OH NO, WE HAD TO PUT THE PLASTIC HEAD CONE ON THE PHEEBS:((

PHEEBS SCRATCHED HER NOSE IN THE NIGHT SO WE HAD TO PUT THE CONE ON TODAY

Plugged away at my Cactus beds on & off today.  Work for awhile, get all sweaty & tired & rest for a longer while.  Repeat when able.  Kelly headed into Wickenburg to pick up her blood test results from Tuesday.  Pheebs picked away at her nose scab in the night so we had no choice but to put the ‘dreaded’ plastic cone on her head this morning.  She is no doubt a bit depressed but is making the best of it………….

 

Made a concentrated effort to stay away from the Lemon Crisp cookie jar today & succeeded with much difficulty.  Brought back shaded memories of when I quit drinking & smoking many, many, years ago.

Some of you RV folks may already be aware of a new RV friendly website that has been in the making for awhile.  We first heard of it from Chris & Cherie at TECHNOMADIA a few weeks ago.   RVillage went public today but you might want to drop by Chris & Cherie’s site to read all about it first.  I did pull this short RVillage introductory info from their site though.  ‘The core idea of RVillage is to create a very simple (and free) tool for RVers to connect with each other – not just online, but right in the RV parks and places they are currently staying in.

When a user checks into a location in RVillage, they can discover the things that they have in common with other RVers right around them.

This sure beats leaving connections up to chance encounters while walking the cat, or the random stranger coming up asking “what type of engine is in that thing?” while you are busy dumping the tanks.

“With RVillage, an RV park full of strangers becomes a Village full of friends.”

Kelly’s ‘Liver Enzyme’ test numbers although still high were once again down for the third consecutive month in a row.  Will be interesting to see if those numbers continue their downward trend once we have been back home in Bayfield Ontario for a month or two. 

It was 2 years ago this morning we received a call from our Real Estate agent in Prescott saying the deal had gone through & we were now the new owners of an old somewhat dilapidated house on Ghost Town Road in Congress Arizona.  And just where exactly were we when that call came in??  PETER KNOWS:)) 

KELLY ON THE PHONE 2 YEARS AGO THIS MORNING WITH OUR REALTOR

It was pretty touch & go 2 years ago at this time with our house deal.  We felt reasonably confident the deal was going to go through but neither one of us had the patience to wait for all that long drawn out paper work to be finalized.  We took a big chance on moving our rig from our boondocking spot in the desert south of Congress onto the property we were negotiating to buy.  We never told the Real Estate guy up in Prescott we did that.  Kelly managed to figure out the Realtor’s lock on the door & we were able to get into the house.  We never told the Realtor that either.  We were counting on him not to show up at the house again.  His office was an hours drive away in Prescott & we gambled on the assumption he didn’t want to & wouldn’t drive all the way down to little old Congress again.  With that assumption stuffed tightly in our pipes we went ahead & began fixing up the house.  The Realtor never did find out that we picked the lock, cleaned up & burnt a bunch of trash, planted some Cactus, began painting kitchen cabinets, moved some furniture in, got the water turned on & then hired a fellow from Wickenburg to stucco the entire house.   We did all that before the final papers were signed.  Definitely not a ‘by the books’ way to buy a house & then get into it ahead of time without the Realtor even knowing.  But it was our way of doing things in that particular situation & we knew our intentions were good.   We took a big chance & lucky for us it worked:))  But I almost blew the whole darn thing the day we moved our Damon Class A Motorhome onto the property!!

I was so focused on the house when I pulled into the driveway I failed to see the low hanging power line stretched across the driveway.  Without even knowing it I drove right into that power line & it rode right up on top of our front A/C unit & sat there.  Lucky for me that is exactly where I happened to stop & park the coach.  I was out looking at the house when Kelly drove in with the Jeep pointing to the top of the rig saying, “didn’t you see that”!!.  “See what”??  Oh Geeeeezzzzzzz:(( 

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE POWER LINE SITTING ON OUR A/C UNIT

Going to meet up with a very well known full timing RV Blogger & her husband sometime in the next couple days.  Not the first time we’ve met this Gal but it will be the first time meeting her husband.  I consider her blog one of the absolute finest RVing blogs out here.  Bar none.  Always informative, always entertaining.  We saw them go by our house Tuesday afternoon & know they are boondocked just a short distance away.  Being fellow boondockers ourselves & knowing they had just rolled in from an extended stay in a busy RV Park we did not rush down to see them.  We knew they were needing their ‘quiet time’.   Besides we had been in email contact with them the past few weeks & had set up the 13th or 14th for a meet up time.  Stay tuned to see who these folks are…………………….:))

