TIme for an attitude change

The tourists are here, in all their different and often irritating styles.  Recent examples:

Mike and I were coming down Camp Bird Road, and when we got close to the Sutton Mine trailhead, an SUV was backing down the road...in the middle of the road...and not very well.  I am a terrible backer, so I know bad when I see it.  As they were veering left and right backing downhill, of course, another car came up the road, and now the SUV was blocking everything.  It was so tempting to get out and offer to take over, but they finally pulled over on the mountain side.  They were scared!

Last week, I followed a Razr coming down Camp Bird Road, so on the safe mountain side, going five mph and braking the entire way.  I can't figure that out at all.

And last weekend, I followed a Jeep up the road, which was taking its half out of the middle and in the oncoming lane.  I get that it can be scary, but it was going around blind corners in the wrong lane.

All this said, the attitude change that has to come every summer is we're glad they're here spending their money, and this too shall pass in a few months.  In the meantime, it's hard not to laugh...so we do! 

MFL update:  wildflowers are blooming, everything is green, the ponds are still full and draining a lot, and neighbors are out and about.  Dempsey hasn't gotten used to the new traffic and noises.

cactus blooming at the overlook

Pussytoes, and they look exactly like newborn
kitten toes

avalanche damage on Sutton Mine

One of many waterfalls

Going up Camp Bird Road, a new-to-me waterfall: