The winding down of our first work camp position of our 2014 year has begun. Being planted next to the peaceful Spokane River was a treasured pleasure.

A bit frosty at the onset of our stay but warmed up to brilliant Cornflower mornings full of distant haunting raptor chirrups and echoing woodpecker rat-a-tat-tats.

Every campsite was filled this weekend, even the overflow. Said goodbye to Ellen, the upstairs maid, (John and I are the downstairs maids) as she left for another work camp position. Thoroughly enjoyable stay but if we ever return, it will be early in the year. The closer to summer months are greatly congested with noisy smoky-fire-building campers.

A bubble recipe from my niece posted on Facebook provided us with ample reason to turn a few hours into a play time and we blew happy rainbow orbs out across the river. They exploded midair leaving Spiderman webs trailing along the breeze.

Our closest osprey, his nest positioned at the top of a tree across from our campsite, flew to perch on a nearby limb and watch the popped bubble strings float away. Sensing it wasn’t food, he loudly broadcasted his disappointment and returned home.

We sighted another coyote next to one of the camp sites but he wandered off by the time I got the camera out of the motorhome. One of our campers saw an old porcupine waddle slowly by our site at the water’s edge and our marmot poked his head out to watch us greet the newbies. Our geese waddled their babies out of the water and up into the campground to teach them the proper way to poop on our little patches of grass.

One day left. Lots of campsites to clean, lots of last minute cramming belongings into available spaces to achieve. Weather is not being cooperative. 9:00 am cool, windy overcast. 9:15 am brilliant sunshine. 9:20 am pouring down rain. 9:25 am wind with sleet, sticking to Ribbit’s window. 9:45 brilliant sunshine poking out between clouds. 10:10 am sleet sticking to our work camp cab cart. 10:20 am warm brilliant sunshine. Spokane is truly a “if-you-don’t-like-the-weather-wait-five-minutes-and-it-will-change-drastically” kind of town. Just enough time for a Kodak moment with the Spokane River minutes before another down pour.

A quick sneak out to take one last picture of our Spokane River sunset before a much needed nights sleep.