GROANER’S CORNER:(( Jorge Mario Bergoglio was not the Cardinals’ first choice to be the new pope, and to become Pope Francis. Their first choice was, interestingly, Cardinal Hans Grapje.
Grapje was raised in a Catholic school in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but was drafted into the Army during WWII and spent two years co-piloting bombers until his aircraft was shot down in 1943 and he lost his left arm. Captain Grapje spent the rest of the war as a chaplain, giving spiritual aid to soldiers, both Allied and enemy.
After the war, he became a priest, serving as a missionary in Africa, piloting his own plane (in spite of his handicap) to villages across the continent. In 1997, Father Grapje was serving in Zimbabwe when an explosion in a silver mine caused a cave-in. Archbishop Grapje went down into the mine to administer last rights to those too severely injured to move. Another shaft collapsed, and he was buried for three days, suffering multiple injuries, including the loss of his right eye. The high silver content in the mine's air gave him purpura, a life-long condition characterized by purplish skin blotches.
Although Cardinal Grapje devoted his life to the service of God as a scholar, mentor, and holy man, church leaders felt that he should never ascend to the Papacy. They felt that the Church would never accept...
...a one-eyed, one-armed, flying purple Papal leader.

(If you don’t remember Sheb Wooleys PURPLE PEOPLE EATER song this joke ain’t a gonna make no darn sense to ya no how:))

WORKING AWAY AT OUR CACTUS GARDENS & THINKING OF OUR BAYFIELD HOME

SUNRISE FROM OUR FRONT PORCH THIS MORNING

Our mornings are really heating up fast & we sometimes are not long getting back into our nice cool house at the end of our early morning desert walks.  Had ourselves a nice welcome breeze pick up later today.  Nice:))

 

KELLY HAS HER COFFEE ON THE PORCH WITH PHEEBS & A BIG SUNRISE

Pheebe continues to do fine & is pretty much back to her old self except for the scab on her nose which continues to heal.  The Emergency Vet Clinic in Peoria phoned this afternoon to see how Pheebs was doing.  Thought that was very thoughtful & considerate of them.

HAPPY TO SEE THIS TRANSPLANTED BEAVER TAIL CACTUS WITH SOME BUDS

NICE TO SEE COLOR COMING BACK INTO THIS CACTUS I HAD THOUGHT WAS DEAD

 

Here’s a post from WHEELING IT that is going to interest all you diesel transmission folks out here.  And I know there are a lot of you right.  It’s all about oil & how the condition of that oil is holding up in your Allison transmission.  This post could easily save you some $$$$$$$$.  I changed the oil in one of my many VW Bugs one time many years ago & learned it was maybe best I not do that again.

FOUND THE LITTLE HUMMER LYING DEAD IN OUR FRONT CACTUS GARDEN THIS AFTERNOON…EVEN IN DEATH THIS TINY HUMMINGBIRD IS STILL BEAUTIFUL

When  Pheebs gets bored sometimes she will dig a hole in the ground.  Doesn’t happen as often as my habit of digging a hole in the ground when I get bored but it does happen.  I should have been working on our Cactus gardens earlier this winter when it was cooler out but the old brain just didn’t think to tell me to do that.  Now that the days are getting hot the brain decides to stir & gets me outside with my shovel in the hot sun working on the flower beds.  Awwwww tiss a fog shrouded mass of cobwebs it is I have between my ears here sometimes:((

SCRUFFLING UP THE CACTUS BEDS

 

Kelly headed off to the Wickenburg medical clinic to have her blood tests done in regards to her liver problem.  We have to be at University Hospital in London Ontario on May 2nd for her Specialist appointment.  She’s been doing really well for the past 6 months.  And where have we been for the past 6 months??  Well right here in the refreshingly clean & dry air of the good old South-West that’s where.  Both Kelly & I are very well aware of the added health benefits here in Arizona during the winter.  We notice the change both mentally & physically in both of us every year we come. 

 

I’LL TACKLE THAT CACTUS GARDEN ON THE RIGHT IN THE MORNING

I got a problem!!  Can’t keep my face out of Trader Joe’s Lemon Crisp Cookies.  There must have been 50 or more cookies in that plastic tub Kelly picked up a few days ago.  I’ve easily got that number down by 25 already.  And then to add insult to injury Kelly comes home today with 2 donuts (chocolate cream filled & glazed jelly filled) from Bashas, cuts em in half & makes me eat one half of each…..plus the other half she didn’t eat.  I am so totally doomed.  No problem staying away from Trader Joe’s Ginger Snaps though.  Must be Mexicans making those things.  They’re spicy.  I hate spicy!! What kind of twisted mind puts spicy stuff on cookies anyway!!!!

It is a noticeably different feeling heading for our Bayfield home in early Spring than it is heading for our Congress home in early Fall.  For me, the excitement level & that ‘feeling good’ mind set is much higher on our southward bound trip.  Always the adventurous unknown factor of roads & destinations not yet traveled.  Touching base with old familiar places & settling into our Congress digs.  Freedom to wander from there wherever, whenever we want.  Nice:))  But there comes a time in our southwest winter when it is time to head back to our Ontario home once again.  And surprisingly I rather look forward to that as well.  The winter is over & it is once again time to change hats & slip back into our Ontario lifestyle.  I think much of that has to do with the simple fact I am anxious once again for a change.  I look forward to that semi-annual scenery switch & I do enjoy being busy with the big Spring clean-up.  I look forward to the rolling farmlands, forests, & lakes.  And living only a mile from Lake Huron is akin to living next door to a big Ocean.  For sure it’s a big, big, change between Congress Arizona & Bayfield Ontario. 

Even now, less than a month before we head out I can feel the stirrings inside.  I can sense the hitch-itch growing as another long journey looms on the horizon.  Even before leaving Congress I am already looking forward to loading up the Pheebs when we get home & heading out into the countryside once again on the first of our many photo tours.  And it is those kinds of changes that I so much look forward to each year.  It is those changes that keep the hounds of boredom from the door & it is those very changes that give me inspiration & motivation to tough out all the coming slow hot & miserably humid Summer days in anticipation of the those once again faster exciting travel days ahead right back here in the great American South-West:))

 

GROANER’S CORNER:((  An exciting new development in marine biology promised to extend the lifespan of an endangered species of porpoise. In fact, the data suggested that if a specific kind of African seagull, freshly out of the egg, was fed to the porpoises every day without fail, they would actually live forever!
The big challenge was to gather this food supply, this equivalent of chicken dinners for oceanic mammals, on a regular basis. There were many problems, including the fact that it could be dangerous, as these seagulls were found near water holes where all sorts of large game animals congregated.
But this was an important ecological breakthrough, so teams were sent out right away. They worked diligently to supply the necessary small fowl.
One afternoon, an intrepid gull-gatherer on his way back to base from the water hole encountered a pride of lions taking their afternoon nap.
As they were blocking his way, and his day's catch of seagull hatchlings was needed right away, he carefully stepped over the lions that were directly in his path.
That spelled the end of the experiment. The porpoises, deprived of their special diet, not only did not live forever, but they also became extinct.
That was because an alert game control officer had spotted the team member, arrested him, confiscated his equipment and baggage, and charged him with ...
transporting young gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.

PHEEBS IS DOING FINE & I HAVE A THEORY

A FEW MORE PHOTOS TODAY FROM FRIDAY’S JEEP TRIP TO CROWN KING

Pheebs had 2 Benadryl pills Sunday night about 7 p.m.  They were to prevent the itching in her nose & hopefully stop her from pawing it raw again.  We decided to take a chance & not put the $26 plastic cone on her head.  Happy to say Pheebs did not scratch her nose in the night so the healing continues.  She is on prescribed meds for the next few days.  Here’s what I think happened…..Pheebs has a habit of snapping at Bees & I think a Bee stung her on her upper lip late Saturday afternoon.  Her nose swelled & anyone who has had a Bee sting knows how itchy it gets after awhile.  Pheebs probably rubbed her nose raw with her paw in the night trying to stop the itching.  When I saw her bloody nose Sunday morning I thought she was bleeding from the inside out & right away thought of snake bite or scorpion.  Now in hindsight I think it was a Bee sting.  Some readers had wondered about the Rabbit repellent granules but the container said it was safe for pets.  I only put it around two holes & then with dirt poked the granules in the holes.  The dirt has not been disturbed.    She was perfectly normal all day & is doing fine tonight.  Her nose is scabbed & healing.  And I’ve stopped calling her Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindog:))

Had some remaining brush piles to clean up over at the neighbors so figured I’d get that done this morning before the day heated up.  Some low hanging Mesquite trees needed cleaning up as well but had to be careful because of Bees.  Lot of Bees in the air right now with flowers blooming.  I’ll have to finish those trees up earlier in the morning while it’s cooler & the Bees are not airborne yet.

Nice to see our days getting longer & nights getting warmer.  Of course warmer nights mean hotter days & that may affect any week long get-a-way plans over Borrego Springs way.  No point boondocking in hot desert weather if we don’t have to.  I will save my annual Ghost Mountain hike for when we return to the South-West in the Fall.  With our long homeward journey fast approaching I am now having doubts whether we will be able to fit in another boondocking week away.  Of course I’m keen to go but Kelly not so much.  Kind of floated a Grand Canyon idea out this morning but with no response the idea quickly crashed & burned.

A FOREST FIRE WENT THROUGH THIS AREA

Had myself a lazy afternoon which I think was directly related to my waking & getting up a 4 a.m.  Been a long time since I have had that particular sleeping problem.  After years of insomnia & poor sleeping habits putting me into a Zombie like state some days I reluctantly decided to try the sleeping pill route.  Glad I did.   Thanks to those pills I have had about 20 restful months of good sleep.  However I’m wondering if after nearly 2 years my body is beginning to adjust to the sleeping agent in the pills.  We’ll see how it goes over the next little while.

Just as sometimes I think back & do a little reminiscing I also sometimes think ahead & do a little speculating.  I’m guessing a month from today we will be on the road somewhere between Congress Arizona & Bayfield Ontario.  No hurry to get home this year as there is a huge amount of snow to be melted before we even ever get there.  Last year we had to rush home because my Uncle Harry had died.  This year I’m hoping we can see some new territory on our return & avoid that Oklahoma City, St. Louis interstate route for a change.  Of course it will all depend on weather again.  The month of April is a volatile weather month with warmer air mixing with cold fronts across the Midwest causing all kinds of nastiness.  

The time change over the week-end has thrown us for a loop.  Arizona’s time never changes so after being 2 hours behind our Bayfield Ontario time we are now 3 hours behind.  Luckily I remembered that this afternoon & caught ‘Corner Gas’ at 1 p.m. instead of two.  NBC’s Brian Williams newscast on at 6:30 back East & here at 4:30 is now on at 3:30.  My 9 p.m. ‘Family Guy’ is now at 8 p.m which means must move my blogs ‘Publish’ deadline up an hour as well.  That means I will have to start my daily post an hour earlier sometime during the day.  Of course it was the same thing a year ago at this time & of course neither one of us can remember a darn thing about it.  Oh well………………

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A newly retired couple from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Mildred and Art Stutmeyer, were wrapping up their third month of full-time RVing, driving down a lonely two-lane back road near Yuba City, California. But it wasn't a happy day, because they were steaming mad at each other. Their nerves were really on edge, probably because they had opted for a 24-foot fifth wheel trailer instead of one with more space, and the close quarters were driving them both batty! For example, Art kept getting mad at Mildred for leaving her socks on the dresser. And Mildred was equally bothered by Art's constant belching and the fact that he never even apologized for being so disgusting.

The silence in their Ford pickup truck was deafening. It seemed they had argued for an hour. But now, only silence. "It wasn't supposed to be like this," Mildred said to herself, holding back tears. Art, frowning, was also deep in thought, thinking, "If only we had bought that 38-footer." Yes, it was a very tense time.
As they drove past a huge barnyard packed fence-to-fence with big, fat, ugly pigs including one with tucks, Mildred, who was now about to pop with pent up frustration, just couldn't resist making a sarcastic comment .Pointing to the pigs, she said slyly, "Relatives of yours?"

Art, equally frustrated, stared back at her. "Yeh, they're relatives," he said, "In-laws!"

WE HAD US A BIT OF A PHEEBE EMERGENCY THIS MORNING

Late Saturday afternoon we noticed what looked like a swelling on the top of Pheebs snout.  By Saturday night she definitely had a sizeable lump on her nose.  Her behavior was normal & she did not appear to be in any kind of stress.  Thought maybe she might have bumped her nose on something while racing around but when I turned on my light Sunday morning I immediately knew it was more than just a nose bump.

The top of her snout was all bloody.  Her behavior was still normal but when I took her out she sat down & held her paw up.  Thought she had a sticker so checked.  No sticker.  Heard her whimper once.  When she came in she started licking her paws.  That is often a sign of pain in a dog.  Other than that she seemed her usual happy little self.  Being it was Sunday our Wickenburg Vet office was closed.  Kelly called the number anyway & wrote down the address & number of an emergency Vet Clinic in Peoria, a part of northern Phoenix.  My biggest worry was some kind of snake bite but Pheebs symptoms did not match up with that but we couldn’t take any chances.  Decision was made to take her to the Clinic in Peoria (Sun City)

IN THE JEEP QUICKLY ON OUR WAY T0 THE EMERGENCY CLINIC IN PEORIA

It was 8:05 when we rolled out our gate & with the ‘hammer down’ we were in Peoria’s Emergency Clinic lobby by 9:20.  On the way there Kelly had also noticed some reddening on Pheebs upper lip.  Vet came right out to look at her & also noticed some swelling & redness around her right eye.  He did not feel it was a Rattlesnake bite.  He said for us to just have a seat & wait.  And wait we did:((  It was exactly 2 hours before we saw the Vet again.  In the meantime Pheebs did not exhibit any signs of stress, restlessness, or pain.

PHEEBS WAS MORE RELAXED IN THE WAITING ROOM THAN WE WERE

 

FILLING OUT 2 PAGES OF FORMS WHILE PHEEBS MEETS A NEW PAL

DESPITE THE 2 HOUR WAIT PHEEBS DIDN’T MAKE A FUSS…OH HOW I WISH I WAS LIKE MY DOG

We were finally called & taken into a back room where an intern weighed Pheebs (45pds) & took her temperature.  Temperature was up slightly.  A lady Vet came in & gave Pheebs a thorough examination.  She noted the insides of Pheebs ears were slightly red.  Her diagnosis was, ‘an unusual allergic reaction’.  Meds were prescribed & Pheebs received 1 cortisone shot & 1 antihistamine shot.  Also a plastic head cone to stop her from itching her nose if we needed it.  She did really well with all the poking & prodding & the Vet said she wished all her patients were as good as Pheebs.  It was after 12 by the time we left the Emergency Clinic.  If it was an allergic reaction to something we still do not know what that something was.

WAITING FOR THE VET IN AN INNER EXAMINING ROOM

 

PHEEBS WAS SO GOOD ABOUT BEING POKED & PRODDED…OH HOW I WISH I WAS LIKE MY DOG

First stop on the way home was Trader Joes where Kelly zipped in & picked up 4 bags of stuff.  (I later discovered some Ginger Snaps & Lemon Crisp cookies) I stayed with Pheebs in the Jeep just in case there was any reaction to her shots.  Neither one of us had eaten any breakfast & I only had a bowl of cereal for supper Saturday night so we were hungry.  Didn’t want to go into a restaurant & leave Pheebs in the Jeep so we popped into a Burger King & Whoppered ourselves with burgs & fries to go.  Had maybe been 25 or 30 years since I had last been in a Burger King & must say I really enjoyed my Whopper, small fries, & Root Beer. 

A PURPLE BANDAGE WHERE SHE GOT HER SHOTS THIS MORNING

The day was heating up & with no A/C in the Jeep we made fast tracks for home.  We were slowed down a bit by two accidents close together.  One in front of Wickenburg’s McDonalds & the second one a few hundred yards up the road at a Round-a-Bout.  We were soon past the slow downs & home shortly after 2 p.m.  Pheebs made the trip just fine despite the Vet saying she might be on the drowsy side.  Pheebs is such a non stop happy energetic dog the word drowsy means nothing to her.

WAITING FOR MOM TO PICK UP THE MEDS AT CVS PHARMACY

Hadn’t even been 2 hours since her shots at the Clinic & already we noticed a big change in her nose.  The raw blooded look had toned right down to a darker healing color.  She might have shown a few sleepy signs but her tail was just a going & she had her usual big smile on her face that would make a Cheshire Cat look like a grumpy Perkins.

