August 3-4, 2013

Humbug Mountain State Park, OR

Saturday-The campground was full so we were expecting a large turnout for our Animal Tracks program and we were not disappointed when we had 25 in attendance.  It is so rewarding to see such good, polite kids who are really interested in whatever the topic is for that program.

Monte discovered the plastic cable clamps that were supposed to be holding cables in place for our solar system had disintegrated.  

 

 

 

He spent a couple of hours replacing them with screw down cable ties.

 

Cheap c__p! Sometimes the old saying, "You get what you pay for" is true.

Sunday-I am sporting the craft associated with our Seal vs. Sea Lions program that we presented today.  I had prepped 30 visors-we ended up using 25.  The visors are a little silly but that didn’t stop kids from wearing them around the park, including a 12 year-old boy. 

 

There was a concert scheduled for 1PM at the Heads State Park in town. When we walked up to the overflow parking area near the Ranger Station to get our car we discovered a half-eaten granola bar on the driver’s seat. 

Upon further examination we found that our visitor had shredded a half a box of tissues.  YUCK!

 

 

We just about emptied out the car looking for the little ______.  We didn’t find it.  I had mixed feelings-relieved while at the same time disappointed because I didn’t know if it left the same way it came or if it was still in the car somewhere. 

After turning down the road to the Heads we came across Greg, our Ranger directing traffic. 

 

We saw other people carrying chairs.  We hadn’t thought to bring chairs but didn’t end up needing any because there were picnic tables available.  

The concert was being hosted by the Historical Society.  The band consisted of the best musicians from all the High Schools in the county. 

After several announcements, the Color Guard was introduced.  It is so refreshing, after hearing nothing but negative stories on the news about drugs and crimes involving youth, to see our traditions being passed down to the next generation. 

The concert began with the playing of the National Anthem-I think they need to practice it a little more.  It was followed by a salute to the Armed Forces that sounded a little better. 

I could tell where the band’s heart was when they played songs like Glenn Miller’s In the Mood and Little Brown Jug, expertly.  They were fabulous. 

After leaving the concert we stopped to take some pictures of the coast eerily shrouded with fog. 

 

 As we were leaving the viewpoint we spotted a doe and her young ones. 







She let us get closer but eventually we got too close for her comfort and she took off with the two little ones following.

After dinner we took a walk down to the lower loop and spent some time with around the campfire with the camp hosts.  We had the site next to Cheryl and Norm in June at Camp Blanco where we were Lighthouse hosts.  It was chilly walking back to our site—the weather is already starting to change.