Life Adventures

Tuesday (Christmas Day) we had breakfast with mom and dad in their RV, and then headed out to Hunting Island State park for our first return in 3 years, since Hurricane Mathew wreaked havoc in the fall of 2016.   We drove to the lagoon trail parking lot – parking lot J.   The trail was different on the lagoon side – no greenery to block the view of the lagoon.   The landscape also had changed such that the lagoon now feeds right into the ocean.   There used to be a dune or natural barricade, now you can clearly see the ocean in the distance.   While the trail looked very different, there was still a beauty to it and the walk was enjoyable.   We walked over the bridge to the beach area, meandered through the fallen trees to a clean portion of the beach near Fripp Island.   We decided to return via the lagoon side of the trail, but came upon an injured and likely rabid raccoon, so we had to take the inner trail (maritime forest) back to the truck...

We arrived at about 3pm.   I was on a work call and somehow multitasked to get Russ backed in to site 66.   We have this site for most of the trip, but have to switch to site 98 (the first site we ever had) for the last 2 days.   Sadly, due to the work call, I didn’t get to take in the beach walk – we did keep the dogs on leash, and actually saw fellow agility friends – Felicia and Mike. The trails are flooded from all the rain, so that is disappointing.   It informed, however, that Hunting Island cancellation was probably smart as that campground floods even worse there. We watched the AKC finals and then turned in early, 7:50pm.   I didn’t wake up until 7am the next morning! Wednesday When we arrived from Florida, we noticed the freezer wasn’t cooling and thought it was because we ran out of propane on the drive up.   We thought things would freeze up overnight with the AC power, but in the morning it was worse.   With no one open y...

Saturday and Sunday Dec 8-9: This year we beat the snow.   We left the day before Ashland got the 14 inches (the most snow that early in December in a LONG time).   Last year we left just as the snow started – and it was a scary drive into NC, with a car spinning out of control almost hitting the RV. Yet, we did not escape all bad weather.   The rain started on our way to Yemessee.   We stayed one night at the KOA – easy pull through site.   Fortunately, we were able to walk the dogs around the lake before the skies opened.    And, in the morning, there was enough break in the rain to get the dogs pottied before the next downpour.    We only hit one major downpour on the way to Orlando – taking the dogs out in the rain at the gas station.   It was miserable. The bad weather and my work obligations caused a lot of shifting in the plans.   We were supposed to vacation at Huntington Beach before Orlando.   In the revise...