H
ow many roadrunners do we have hanging out in Mountain City?
Friday morning we stopped to watch one on Live Oak Drive at Ash. Ellis Craig walked out to get his newspaper saying, “He’s been hanging around for several days.”
Saturday morning we saw a roadrunner running along Maple Drive.
Saturday afternoon, I saw a roadrunner near the Live Oak cul-de-sac.
Then, early Saturday evening I saw a roadrunner run right past the decorative metal roadrunner out our breakfast window.
“Round, round, get around, I get around,” might be a single roadrunner’s weekend song. Or, maybe we have multiple.
They sure are fun to watch.
Any day now Painted Buntings should arrive.
On an earlier date than usual, hundreds of dachshunds will arrive at the famous Buda Wiener Dog Races this weekend, April 23 and 24. April has five Saturdays this year. Mountain City can be proud that our own Diane Krejci presented the concept of these races to the Buda Lions Club over 19 years ago.
The first Saturday Montage in June will be here before we know it. That’s the day for the citywide garage sales.
It’s followed by Dumpster Days, the 2nd Saturday and Sunday in June.
Montage had a vacation while Ron and I took an adventure-filled trip to Florida. Friends and family marvel at the good values I find, stretching our travel and dining budget.
Planning a trip to Florida started with a low fare to Ft Lauderdale. The flights dipped out just a small quantity of Rapid Rewards points.
The original bargain plan was tent camping in The Everglades, taking a 50-pound box with camping gear and a 50-pound duffel bag with everything needed for campsite cooking, including some food. Our camping plan still allows us each a personal bag.
Two weeks out, I jumped on a low fare 3-day cruise to Bahamas, leaving us two days before and a day after for Florida exploration.
On Airbnb, I found a $50/night (total) cozy room with an air mattress in Everglades City. The property was magical. Robert directed us to a fish market with $10/pound stone crab. We took his boat tour, weaving in and out of “10,000 Islands.”
In Miami before the cruise, we took a $6.21 ride to use a coupon for dinner.
In Nassau on a Sunday, we worshipped at the historic Christ Church Cathedral and accepted the invitation to the quarterly fellowship afterwards and got introduced to Sky Juice. Priceless.
We had enough money for a kayak trip before boarding our return flight. Imagine the stench of insect repellant, sunscreen, and sweat. I thought a big state park would have showers. Oops.
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