It’s been an adjustment for us having Michael working really early 4 days a week – while I’ve been working since October I don’t start until 8 am but he’s up Friday – Monday to work 6 – 12 noon. We’ve been finding our way in navigating spending time together – when it was just me working we had all weekend to sleep in, walk the pups, and just generally do whatever we wanted. Now our weekends involve him up at 5 am – at which point I usually wake up at some point shortly after – and when he’s done we take advantage of the time to drive to Beeville (eventually we’ll check out Kenedy another bigger town about the same distance away as Beeville) where they have an HEB and a Walmart for more serious grocery shopping. The little market here is great in a pinch but as is common in most small towns they are very pricey. We still get to spend time together and are blessed in that – we’re just finding our way in a new schedule and adjust accordingly.
We’ve gone the last 2 Friday nights to a nice little bar/restaurant in Three Rivers – Live Oak Sports Bar and Grill (though we’ve never seen any sports on just country music which suits us). The first week we didn’t realize they had a separation between the restaurant and the bar area and had dinner first then went to the bar for a drink. This week we went right to the bar where we could order dinner and a drink and visit with others as well. The same bartender was working and she remembered us – it feels good to be establishing some connections that aren’t just online for us.
Thursday night we walked down to the dam that is here. To walk to the dam and back to our RV is about 1.25 miles. We’re trying to get a few good walks in at least a week for both our health and the puppies. The dam here is maintained by the City of Corpus Christi which is about 80 miles south of us. The reservoir with the dam actually feeds the water for Corpus. We see the city guys driving by several times as they maintain and keep things safe with the dam. Their office is down the maintenance road we live on in the park. It’s weird being a part of the park but not actively seeing other campers. Michael sees the boaters coming and going when he’s working the gate and from our site we can hear them drive by (to much brush between the road and our RV to see them). Last night as we got back to the park at the end of the sunset we drove to the dam to see the tail end of it from there – it’s a great view. I think in a week or two we’ll have a picnic for dinner at sunset. We can sit on the tailgate with dinner and watch and maybe even get some neat photos.
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