Another day in Paradise, and another and another!!

Thursday  April 2, 2020

   We are getting settled in to the routine of sheltering in place.  There has been a bit of bright spot in all of this.  We have talked to our relatives and friends a lot more. It seems the crisis and lots of spare time draws us closer to family. We certainly enjoy hearing from all of you.  To do our part we quit

Poor Rudy, he

hates water!!

using paper plates and cups even though I have to help with dishes now.  And I started carrying a cloth hankie when we are traveling to save on tissues. We ordered and installed a new shower head, cleaned window screens, washed windows and also Rudy got his much needed spring scrub'n and he was not happy.  Both of us are reading books and just enjoying being in the same room at same place at same time day in and day out and still stay married.😀

   We have decided to say here in DeBary Fl. for two more weeks.  Our reservation in Ga. were cancelled last week and yesterday Walnut Hills in Va. cancelled our reservation there and according to the lady there you would have to be a resident of Va. to camp in Va.  So we will stay here until April 15th or so and then just wing it for stops on the way up.  We are not sure where we will stay when we get back to Pa.  Seems all state and federal campgrounds are closed.  We are hoping Ives Run opens up in early May and things get back to normal or close to normal anyway.

   Good news.  We went to the grocery store and drug store this week.  To our surprise many things are back in stock like meat(almost full), dairy had a full selection(eggs were low) and vegetables were like nothing happened.  Now of course no toilet paper or paper towels but we did get tissues and hand soap. But for the life of me I do not know why people buy all the toilet paper.  We know people here who if they find it they buy it even though they already have 30 rolls.  And some people go to the store every day to see what they have in stock, apparently they don't understand stay at home.

   Fun news. We have had some fun anyway.  First we have gone to join the happy hour group next door and it is kind of cute, five to seven of us old people sitting 6 feet apart in a circle. The fun is endless we can't hear that far apart and some can't see that well to know who is talking but it is fun.  You just gotta love a group old farts gathered together.

   Funny news.   On our way home from bike riding this guy pulls up along side us, beeps the horn, waves, yells at us so I put the window down and he tells us my bike helmet fell off the truck a few blocks back.  I do a U-turn in the middle of the block and speed back to the scene of the crime and there is my helmet in the middle of the travel lanes.  We pulled over and watched as each car barely missed it and it rolled a little and then one hit it, then another and another, we bow our heads and drove off.  Nothing left but the chin strap.

    The weather finally broke a bit the temps have dropped into the 80's and high 70's for a few days and as always in Florida with low's in the 60's people are bundled up with jackets, hoodies, and some with gloves.  It has made exercising a little more bearable.  We hope to wash the Moho and truck this week.  The pollen and tree dirt is absolutely terrible but it has been to hot to work in the sun.

    We continue to support the local restaurant with take out a few times a week. The food is good we just wish we were here when it was open.  There is a nice  outside area upstairs right outside the restaurant and a 'Tiki' bar on the lower area with bar type food so you can drink and/or eat by the river.  We could have ate and drank and just walked home, oh well maybe next time.

The picture on the left is part of the 'East to West Coast Rails to Trail' we go to everyday.  There is the Lake and Boat launch that Diane goes by every day.  Below is an old school house along the trail.