Holiday weekend

At the state park we've been gearing up for the long weekend.  One thing that we've done is get scheduling ready for the gate  staffing from 8 am till 9 pm.

Another thing that we've been getting ready for is the extra paperwork needed for the large influx of people in the park:  we have special windshield passes for folks to use and they must be ready and all the staff informed as to their use( they are only for the campers who are staying till Monday or Tuesday).

We have coloring books for the children to teach them about safety with boats. They are to be passed out at the entrance gate.

We have state park maps for the entire state which will be passed out to people from out of state. They are special folding style made to carry in a pocket or purse and have every kind of information needed throughout the state parks.

Folded pocket map

Folded map opened up to show you!

Folded map opened and turned to reverse side!

We have whistles for boaters, and boating reference tables for boaters. We are trying to get folks trained to bring the safety equipment that is required so that they don't get ticketed by the boating ranger, or drown(which is worse of course).

Chica

Chica is showing her beauty while sunbathing !

Chica read the post about National Dog Day!  She pouted the rest of the morning, and wouldn't speak to me or the dogs!  She finally came out and said that she doesn't think that dogs are so very special, that they are way too doggy and way too barky, and way too tail waggy!

Chica said that a cat has ESP and can read the cat owner's thoughts, and can try to get the human to do as the cat wishes.

Glowing!

My neighbor Andy was playing with his new camera attachment.  It fastens to the back side of an IPhone, and takes infrared photos!

The photo below is of Fleur along with a temperature of the skin in one spot.

Fleur glowing

Andy is a cat fellow, and thus has no use for dogs, and actually pushes them away!  The camera attachment actually gave him a reason to pay attention to a dog!