A Surprise Guest.

Trish and I were in Florida in February camping at Walt Disney World in our Airstream.  When we left Florida, we needed to have a little bit of warranty work done on the Airstream so we came home by Out of Doors Mart in Greensboro where we left the trailer for the work to be done.  We thought we would be picking it up in a couple of weeks.

Well, COVID-19 put an extended end to our pickup plans and the trailer sat there on their back lot for  a little more than four months after the repair was made. We really wanted to get it home, and, the car that pulls it needed service also.  So, early this week we made our first trip off the island since early March.

We left in the first ferry on Tuesday and got to the Mercedes dealer in Durham at 1:00 where we waited while the service was done.  We then drove to Greensboro and spent the night with our dear friends, Brucie and David Shook before leaving early the next morning to get the trailer and head for home.

Everything went as planned.  We even got to stop at the Farmers’ Market in Durham and load up on fresh vegetables and fruits.  We got home that evening and fell into bed.

Our camper back at home.

The next morning we went out and backed the Airstream into its normal parking place and unhooked the car.  Then we noticed something unusual.  Our bikes had been on the back of the camper this entire time and a bird had built a significant nest between the two bikes on the back of the camper.

Our bird nest hitchhiker.

Fortunately for the bird, the eggs were hatched and the babies had fledged.  We got home with only the empty nest.

If we remove the bikes with care, I think it will come out in one piece and make for us a story relic by which to remember.