Last days at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge

The couple replacing us came on Thursday, and then worked with us Friday and Saturday. They worked at Alligator River Wildlife Refuge for the last two months, but they have a POS system in the gift shop, so it was just teaching them the cash register and inventory that we keep in Excel.  We spent most of this week cleaning, fixing, and trying to figure out how everything had been packed in before!  They had a lunch for us this week since we were leaving (a taco/baked potato bar), and we received some gifts.

We ended up having to get a new air conditioner cover as a branch had dropped on ours and cracked it during one of the windy days. And Curt worked on the slides; one needed a new roller and he also put metal pieces under the slide ends to help prevent wet/rotting.

You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them.
                             

Curt saw our first alligator! There are supposedly some in the canals, but we’ve never seen one, but they said its been too cold. When Curt was driving around Saturday he saw one. He didn’t have our good camera with, so it’s not real clear with the phone camera zoomed in.   

                       

A Great Blue Heron with a fish.

A cardinal fight