Day 3 ... Rinse & Repeat Day 2

The title pretty much describes today ... which is the last day of our short Cruiser outing.

Woke up around 5:00a. The day soon showed us that it would be another one filled with beautiful sunshine and warm temps ... though a bit cooler. Nothing to stop us from enjoying a cup of tea out on the patio after eating breakfast indoors. What little rain that pitter-pattered on the roof yesterday evening was soaked up by the ground, so it was nice and dry on the patio.

As we did yesterday, we went off for a short hike that lasted longer than we planned. This time we headed off to the 13-mile Falcon Trail. We did the entire loop back in 2015. Today we were satisfied with doing just 4-5 miles. There weren’t nearly as many wildflowers blooming this time, which meant we had no excuse to dally on the trail. More of an exercise hike than sightseeing you might say.

It was noon by the time we arrived back at the campground. Time to have lunch al fresco — peas and rice that Mui pre-cooked at home, so all we had to do was warm it up.

As was forecasted yesterday, we’re expecting another round of storms today. I imagine that if any wet stuff falls, it will be in the early evening ... after happy hour ... just like yesterday. Until then, I’m going to enjoy the patio. Mui’s off running some errands to complete a few remaining projects before we leave tomorrow, so I have the whole place to myself ;-) ... with the itty birds that are flitting about just out of range of my camera’s lens keeping me company.

P.S. We saw a pair of beautiful Steller's jays on the Falcon Trail. No photos of them ... that will teach me — maybe — not to leave my camera behind next time. But I got a distant shot of a downy woodpecker in the trees across from our site this afternoon. I had to crop the photo quite a bit, but at least I have a memory shot by which to remember it.

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