End of another Sunday

        Our campsite tonight Gunter Hill

We are in Alabama now, traveling towards Memphis, to visit Graceland, and walk along Beal street. So far the state is beautiful, more like what we are used to. Pine 🌲 trees no more Palms🌴 not as lush as Florida, but very warm still. Polly and I both like the travel, as well as times we stay awhile. Memphis we have booked for 5 days Tuesday till Sunday be a nice length of stay. We also have Graceland booked, and the Elvis show on Saturday night. 

Our campground is another State Park.

T.O. Fuller State Park was the first state park open for African Americans east of the Mississippi River. Looks good, only 15 minutes to Graceland from there. We will be 2 different days at Graceland, so good to be close. As for Memphis, Polly wants to take the hop on hop off bus, so we get a good look around, and I don't have to drive. 

           Our view is great, boat launch 😆

The park we left today was great, Blue Springs State Park, is in the country, and very quiet all night, and many birds in the morning. We did some sight seeing from there, Ozark & Eufaula were interesting towns. 

As we travel we noticed many older homes, all beat up, some half or all crushed in, abandoned. Some looking like people built a new home, and just left the old one standing. Polly and I have tried to figure this out, still puzzled we are. Will ask someone again. 

Also we see many trailers, single wide, a few double wides, so many here, knowing they wouldn't stand a tornado, yet here they are, and more being produced all the time. Seems a waste to even have them at all here, but cheep housing I guess. Dangerous house to be in through bad weather. 

As we travel we pay much attention on the weather, and try our darness not to get in front of bad weather, sometimes we have to stay put, but mostly we can skirt it. Right now I'm watching the Storm making it's way across the country from the west, making sure we are ok. 

Polly's making dinner as I peck here, 6:19, 4:19 in BC, I'll send a laugh to Ted and Steve 😆

Been keeping the strong bond we have alive as we go, is nice to watch there days evolve, and families grow. Ciara same, we talk most every day, with her and Colton, even for a short time. Ciara doing better now, still like all of us, not easy, but every day just a little better. 

Today we traveled to another state park, Gunter Hill State Park is really nice place, huge cement driveway into the site, and all maintained well. A river beside our site, with a boat launch to watch the follies at. 😆 

Will stay a couple days, go into Montgomery tomorrow, see what we can of this town, deep south applies here, yet we have not seen anything that makes us think about the inequality, except the housing that the black people live in, I'm sure still much inequality in housing. 

I always wanted to see places we saw on TV in the past, and we are getting some of it, but Memphis I'm sure will be an education. When Polly and I got married for the 2nd time, in Las Vegas with friends and family there we dressed as Marilyn and Elvis. This was an education in how much people loved Elvis. 

Since then we wanted to go see Graceland, and this year we will, having watched the newest movie this year, made us want to more. Going to be a fun time I'm sure. 

Memphis here we come 😁🤗❤️

Sunday morning is mine today 😃

Reading an article about Danica Patrick's racing beginning's I realized how calm I was, how the drink of coffee I just had was so enjoyable, how the moment was about as close to perfect as it gets. Coffee is good, the article held my interest, until that moment I took a drink, and thought how dam good this moment felt. 

Ever have one of these, a time when all seems calm and great at the same time? If I think, there are many things I could think of that would interrupt this mornings thought, but today I'm up early, and happy to continue to read about the life of a young star that had an accident during her first race of the season. I stopped there to write here, as it feels so good. 

Life has been good to me, no regrets, well maybe a few, but always I move forward! I believe that is the most important lesson I've learned, "pull up your socks, and move on" or something like that. "Regret's I've had a few" was a line in a song, I think by Kris Kristofferson, his song Sunday morning coming down always a good song to me. 

Well this morning I'm not coming down, I'm not up, I'm just right. Our Daughter in law messaged & called yesterday, she was having a hard day. We messaged, then face talked, made for a little bit of fun, her cleaning out Colton's toy box, while he got into the box she was putting the toys in, trying to empty it. LoL.

