April 4, 2020

Well, we were between a rock and hard place, as so many of us are…do we stay or do we go? The RV Park would allow us to stay longer, but other than walking on the beach there was nothing to do. And, we had our new camper ready and waiting up near Abilene, where there is a lot less coronoavirus at the moment. We said good bye to our Winter Texas friends that will stay longer or all year, and to those that are heading home- to family they won’t be able to visit until they self isolate for 14 days, to seasonal businesses that can’t open, to more unknown.
So, we went…

Texas State Parks have stayed open with reduced services and we are ever so grateful! We can preregister on line and deal with fewer people in person. So, we headed north, with reservations to cover us until April 29th.
The Hill Country of Texas is rather nice in the spring time- wild flowers blooming, trees leafing out and warm- so we did a 2 mile hike up a hillside to an overlook.

And then the next day- the temps went from 65 to 39 in about an hour!! Yikes!
The RV dealer that has our camper had decided that all business will be conducted outside- a great idea until we go there as the weather had been warm- sigining paperwork at about 45 degrees with down parkas on…They have kept people out of our rig for the most part, but did get in to clean and make sure everything worked.
We only go near people when we absolutely have to and keep our distance- groceries and the RV dealership. RVing does have it’s benefits as far as isolating, so long as we can find open campgrounds – as of now State Parks in New Mexico and Arizona are closed, however, if we can get to BLM land we will have that to use, unless lots of others have headed out of their homes to camp to break up the boredom…time will tell.

Our thoughts are with all of you and whatever it is that you are facing during the virus crisis. Stay safe, stay strong and hang in there!