What’s a four letter word beginning with “D”?

It’s one of the RVer’s best friends!  So,tell me, is it Duck tape or Duct tape?  This 3M brand labels it duct tape, but I’ve seen other brands label it duck tape.  What’s the correct name?  No matter the name, I put this tape to some good use the other day.

Remember when my beloved rocker gave up the ghost and the seat ripped out?  Well, I had an email from my friend, Jack, today asking if I had replaced the rocker.  I wrote him back and told him, no, not yet, but I had done a temporary fix on it with a roll of duc_ tape.  He told me he had a folding rocker that I could have.  I took him up on that deal.    In the meantime, I very gingerly sit myself down in this temporarily fixed version each afternoon.  Yesterday was pretty hot, and I was wearing shorts when I relaxed outside.  When I got up off of the rocker, I left behind a pound of skin.  Ouch!!  As you can see, I did put the sticky side down, but that didn’t seem to make any difference.  My bare legs stuck anyway!  Now I’ve put a towel on top so that won’t happen again.  I hope this fix holds until Jack and I meet up in Indiana this summer.

 

Another question I had today came in a comment from TERI on last night’s post.  She wanted to know if I would hike the trails I’ve been doing if I didn’t have Emma with me.  My answer is yes.  I hiked trails before Emma came into my life, and would continue to do so if she weren’t.  There are two reasons for this.  First, Emma is certainly not a form of protection for me.  She’s always been more excited to see strangers than she is to see me!  She would certainly jump on anyone giving me trouble, but that’s so she could lick them to death.  Secondly, I refuse to be afraid to do things alone.  It’s not that I’m careless about my safety (far from it), but in my current circumstances, I’d see or do very little if I had to find someone to go with me to do the things that give me the most enjoyment.  I’d be happy to have a similarly minded companion, but I’m not going to sit at home waiting for that person to appear.  I don’t want to let life pass me by.  Sometimes it’s not easy doing things alone, but it sure beats the alternative.

 

SAM also left a comment today with some great suggestions for improving my train picture.  I appreciate his thoughtfulness, but I guess I need to be honest about that picture.  Had it been a bird, I would have done whatever was necessary to get the best shot.  Since it was a train, I have to admit that my biggest concern was snapping a picture quickly so I could get across the tracks before I got stuck waiting for it to go by.  Sorry, Sam, next time I’ll try to do better. 

Thought I’d show you another view of my setup here on the refuge.  That nice live oak helps give me some shade, and the community area in the left of the picture is where we have our cookouts.  I’m giving some serious thought to perhaps returning here next winter.  We’ll see what happens.

Sunsets around here are nothing like those spectacular ones in the west, but I did enjoy this calm reflective view just steps from my door last night.

 

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