There’s a change in the air

For the last week, while I’ve been residing at various repair facilities, the weather has been sunny and hot.  I’ve been lucky to find some shady spots to sit out the time while the rig has been in the shop, but I think things are changing. 
There have been scattered showers today, a nice double rainbow, and the winds have shifted.  Peaceful scene, isn’t it?  You’d never guess that I-84 is just over this little hill behind my rig.  The forecast for tonight and tomorrow is for more rain, and the high for tomorrow will only be in the 60’s instead of close to 90.  I kind of wish it would rain hard enough tonight to wash off the 8,463 bugs that committed suicide on my windshield.  (Yes, I’ve been here long enough to have counted them!)
I’ve also noticed other changes.  The fallen leaves are beginning to pile up in the corners of the RV lot, and…
the milkweed pods have cracked open to disperse their seeds.  The Canada geese have also been honking their way South in the skies each evening.
When I was a child growing up in Chicago and these seeds began floating past on a fall breeze, my mother would tell us to hide our 5 cent allowance.  It seems their real name was Money Stealers, and you had better hold tight to your cash!  Where in the world would an old wives' tale like that come from?  I sure wish I could ask her.  I just love the symmetry of those seeds just waiting for a stiff wind to take them on a journey to fertile ground.

I remarked the other day on how busy this Camping World is.  I incorrectly assumed that because the store is closed on Sunday, it would be very peaceful in the parking lot.
Not so!  This part of the lot was empty when I got up this morning, but by 4:00 this afternoon quite a few rigs had been dropped off for appointments this coming week.  There were also a couple of dozen other rigs that drove in and out of the facility today.  What’s up with that?

With all my thoughts about the season changing today, I sure hope I’ll soon be migrating south myself.  I think I’ve been in Idaho enough for one year.  :)  The Texas Gulf shrimp are calling my name…

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy