We are still at Buckhorn on our original spot. It was a rather dim and misty morning today and Carol spotted these two guys walking by the front of our coach.
They are Egyptian Geese. A member of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae. They are native to Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley. They were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians and appeared in much of their artwork. They are presumed to not carry Ebola.
And here is the start of an invasion of over 80 Beavers.
Their rally starts here in a day or so. The Beaver Motorcoach Corp. is now a defunct manufacturing company that was based in Oregon. Initially it was located in Bend and later moved to Coburg. It was founded in the 1960s and made slide in campers for pickup trucks.
By the early 1990s they employed almost 300 people but went bankrupt in 1993. The Beaver brand was then bought out by a series of companies: Safari, then Monaco, then the company was purchased by Navistar in 2009 but the Brand was not purchased and it died in 2009. All of these are now really "big rigs." The have the Beaver logo on the front.
They seem to have a very loyal following as many of the coaches here already are from the northwest and California. I understand that they have as many as 30 rallies a year across the US.
Once again we drove to Kerrville for another week at our favorite RV resort.. Buckhorn Lake RV. This time it was with the Diehl's. We had our usual nice spot overlooking the small "lake" and the park of oak trees. We had deer up and down in front of our rig each evening after it got dark. We have now spent 17 nights in the Coffee Plantation and are very happy with our new acquisition. And we had a great week of dining, snacking, resting, and shopping with Bob and Barb. (Thanks again for your generous sharing of the special popcorn and ice cream bars)
We planned an easy late start today (Saturday) after a hard rain last night. However before we had completed packing up the office called and said they had a cancellation and our current spot was now open so we decided to spend another day or so here.
It wasn't long before this pulled into the spot where Diehl's had been in their nice 26 ft. Chinook. It sort of blots out the sun and anything else we might want to look at to the east. This is the "big brother" of our rig, an Allegro Bus. Likely 45 ft. vs our 34. A beautiful rig, indeed. And notice what they were towing. A Volt.
