Winter 2023

It was so cold…. almost everywhere in the United States before and after Christmas. And we saw it coming here to the Panhandle of Florida, but…. we now have “southern blood” so we were COLD, REALLY COLD! It went down to 21 degrees on Friday night, 26 on Saturday and 24 on Sunday night!!

The days were only getting to 35 or 40 AND it was windy. So, what did we do? First thing, was to remind ourselves it was warmer here than any place north of us, especially Maine. We had winds of over 40mph, but our home in Searsport Maine had winds over 70 mph- blew a bit of siding, trim and one roof panel off. Hurricane force winds will do that. Here, in FL, we filled our RV water tank, checked the propane levels, made sure the batteries and solar were in working order and hunkered down. Many of the houses on stilts down here have exposed piping (well, it isn’t supposed to be so cold down here for so long), so many of our pickleball friends were madly insulating and draining, and still had mishaps. 40+ unoccupied rental houses had pipes burst and that made the water pressure drop everywhere! Which is why we always have water in our RV tank!

We had a very close encounter with a hawk one day:

Sunsets are looking good- so here are some pics:

And a moonset

Low tide here goes a LONG way out. Of course, it is only 1-2 ft. deep for a long way out!

And some miscellaneous wildlife: