March 25-April 19, 2020
We’ve been on the TX Gulf Coast practicing social distancing and have had a quiet time here. We head to town every 10 days or so to restock perishables and whatever we have run out. Our RV has storage enough for me to have a supply on hand of things we go through quite frequently. The HEB in Flour Bluff now has most things in stock, especially if you get there in the morning soon after they open. Since we have no favorite restaurants here, ours was lost to Hurricane Harvey in 2017, so dinners have all been at home, it’s been over a month since we last ate out.
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| 11/14/14 Lot 623-our first winter owning our lot |
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| 3/25/20 Lot 623-no the tiki hut isn't on our lot |
The beaches are still open along with the beach road, except for Easter weekend, we can do in motion exercise, and .5 miles down the beach Dave can get to the Corpus Christi beach where he can fish. While the fishing hasn’t been great he’s been able to get some of his catch frozen up. The Peggy Anne, our local shrimp boat, has been out so we have stocked up on more shrimp.
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| Dave caught it, Pat didn't get a good pic of Dave holding it |
I’ve been spending my days walking, reading, TV binging and some purging. We’ve even done some landscaping, the local HEB sales plants so we picked up some more hibiscus, planting them required us to do some work on our irrigation system to accommodate some new plants. We’ve never been here in April, lots of flowers blooming that we don’t usually see, lawns being mowed-that we’ve never seen.
It’s been a very different experience for us here this time, no hugging of friends, no happy hours filled with friends, food, and laughter that will have to wait till the winter. The RV park has about 30 occupied RVs, the rest of the RVs here are used by folks for getaways from some of the surrounding cities.
I think our lifestyle has better prepared us for being together, we’re already used to living in a small place and being together all the time. When we’re traveling a lot of the times we don’t see friends for a while, so not socializing much is part of our way of life at times. We hope our family and friends are staying safe, we can't wait to see them when it's safe to.
Tomorrow we’re heading out towards IL, we’ll do 2 nightly stays on the way. If all goes as planned we will get to IL on Wednesday. The Lake Shelbyville COE is opening one campground for their volunteers and gate attendants that are full time. We will be staying in Lithia Springs until the project is opened for camping, then we’ll move over to Bo Woods.
Until next time…
Love the pictures. Life is sure strange these days. We just feel so restless. So much to go here but it’s all closed.
ReplyDeleteThanks!! Life is strange, almost surreal.
DeleteBoy those are some great waves and big fish. what a lovely sunset with the birds so deep orange and I love your full moon. I agree that full timing does set you up pretty well for the idea of being quarantined. I just wish I weren't doing this alone you two are so lucky to be together. Envying you moving anywhere. I'm not familiar with either Lithia Springs in Illinois only in Florida or with Bo Springs.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave does enjoy photographing, he's come a long way since he first started. We will be in central IL. I'll post about it next time. You've been in my thoughts, I can't imagine how lonely it must be for you now.
DeleteHere we are so close but so far. But always near in our hearts. We will miss you guys until we hopefully will see you this summer.
ReplyDeleteSo close yet so far, always in our hearts. When next we see you we'll make up for our isolating.
DeleteYou are so right about us RVrs being prepared and ready for any social distancing or quarantining guidelines. We are used to be alone together somewhere and not see our friends. I feel sorry for those who are not used to being so close or together 24/7, they must drive each other crazy!
ReplyDeleteHope your drive will be a breeze as you cross Houston like we did in Phoenix. Here 's a virtual hug to you both :)
Hugs to you and Steve. Glad you're settled in Wickenburg, looking forward to seeing what you discover there. Reports from Houston are traffic is light and shouldn't be a big deal.
DeleteGood to see the recap of pictures, travel safely see you soon
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
DeleteI am glad to hear they opened the beaches so you could get out and Dave could go fishing. It is ridiculous that they closed them. I bet it will be fun to be moving and headed to your new location, hopefully everything works out up there!
ReplyDeleteDave just had to go .5 miles to the "Corpus Christi" beach, thanks to our borrowed golf cart it was no big deal. Good to be moving north to cooler temps. We shall see how the summer goes, if they want to keep us volunteers and gate attendants who are full timers it's in their best interest to let us come even if we have to "sit around" for awhile.
DeleteSounds like heading to TX to wait out these 'stay at home' restrictions was a great choice. Our life hasn't been all that different other than my shopping experiences and seeing all the masked people. Pickleball is still going strong here at Pioneer (even though I don't engage) and RVers around here are still socializing in their little groups. Golf courses (essential biz) are still in full swing with some restrictions. The Pickleball players (they've been playing together all winter) confronted a few folks without name tags. Turns out they live in Anthem and came here cause the courts in Anthem are closed. They got kicked out real quick. Safe travels to IL. Have a great summer!
ReplyDeleteIt was a good choice, bonus is we got stocked up on shrimp and some fish again :) I'm not sure playing pickleball is a good choice in my opinion. Crazy the folks in Anthem thought they could just come over and play on Pioneers courts. After our first visit with my brother and we found they were going about business as usual we decided it was in our best interest to go over again. Stay safe.
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