A Slow, Slow Two Weeks

So what have we been doing for the last two weeks, well, honestly a whole lot of nothing.  It's been cold here, I know, haha, but true, one of the coldest winters in Florida.  Highs some days don't even get into the 60's and nights in the low 40's, that's welcome sleeping temps, but the days are cool.  

With the Covid, we have cut out almost all our social interactions, no bocce, no mah jong, no get togethers with our friends who live in the area, almost no outside dining, it's like being in purgatory I imagine.  There is another school of folks here in the park that don't seem to be affected in any way, they continue socializing, getting together, go to gatherings, the pool, play games, etc.  But each person according to their own personal situation has to make that decision for themselves.  At least here in Florida businesses are open, most have instituted their own mask policy which is their prerogative.  And vaccines are being given.  Jan and I are trying hard to get one, but the various counties have all instituted different ways to determine who gets an appointment.  After the frontline health providers and first responders it is open to age 65+ folks and those with compromised immune systems.  But getting the appointment is an online free for all, several counties have been using a concert ticket company to disburse the coveted slots, so at the stroke of whatever time, thousands of people all press enter on their computers and wait on the spinning globe of death until after sometimes a couple seconds all the way up to an hour a screen pops up and says all appointments full!  Frustrating to say the least, but some folks are getting through, we know of at least a dozen here in the park that have gotten their first shot.

We did get our new water hose and reel installed, pretty straightforward once we removed it completely from the coach.

Where the reel lives

Out

Back in

Jan has been cooking though, with the cool weather her delicious chicken corn chowder was welcome!

Then good friend Ray who lives nearby always lets us borrow some Liberty puzzles to do, Jan mostly, but I do help a bit.  If you're not familiar, Liberty puzzles are incredible, intricate, high quality wood, have a ton of whimsy's, and are very challenging.

This is the back, you can see some of the whimsy's,
and the figures you can't see on the front

I have done some fly tying for the upcoming season, much more to come.

We have a gap above our windshield on the coach between the windshield gasket and a rain gutter that I filled before we left last year.  I used a black silicone, and although it looked great when we left it doesn't look so great now.  I have contacted several motorhome windshield companies and it seems I didn't do anything wrong, and used the proper product, perhaps my prep wan't so good or the black silicone was old, but it is an upcoming project.

Pretty sad

So not too much to report, we have ordered some items for some other projects which I will fill you in on soon.  Meanwhile we are marking time, thankful to be well and in a warmer, as compared to many other spots, place for the winter, but like everyone we sure wish this Covid thing was over and life could go back to normal.