The hard time she was having, we have all had, all different, but we have all had them. 

Of course I couldn't just leave it alone, I'm the "here is my thoughts" kinda person, and sometimes it helps. I'm not sure if it did, but Polly and I gave her our little bit of wisdom, and soon she remembered she hadn't started dinner yet. We talked about what that would be, and helped with a plan, and soon her day changed. I'm sure she was still sad inside, but she moved on, even if just temporarily. 

 

              Dinner started 😋

My Daughter has not messaged me for about a week, that concerns me, but I'm sure I'll find out soon what's up. 🙂 

Our Grand Daughter's both called, Shayla Friday night, Taylor last night. That gives us both the warm fuzzy feeling. Nice to feel important enough to call and talk with them. Grandson's not so much. They are not the call and chat kinda guys. 

So here I sit, pecking on this phone on Sunday morning. It's just starting to get light, the wind is light coming in the back window, and cool. Is always fast this part of the day, when I first notice the light, to the time it is sunup. Just zoom and daylight. Today be the same I'm sure, asim about to get back to Danica's race life. 

That's my two bits for today, was nice to write this, in my shorts, on a warm Sunday morning, felling really good 🤗❤️

I heard Polly stir, but if she opened her eyes and saw dark, back to sleep she went 😁

Super Bowl Sunday, Polly has plans for special cupcakes for the game, will be a bunch here watching the game, as we will. 🏈 I see she has pretzel sticks, going to be some goal posts I'm thinking. I  l

Love our life, so much 🤗❤️

Moving ahead, Knowing we won't see it all!

 Trailer art 🎨 here at Crooked Hook RV resort

Today I read on my phone 1,300 people killed in Turkey and Syria, Earthquake happend there, thousands of buildings destroyed, thousands of people injured! I'm taken back today, as for along time I've been thinking what could or would get our world of people on track to live with each other without fighting? 

I talk with Polly about it, and say I think the only thing that would or could get us all together is an out of planet event, a meteor crash that created world wide catastrophe, might get us all together. But right after I said, this I realize power is something that Many want! Once you have your country, then the people in power want more, the nextdoor neighbors country, or a piece of it. 

I just really don't understand this, I see it, I know it's the way it is, I just don't get it. Why are people so stuck on getting more, no matter how much they have, just want more? History is full of war's over land, resources, position, waterways, and it goes on. 

Are we all slaves being pushed here and there? 

I'm thinking Gandy had it right, less is more! The less we have the less people can want from you, the less you need. Make sense? I'm just typing here, thinking out loud, quietly on this phone 🤔

Thinking back to the earthquake, the area this is in had 18,000 people killed in 1999, is a fault area. So this will continue into the future, more lives will be lost in the future too. Seems silly to stay there, move away I'd say, that's what I would do, spend every waking moment getting away. 

Polly and I are on the move most of the time, stay here awhile, stay there, but lot's of moving too. We talked about settling here this time, as I really like the area, but nope we going to carry on. I'm just getting what I would call the "old guy syndrome" I'm not too much wanting to do too much, I still like a swim, the beach 🏖️, and nice dinner, but I'm not really going to change the world 🌍

Instead I'm thinking about us, Polly and I and what we want the next few days, months, even year's as we age, that's my main concern. I know of the idea take care of your fellow man, and we do to some degree, but mostly I'm thinking of us, and what comes next! If we don't think of that, who will? So away we go into our future knowing that the world we live is is imperfect, yet we continue the best we can, making our little part of it the best life we can. 

This I believe is the most important, if we each take care of ourselves, then no worries for others to have to take care of us. No burden on society. 

Sounds simple when looking at these words, it is just that simple. If people would move away from the area where the earthquakes are predictably going to happen, then no damage. Or if like Japan, build homes and building's that are designed to withstand earthquakes. I hear in passing that our structures, boards and nail houses, are a good structure for earthquakes, I'm not sure, but really I don't want to test them out 😮, I'll keep moving. 

