Well, it’s the middle of March and I haven’t posted for awhile. I guess that means that things have been pretty quiet- not a bad way to be retired! Port Aransas seems to suit us.
The weather is warming up- highs in the 70s and lows in the high 60s each night, but very humid…very humid.
We were invited to ride in our friends’ beach cart for the Mardi Gras Parade up in town- first a wild ride through this RV Park, then 3 miles up the Beach Rd. then all through Port Aransas and home again…little did we know what we were getting into…

We belong to a rifle range in Aransas Pass- it is still the Wild West down here, just look at what can come between us and the targets!

Spoonbills in the little pond behind our camper:

There was a “Turtle Release” on the beach- turtles that had been rehabbed and were ready to go back to sea. The crowd was huge, the turtles were small; so we climbed up on the sand dune (watching for rattlesnakes) to get at least a distant view of the turtles. They carry the turtles along the crowd for viewing and then release them into the ocean.

A cemetery in Rockport Texas is pretty awesome this time of year; wildflowers cover almost the entire cemetery! Blue Bonnets- the Texas state flower which is a lower cousin to our Lupines, coreopsis, phlox, gailliardia, wine cups, and more:

As the coronavirus and the connected panic takes hold of the nation, we are re-assessing our plans, making back-up plans and looking forward to boondocking where there will be very few other people! Some states are closing their state parks to camping (but not to day use…huh?)
We are reading more of the news than ever before and checking the news back home and wherever friends and family are; wishing and hoping that everyone stays healthy and calm.
Essentially, we’re living in a retirement community, however many short term campers come and go. AND it is public school and college spring break here, which means the beach right in front of us has several hundred kids there every day after noon time until into the night. So, no coronavirus reported in this area…yet… Store shelves are empty- we hear cavalier statements of this is nothing to worry about as well as panic comments about stocking up and rushing home (perhaps to a state or city that has coronavirus).
Rhylee turned 15 years old! The dog is one toughie!

He is healthy and a social butterfly here- he has two families that give him treats and he is always a star at the beach…which says what about us?
And so, where are we headed the end of the month? We ordered a new fifth wheel camper- an Artic Fox- more space, bigger kitchen, but it won’t fit in some of the crazy places we took the Outdoors RV trailer. For this 5th wheel, we actually needed a bigger truck and so have traded up- truck looks the same but it’s a F350 now.