drinking and all the rowdiness that it comes with. Sounds like fun for me on night patrol!?!? Next week the park will be put back together and readied for the summer season to begin.
On a regular basis the park has a few full time fowl residents. In addition to the regular birds that come and go we also have three peacocks on property. They have been here for a while and don't seem to care about the two legged guests in the park. Recently at least two turkeys have taken up residence at the KOA. No one is sure where they came from but the general opinion is a farm over the next hill. These are not wild turkeys and have no fear of humans. They walk around camp sites and let the kids feed them which in turn ensures that they aren't going away any time soon. Actually they have been popular in the park until...
The other morning at 5:30 am we heard a loud thump on the roof of our RV. Next the unmistakable "gobble, gobble, gobble" of a turkey followed by countless "whap, whap, whaps" across the roof and another series of "gobbles".This went on back and forth across our roof for about 15 to 20 minutes. Remember I am on night patrol here so I got off work at 2am. Finally the flapping of wings, a thump on the ground, and the turkey wanders off on it's merry way. I was able to go back to sleep!
The next morning 5:30 came and went quietly but it only lasted until 5:45 when the thump,gobble, whap, whap whap process started again. This time he (or she) jumped from the roof onto the spring loaded slide toppers over our bed adding a "sproing, sproing" sound to the routine. I went outside with a long stick and chased the sleep thief from the roof and went back to bed. I now have a loaded BB gun handy for the next time we have unexpected....no un
wanted guests at that ridiculous hour!
Well I will sign off for now from our home in Petaluma (unless the turkey runs us off) because.....
Home is where the turkey lets us park it,
Frank and Mary
Ohhhh, you two have the most wonderful adventures! Who knew that Turkeys would join you both for this Summer Season! Maybe since there are two Turkeys, they should be named Thanksgiving and Christmas, and see how long they stick around!
ReplyDeleteLook at it this way, Thanksgiving dinner is a lot closer this year!! :) John and Mia
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