Special sighting

We were in the rig this morning, when John all of a sudden said I think I see a Bald Eagle and was out the door. I quickly followed him out the door to where he was at the truck getting the binoculars. We quickly noticed that it wasn't a Bald Eagle but rather an Osprey. The Osprey was cruising above the river so we hot footed it over to the river to get a better view. We were watching him cruising when John handed me the binoculars to get a better view of the bird. About that time, all of sudden the Osprey hovered, folded in his wings, and dove in to the river. It was only a second or two, when he came up with a fish between his talons with the fish pointed forward (better aerodynamics!). The fish wasn't a trout but had a more rounded body like a bass or perch. The Osprey then took off with his catch. We have seen Osprey's sitting on telephone poles and fence posts but this was the first time we saw one in action. We were excited to see this bird in action. All this excitement and where is the camera? Back in the trailer. Sheesh!

We chatted with a man and his son who were from Santa Rosa who had come up to spend the long Thanksgiving weekend here at the Durango RV Park. So many nice people that we meet in this lifestyle.

On our walk back to the trailer, we spoke with a service technician from Dan Gammel RV's of Redding (they have a motorhome here at the park on display). The technician recommended a couple of drives to us. We got back to the trailer and checked out the route on one of the drives. We decided to take the drive to see what, if any, wildlife we might see. On the way out of town, we saw where diesel was $2.49 a gallon! Darn, we just filled up yesterday and paid $2.59 a gallon. On our drive, we saw a Northern Harrier and a Kestrel and not much else. Still it was a nice drive.

We came home and went out for our walk around the RV park (gotta get those steps!). We spotted the Osprey doing his fishing from the sky again. Only this time, we didn't get to see him dive and catch a fish. There were a number of vultures that seemed to be hanging around him. We thought it was must have been annoying to him and soon lost sight of him.

Set the alarm clock for 5 a.m. (what!!!!) as we want to be on the road to Sacramento tomorrow by 7 a.m. Looking forward to Thanksgiving at Bonnie and Butch's where we get to see our extended family and Melissa. We send our blessings and wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving to all.