{"id":270,"date":"2008-04-24T05:40:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T11:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=270"},"modified":"2023-09-18T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:04:08","slug":"birds-of-a-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2008\/04\/birds-of-a-feather\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of a feather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late yesterday afternoon I heard the rumble of diesel close by. The “office” in the Winnebago is the passenger seat. There is a pull-out desk top built into the dash…my laptop goes on the desktop, I keep an all-in-one printer in the “well” left by the extended desk top – and a nice large, crisp (52 year old eyes) external monitor sits on top of the all-in-one. I have the windshield “drape” drawn to keep background glare off the monitor. <\/p>\n

\"Desk\"<\/p>\n

The drape wraps around both the passenger and driver-side windows, i.e. I can’t see outside when I’m “in the office”. <\/p>\n

But I can hear! – and the deep rumble of diesel was enough of a “different” sound to get my attention – New neighbor…my row, 2 sites down. I didn’t hear the others come in, but by the evening walk there were 3 other motorhomes and one new travel trailer.<\/p>\n

Off season, in locations where it gets cold, many rv parks that are open keep power and water to a limited number of sites. It is not unusual so also not unusual that anyone travelling the “shoulder” season in winter country would choose a site near where everyone else was. I did – although up a row as I wanted an end spot. What did strike me as funny though, is the 5rs and trailers stuck to the back row…the motorhomes selected the next row where I am. There was a Class C (Cab over truck vs “bus” or “bus-type) here for a bit and they were one row ahead of me…birds of a feather???<\/p>\n

\"RVs\"<\/p>\n

\"RVs\"<\/p>\n

And I think they are all here for at least a couple of days as all unhooked or unloaded tow cars. Lest you are thinking that maybe I don’t have enough to do since I’m running around taking photos of how everyone parks and speculating on why and how long…this is a generally accepted pasttime of rvrs – being nosy I mean. See the The Tale of Woody post<\/a> for more evidence of this.<\/p>\n

After Karl and I walked around spying on<\/del> observing the new arrivals, we sat at the picnic table and enjoyed the once again warm, quiet early evening. Clouds were gathering and the forecast thunderstorms headed our way. I took some photos and played with a new obsession: Adobe’s LightRoom<\/a><\/p>\n

The results below – my first attempts – much to learn! I played with color, contrast, white balance.<\/p>\n

\"Storm<\/p>\n

\"Storm<\/p>\n

\"Storm<\/p>\n

A little surreal, but fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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