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11.06.08
New
Jersey
- Ledgewood -
Today
was a much cooler morning to wake
up to. We were sitting eating our breakfast
when the mornings ‘wild life encounter’
turned
out to be way more enjoyable than
the day before. A head appeared out of
the undergrowth beside our window closely
followed
by the rest of the fox. He was
beautiful. After spending a few seconds
checking us out he trotted off across the
road
into the forest. Of course, I didn’t
have my camera close!!
Bugga again!!
I didn't take this photo but this is what he looked like.
We spent the next couple of hours trying to
find a ranger headquarters to pay the camping
fee but that turned
out to be way more trouble
than being stung on the butt by a wasp.
After having driven about 10 very picturesque
miles
into a dead end, poor Dad had to back
55 feet of truck and trailer for nearly a mile
before we could get out. It's a
good thing he
knows how to reverse large vehicles, he
didn't even come close to running Mum and
I over as we walked
either side of the trailer
to guide the way!
Today we’re travelling closer to our final
destination
of New York and the traffic
is getting rather more congested.
The areas that we are travelling through are
very
pretty with forests right down to the
freeway edge. Nice to travel through, although
obviously not nice for the poor
deer that had
been killed by the passing traffic.
Another uncomfortably hot day and we are
staying over night
at another Wal-Mart car
park, this time in Ledgewood which means
no power hook up which also means no air-
onditioner
in the trailer. There’s only one
thing to do to stay cool. You go shopping
of course.
All the shops around
the car park are
air-conditioned and don’t close until late
(in
some places they don’t close at all!)
so shopping is the best way to beat the
heat
...... I hate being hot!
There's a PetsMart here so I'm having a ball.
I even got to play with a Nanday conure.
He
was so cool. I would have been bringing him
home with me if I could. Strangely enough
they don't sell kittens
or puppies but they do
sell reptiles, including snakes. I wasn't about
to ask to play with one of those though!
I
nearly choked to see the price they were
asking for Zebra Finches. In NZ we can
hardly give them away, here you're paying
$16.99
each!!!!
I parted with quite a few dollars while shopping
for toys for the birds, the dogs and of
course
the very spoilt cats. They better not destroy
them all at once. It would be nice to have
them last for at
least week or so
after I get home.
I met Connor who was out shopping with his 'bird lady'.
Needless to say she and I had lots to talk
about!
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