Quiet Days

Thursday, 14 March
Isaac Creek COE Campground — Franklin, Alabama
Temps: Lo 37F / Hi 64F (3C / 18C)

Three days since I last posted … peaceful … quiet … wonderfully relaxing.

Days spent planning for our fall “vacation” from the motorhome.

Days spent watching the birds that perch on the tree at the front of our site.

Days spent watching the waters of Lake Claiborne gently — yet inexorably — passing by our campsite to the dam at the far end.  The water is like Mother Nature’s conveyor belt, taking the mist rising from the lake with it.  I took a photo (above) that captures the mood, but Mui’s short video does a better job of showing the movement.
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8-seconds of moving mist.

Our days have been filled with sunshine, but a brisk breeze from the northwest has kept the temperatures chilled.  Regardless, except for Wednesday, when the wind was exceptionally strong, we’ve been able to sit in the screen shelter for several hours in the late afternoon.  At other times, we enjoy the scenery from the cockpit … which, Mui has taken to referring as our “Florida Room.”

Looking right from our site, the fog is clearing; but to our left, the dam is still veiled.
(Wednesday Morning — 13 March 2013)

Our poor shelter is all bent out of shape by the brisk breeze;
but additional tie-downs keep it from taking flight.

Haven’t done much otherwise … except for walks around the campground, or to the dam and back; and a couple of trike rides to add variety.  Here are some scenes from the sites overlooking Isaac Creek in the back loop.  Don’t worry, I didn’t walk through anyone’s site to get the pictures — unlike some of the new campers at the waterfront sites who think nothing of crossing through our site (sorry; pet peeve of mine).

Left: Some of the creek-side sites have small shared-docks; especially popular with boaters.
Right: A double the pleasure scene on peaceful Isaac Creek.

A couple of fishermen head out towards the lake to try their luck …

… while we relax at one of the gazebos in the back loop.

Just outside the entrance to the campground is a picnic shelter and a playground we walk through when we do our lakeshore walks to the Claiborne Lock and Dam.  We were in a playful mood when we passed through on Wednesday.

Might that be Prince Charming? …

… only one way to find out ;-)

This beautiful Eastern Bluebird likes to perch on the tree at the front of our site;
I have to be content with photographing it through the windshield, however,
as it flies off at the slightest sound and movement.

Oh, and we did a bit of stargazing Tuesday evening and spied the comet PANSTARRS in the western sky.  Thanks for the directions, MBZ.  The comet was too far for me to attempt a photo, but what we saw through our binoculars was almost an exact duplicate of the picture below, which I borrowed from the web.

Except for the antenna and the power poles, this was our view of PANSTARR.
(TUESDAY — 12 march 2013)
[Click the picture to view the original taken by Dale P. Cruikshank]

Knowing that we will be out sightseeing quite a bit when we reach New Orleans next week, we plan to continue to enjoy just chilling here at Isaac Creek.