Clean-up

This time of year, we see spray crews out everywhere. We see them working along the freeways (Arizona has a lot of landscaping with gravel between plants) and in people's yards. They are all spraying the weeds that start growing in the rocks and gravel. There are a lot of weeds because of all the rain we've had.

Eagle View RV Resort is no different. Last week we came home to a note taped to Auntie Violet's door asking us to move all of our lawn furniture and ornaments off of the gravel unto the concrete pads so that they could spray. There were notices posted in the office as well.

A couple of days later we saw them coming and made sure that all of the windows were closed. There were two guys working, one spraying and the other handling the hose.

They had a tank full of spray on this little cart. This year they are both wearing respirators. I was concerned last year because they weren't...

I don't know what it was they were spraying, but what ever it was, it certainly has accelerated the weed growth. I should have taken another picture today to show how green and big they are. It must have been one of the glycosates like Round-up that push abnormal growth so fast the plant dies.

We drove up the road across the river this afternoon to see what was going on as we have seen people running and climbing over a building made out of rafters and ropes all weekend. As we got closer (it's probably three miles away from Auntie Violet as the crow flies) we could see hundreds of cars parked and lots of people. We finally saw a sign welcoming people to the Spartan Races. Seems they are races for all ages using a combination of distance, sprints, obstacles and mud. Looks like it was quite the thing.