Leapin' Lizards

Here is an interesting thing, I went outside today to water the birds. As anyone who reads this may know, we are in a drouth and the temperatures have been well over 100 for weeks. So I try to keep water in a large bowl for the birds. So when I finished I noticed that the soil next to the house slab was pulled away with a large crack between the house and the dirt. So I watered it just a bit on the chance that it might help. Imagine my surprise when lizards (geckos) started surfacing and scampering away from the water. They don't like water very much. There were plenty of them of all sizes. I would never have guessed that we had lizards under or along side the slab. I knew that they came out at night and the cat loved to chase them and even eat them if she catches them, but I never knew where they lived, now I do.

Clarence

A new 5th wheel (to us)

Well it has been a while since I posted anything so here goes.

We just returned from picking up a new to us fifth wheel travel trailer. It is a 2004 Prowler by Fleetwood and it looks nearly new. It has double slide outs and a nice floor plan. We have been looking for a while onCraigs list and had driven up to the metroplex 3 times before we found and purchased this one. It is about 27 feet long so maybe a foot or so shorter than our previous fifth wheel.

This one has a nice island kitchen. The refrigerator, stove and pantry are on a slide out so there is extra room to the kitchen area. There are two recliner chairs (not shown here) at the back of the trailer with a large picture window to look out at the world.

The hole in the wall on the above picture is for a TV and the small black thing above the dinette is a radio / CD player with surround sound. All of that makes up the second slide out. There are a few more pictures including the bedroom and bath that are all on my Picasa Web photo site. The link is to the right, (you might need to scroll down to see it).