FROM OUR FRIDAY JEEP TOUR

Bev (from our Friday Jeep trip) popped over for a few minutes & we may very well be off on one more Jeep trip later this week or the week after.  Not a big long one though.  Snow Birds will soon be scattering north to different parts of the country so Bev thought it would be nice to have one more dusty desert rumble.  Nan & John from TRIPPIN WITH THE TALLEYS had figured on stopping by today but plans changed & they have gone on to Quartzsite.

 

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK JEEP BEING FOLLOWED BY THE SILVER JEEP BEING FOLLOWED BY THE YELLOW JEEP

Aside from night winds messing up our mats & dumping over our lawn chairs again our mornings just keep getting nicer with temperatures rising a bit each day.  Desert plants are greening up & early flowers are blooming.  Any day now the Mesquite trees will begin to leaf out & hopefully some of our Cactus plants will sprout some buds shortly.  Our Palo Verde trees seem to be late leafers so we  have never seen leaves on them.

For any of you vintage Ford lovers TOM has a bunch of photos from Bisbee Az where he came across a vintage car gathering.  Bisbee is always a great place to visit at anytime but roll some old Fords into town & car buffs can have themselves a great day.

SHADOWS WERE LENGTHENING AS WE REACHED THE VALLEY FLOOR

In a comment question on Thursday’s post Cindie asks, ‘have you ever come across any kind of trouble where you felt having a gun around might be a nice addition? Or have you heard any stories from other RV'rs who have’?  Well I can’t speak for other RV’ers but my answer to that question is ‘no we have never felt that’.  But I will quickly add that we have thought about it & do understand the logic of carrying some kind of protection whether it be from 4 footed animals or 2 footed ones.  Being Canadian & not being of the hunting side of life guns are foreign to us.  Never brought up with them & know very few fellow Canadians who carry them.  Totally different story here in the South-West where guns are a way of life & as common as carrying a wallet in one’s back pocket.  Arizona especially.  In our first 4 years or so of Snow Birding we spent a fair bit of time only a few miles from the Mexican border in an area known for drugs, illegals, & violence at times.  At no time did we ever feel threatened or in a dicey situation.  Of course we were always generally mobile & if threatened by anything always had the option of flight.  Not saying bad things can’t happen but we were always vigilante & did not venture into known risky areas.  We never felt the need to carry a gun & yet we do understand the logic in doing so.  Our main threat as we see it is Rattlesnakes, Javelina’s, Coyotes, Mountain Lions, & maybe Bobcats.  All very real threats.  Maybe not attacking us directly but attacking Pheebe.  We have looked into & talked about a small gun while hiking & Jeeping out in the desert but we have not made any decisions.  I suppose if we came across something for sale at a reasonable price we might seriously consider it……..

Just finished watching the first installment of the new series COSMOS which will continue on Sunday nights.  What a welcome breath of fresh air this show is.  It is a continuation of the original series by Carl Sagan years ago before his death.   And in my opinion after seeing tonight’s first episode, very well & very professionally done.  I especially liked this show because it follows a scientifically realistic approach to who & what we are & how we got here.  For me this is television at it’s best.  Yes, a breath of fresh air indeed.  Bravo Cosmos….’Bravo’. 

At time of posting tonight Pheebs still seems fine & is right now sound asleep on my bed.   We’ll see how she’s doing in the morning…………

WE HAD JUST COME DOWN OUT OF THOSE DISTANT BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS

GROANER’S CORNER:((  There's no such thing as a stupid question. Right? Not if you ask the National Park rangers who compiled this list of actual questions asked by park visitors.

At Grand Canyon National Park:
"Was this man-made?"
"Is there an elevator to the bottom?"
"Do you light it up at night?"
"Is the mule train air-conditioned?"
"Where are the faces of the presidents?"

At Carlsbad Caverns National Park:
"How much of the caves is underground?"
"So whats in the unexplored part of the cave?"
"Does it ever rain in here?"
"So what is this, just a hole in the ground?"
"How many ping pong balls would it take to fill it up?"

At Everglades National Park:
"Are the alligators real?"
"Are the baby alligators for sale?"
"When does the two o'clock bus leave?"

 
At Yosemite National Park:
"What time of year do you turn on Yosemite Falls?"
"What happened to the other half of Half Dome?"

At Alaska's Denali National Park:
"What time do you feed the bears?"
"How often do you mow the tundra?"
"How much does Mount McKinley weigh?"

At Mesa Verde National Park:
"Did people build this, or did Indians?"
"Do you know of any undiscovered ruins?"
"Why did they build the ruins so close to the road?"