One of our many neighbors in the campground.

Though we really do not think that Natasha is bird watching this intently.

This feral cat seems to be the object of her attention.

Not sure who, but someone had set out some food for one of the feral cats who lives in the area.  The Herd was very distracted by these particular neighbors.

Here is your first hint - Cheesewhiz RV Face!

We certainly plan to hang out a lot like this.

We will probably do some of this.

We certainly plan to breathe deeply.

Oh yeah - and lots and lots of this.

Ok, those may be more than hints, but we are so looking forward to posting remotely.  (By the way, hu-dad also says he plans to catch up on blog reading because he is way, way, way, way behind.  Sorry for being so AWOL on commenting).

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Kiska says some of the best part of camping is just hanging out in the camp site.

And Cheoah the Cheesewhiz agrees that relaxing with friends is the most fun.

Though Ruby says surfing kitchen counters is difficult when there are no kitchen counters.

And Qannik has to keep checking to see if anyone has added any more food to his bowl.

We are also seeing the effects from all of the rain on the lake level here at Norris Lake in Eastern Tennessee.  Now the park we are staying in is open and things are moving normally, but you can certainly see the effects of the high lake level along the shore line.  We thought we would share a few more pictures today.

Kiska. What are you seeing?

Remember this bench from yesterday's blog post?

Here is that same bench today. Notice how the water has risen?

And yesterday's picture of the fence lining the road - all under water.

Same area today and the fence is almost completely submerged.

Rusty says he wants to share a few other scenes.

This no swimming sign would seem to preclude using this bench.

And this bridge over troubled waters is, well, IN troubled waters.

Every where you look, you can see the effect of the lake over its banks.

Not that everyone is complaining (though they were loud).

This guy enjoyed the extra swimming areas.

And this guy was enjoying the extra fishing areas.

Despite the high water, still a beautiful day at Norris Lake.

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The storms have passed, but Norris Lake in Tennessee is certainly over flood stage.

Yes, that is the top of the fence sticking out above the water - and, yes, the fence lines that road that is way under water.

Sitting on this bench did not seem particularly inviting.

And this camp site did not quite seem the right one for us.

Despite the pictures, most of the camp ground is in great shape.  We are high and dry and enjoying a long camping weekend.  Our camp site looks more like this:

Relaxed in our camp site.

And, yes, for those of you who counted, Ruby and Tartok (and the hu-grandmom) from The Herd Annex are also camping with us.

Plus we are preparing for a little adventure starting tomorrow.  Anyone want to guess what this face means (long time readers should know):

Cheesewhiz face!

Yes, that means we are cranking up the S-RV – Siberian Recreational Vehicle – for a long four day weekend of camping.  The storms are supposed to be over here by sunrise and we are headed out to enjoy a nice weekend.

Oh – - of course we will be posting pictures from our camping trip.

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6 a.m. update – The sun is rising on a clear, calm morning and the power is back on at the house.  So, time for us to load up the RV.  Our hearts go out to Alabama and everyone else in the path of yesterday’s storms.

The Herd has enjoyed their week of camping at the beach (despite missing the snow).

The Herd Annex enjoyed their FIRST EVER beach trip, too.

But after a week of vacation, it is time for the humans to head back home so that they can prepare for a week of earning kibble and bully sticks for us.  We hope to be back to the beach before it gets hot down here, but for now we will go back and play in the snow.  Unfortunately, we have to prepare for the six hour drive home.  You know what that means . . .

Time for the patented Cheesewhiz RV face

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For members of our Facebook Fan Page, you can skip this section, but we had to repeat it for our blog only readers.  Yesterday, someone stopped the hu-grandmom and noted that Ruby had one blue eye and one brown eye.  They asked if the blue eye meant Ruby was deaf on that side.  Not blind – we have heard that many times.  Deaf.

You talking to me?

Our favorite potential reply on Facebook was, “Only selectively.”

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Just because we are coming home, don’t worry, we will be sharing beach pictures all week.  We are like that bad relative who insists that you watch the slide show of their “exciting” vacation.  Well, that, and the hu-dad says that the punishment for taking time off work is you have to work twice as hard the week before and after the vacation to make sure that you never, ever, think of taking time away again.  It is something called an “incentive” program.  Therefore, there will be no new pictures of us this week and we will be recycling beach pictures.

Our humans have once again loaded us into the RV to “escape” to the beach for the post-Christmas week.  Something about the only week they can get off work and escape the cold and snow.  We like the beach enough, but who would want to escape 2 feet of fresh snow?  We just do not understand.

So we made our humans walk us around Charleston, SC this morning (Natasha still being restricted to short walks because of the “acorn incident“).  But what fun would that be without some snow?

Ok, you might need to click on the picture to see the falling snow.

But if you look closely, it was falling at a steady rate.

Kiska, while happy that she did not need to be sprayed with Pam to prevent ice balls, still thinks this does not qualify as snow.

Wondering how much The Annex is enjoying their new RV?

The manufacturer was wondering, too, so they sent this survey.

Hmmmm. Wonder how that happened.