Watching the world through our windshield...

While there isn’t a lot happening here at Canyon Lake due to closures it sure has been extremely peaceful here. The deer are seemingly getting used to the fact that there are hardly any people here. With just 6 campers in the whole park they are enjoying the solitude as we are and are more often venturing out among us.

For most of our stay the boat ramps have all been closed making the lake also quite peaceful. It is easy to take pictures of the lake without a soul in sight. We wouldn’t even know there were any other people in our area until we leave the confines of the COE park and head to town for a grocery run.

One nice thing about our location is that we have a choice of which HEB grocery store to go to as we are in the middle of so many towns nearby. One week we may go to San Antonio, the next San Marcos, New Braunfels or Spring Branch. By choosing a different one each time we also make sure to do a long loop drive which  eventually takes us to the grocery store. Our last run was into the town of Boerne Texas. It is nice way to break up the monotony of sheltering in place.

Each morning as I wake (I get up early in the morning) I am treated to sunrise views from our windshield overlooking Canyon Lake. We are so fortunate that the Corps of Engineers have allowed us to stay put until they reopen since, as full-timers, we really have nowhere to go. Home is where you park it in this lifestyle!

Of course with those serene sunrises we also see some really nice sunsets. Sunsets to our west gives us the impression that we may be in the Serengeti of Africa with the stubbiness of the live oaks thriving despite the impervious limestone around here.

Nights however, are not to be outdone as can be seen with this beautiful moon glow through our not so clean windshield! I guess I need to do something about that…

Cheers and stay safe!

NOTE: We are currently sheltering in place at Canyon Lake, Texas…

Moments of Days Gone By Here in Texas…

As we continue to hide out here in Central Texas at Canyon Lake we have fallen into a daily routine. The best part of each day is when we sit outside for happy hour and catch up on the daily news.

Another great part of the days as they creep by is dinner planning. We have been fortunate to be able to get most anything we want at either HEB or Walmart via their curbside delivery. We are too far out in the boonies to have anything delivered.

Another nice thing about this COE park is the smokers located at each campsite. We were able to make our own Texas BBQ using the one in our site.

Since dinner preparation is a fun “to do”  we have also enjoyed making some new recipes. We have been eating pretty good and the above picture of a spicy pasta with bay scallops and shrimp was especially tasty.

We usually go for a daily walk of two or three miles within the park. The park is big enough that we never have to leave and as an added luxury we occasional see some wildlife since there are so few campers in the park currently

It is always fun to see an armadillo in Texas and each morning as I open the front windshield curtains I am usually treated to groups of deer feeding on the forbs outside. I’ve seen as many as 15 in one group one morning… I call them my coffee buddies!

Also, since we are here so long I decided to tackle an annoying problem that  came up over the last couple of years which is the black paint kept peeling away from our awning cover. Several times I sanded and painted over these peeled areas. Well I decided to just scrape all the old paint off and put on a new coat.

The challenge here is that the cover is aluminum and paint doesn’t really want to stick to it. I have finally gotten all of the paint scraped off and after doing a lot of research on the web I found the paint  I needed to get the job done. I bought an acid etch spray paint on Amazon and just received it the other day. Now all I have to do is wait for a day where it isn’t so windy so I can paint it…

Cheers!

NOTE: We are currently sheltering in place at Canyon Lake, Texas…