What the heck am I saying? Well as we age the problems that affected us earlier are not as much a problem now, we get our pension, we have a little savings, we travel till we can't, we agree on many things, Polly & I this really helps, and we understand fully we are only here a short time. Our next few years we are enjoying the best we know how, till life changes, and we know it will. 

"Whatdaya wanna do today?" I ask Polly as I smile, I know she has a plan, love 😘 Polly. "Maybe go to that town I looked up yesterday, with Win Dixie" ok, I say, and Polly says maybe ask the couple we talked with yesterday? Ok I say. I'll go see them as I make my walk about. 

Simple life, that's what we want, that's what we've got. 👍🤗♥️

Off we go, to Win Dixie for a look, and of course a few groceries 😊

Rainy Windy night in Florida

This morning looking wet & windy, was a wet windy night , and many small hard nuts falling on our trailer out of the palms, had us wonder if some damage could happen. Looking at the outside now, not a scratch.

Casino night here last night, was well attended, Polly & I played poker all night. Polly had a huge rebuy $3 for 10,000 in play money was not hard on her pocket. I didn't take any photos, but was a fun time, many draws, made for people always winning something. Was our 2nd event here, Burgers 🍔 by the tiki hut yesterday afternoon were great, beer was free, and the yak was fun. 

Today there was Ice cream craft show, ice cream was free, and all you wanted. I had 2 scoops 😊 very good, Polly bought a few towels hand made, and of course Valentine's cookies ♥️ again we met others, and yak always good. Learned a little about Fort Myers from Rodney and Shirley.

Life in this very good RV park is great. After our ice cream we went for a drive around Cleweston, getting to know the town a little. We passed by a huge paved yard, had a fence all along, all damaged goods from the hurricane damage on the Fort Myers coastline. Again, no pics, just too much there, Polly said I should take a photo, just couldn't capture the amount I saw, unbelievable the amount of damaged RVs, cars, boats, WOW. 

All those little things in rows are cars, damaged cars. 

This screen shot of Cleweston shows the size of the HUGE storage yard to the right bottom, is about 1/4 the size of the town 😳

We are going to Fort Myers to look sometime this week, like many have before to see what the damage is, and look around the city. We were there in 2017, see what we remember from.then. 

Tomorrow the sun 🌞 comes back, our pool will be comfortable, life goes on. I like this place, very comfortable, feels tropical, warm humid, and away from the city, but close enough to get there in an hour if we want. Like Goldie locks said, not to hot, not too cold, Just Right 👍🤗

We could stay awhile here, but nope we be heading east to Daytona, then west towards Memphis, with Graceland in our sights. Then we wander slowly back towards the coast and home in May, trying to stay where it's warm as we go. It's hard to guess when to move, as it's cold away from here now, hopefully gets warmer as we plan to move. 

Today is now Monday morning, I just couldn't talk myself into finishing yesterday, was not really into it. Today no big plans, pool later, walk about the RV park for me, maybe make that frame Polly wants. Just getting light out now, 6:45am. Love first light, always love the beginning of the day, today clouds to start, with a sliver of clearing in the distance.

Will be a nice day sure, a little breezy now, that's good I think. See how it goes. The beauty of learning what another place is like, weather, people, just the feeling of another place is interesting and exciting. Lucky me, lucky us. 

We fed the fish in the pond yesterday, was fun seeing the fish clearly as the sun was 

Out and we stood in the shade so the fish wouldn't see us. 

Will do this again for sure, right out our door is the pond. 

Polly's now trying to figure out how to connect her phone to the TV, wants to watch the Grammys from last night. I give her credit, I don't have the same push to stay with it trying to get this hooked up. This is a job for grand kids LoL. 😃😂

Interesting life we lead 😳😃😂♥️