Monday I had to do laundry again but at least while I'm doing this chore, Roger is back at the RV vacuuming and cleaning things up. I know when I get back, things will be all tidy. In the afternoon, we attended a surprise "Welcome Home and Happy Birthday" party for a long term couple here who are 88 and 80. They recently returned from up north where, sadly, their son is terminal with brain cancer.
On Tuesday, I had to get up early...like 7:30 AM!!!!!...to go to grocery store in anticipation of our friends' visit. I partied yesterday and didn't get there. Judy and Dave arrived around 10:00. So good to see them. We chatted for awhile and showed them around the park before having lunch outside on the picnic table. We lucked out because it was sunny and warm...even though rain was predicted. After lunch we took them for a tour of Santa Rosa Island and through 2 National Seashore Preserves. We went all the way to the end of the Island, where there is, in fact, a Fort Pickens!!! All this time I thought it was the name of a little town out there....which it is....BUT, there are the remnants of a Fort built in 1836 and a very interesting museum. We didn't get to spend as much time there as we wanted because we could see the storms moving in and we had foolishly left the windows open in the RV and the awning out so had to head quickly back. It did POUR on the way back but no damage done in the RV. That evening we went to dinner at a restaurant on a Marina called Boshamps. I had fried oysters...that were "OK", but Roger will tell you his blackened swordfish steak was THE BEST meal he's had in ages!!!! I'm so glad for him because he's been craving swordfish for a long time.
Dave & Judy Eisele
Big surf off Santa Rosa Island
Dave and Roger on Beach
On Tuesday, the rains and cold air came in earnest and continued for the next FOUR days!!! OMG...it was cold and windy and the rain was torrential. We made the best of it by visiting friends in between downpours and sharing coffee and donuts in the activity center and LOTS of chit-chat. I just can't stress enough how friendly everyone here is and how much we are enjoying meeting all these people from all walks of life. Some people are here every year and know each other well, but they don't exclude newcomers from their groups. Everyone makes you feel like you're their best friend.
Wednesday was our long awaited craft class where we began making string mache snowmen. It took 2 days to complete because it takes a long time for them to dry, especially when it's 50 degrees out and raining all day. (I'll post pictures later) The rain is relentless. The extreme wind and cold is, to say the least, NOT fun!!! We could have this "crappy" weather in Michigan. I must say though, I thoroughly enjoyed the crafting and my snowman is ADORABLE!! He is sitting in my little kitchen window, looking out, and his LED string lights make him glow.
Thursday, MORE rain. The bad weather is getting to everyone here. I made brownies in my little oven while Roger went to Home Depot to pick up a few things. Oh, by the way, our annoying clicking noise in the overhead AC went away. Maybe the new thermostat helped, but we'll probably never know for sure. There is currently a FREEZE warning in effect for tomorrow night...SERIOUSLY ... NOT joking. It is currently colder here in the Panhandle than it is in Chicago!!
The entire South is in a deep freeze. One of the parks we had reservations at in Texas got 5" of snow and it was 18 degrees. As far south as Corpus Christi there was 10" of snow. To make a long story short....after much conversation and deliberation, we decided to change plans and try to find another park in Southern Florida for the rest of the winter. I had serious doubts that was possible, but Roger had done some research and found a gorgeous 5-Star park in Arcadia, FL. My parents use to spend their winters in Arcadia for many years. I called and believe it on not, they had 3 sites, out of 700+ available. It was more than we had planned on spending, but we grabbed it. We'll leave here on 1/2 and arrive down there on the 3rd. We have to watch Bowl Games on the 1st!!! We then had to call all the parks we had reservations at out west and cancel them. I think we will be better off down there where we are almost guaranteed warm weather and sunshine. We will be at Cross Creek RV Resort in Arcadia, FL. Site 771.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Guess what??? MORE RAIN and Gloom. Good day to finish our craft project Snowman. He took awhile to assemble but it was great fun. A new friend, from S. Carolina, Jill is also a craft lover and we both enjoyed this project. She also likes to shop in Thrift Stores and there are some good ones around here so we'll be going shopping soon.
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