Thursday, January 18, 2018

It's not home, it's Destin

Dear Friends and Family,

Before we left on this extended adventure we told many of you that if there comes a time when this is no longer fun, we’ll just come home.  We told each other that this trip should not become an episode of Survivor, where we are just “getting by” but are no longer enjoying ourselves.  Well, we were enjoying ourselves when the temperature was in the 60s & 70s.  We bundled up when it went down to the 50s and 40s.  We even hunkered down when the thermometer was in the 30s but when the weatherman said we’ll be in the 20s with a high of 32 we threw in the towel and packed up, not the camper, just an overnight bag and headed to Destin which is
about an hour or so from Panama City Beach.  We slept wonderfully last night in a Fairfield Inn and pulled the covers up a little closer when we looked at our phones and saw that it was 23 degrees.

At some point we realized the refrigerator back at our campsite was no longer keeping the food cold but was keeping the food from freezing.

Please know we are safe, warm, happy and grateful for a warm place to stay.

Ken & Cathy


4 comments:

  1. This won't be an ice bowl tale we will listen to but the January of '18 freeze in
    Panama City! So glad you are spending a couple of nights in the motel. Safe trip to The Villages. Let us know when you arrive. Just know it is much colder here and we have snow.

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  2. What a smart idea! ☺ So glad you had a respite from the cold. Never thought I'd be saying that about Florida! I'm headed to North Carolina today to visit friends. And to dress like it's spring while they're all bundled up.
    Keep having fun!! Just thinking about Ken's laugh sounds like fun. :) Mary

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  3. good week again to be down there where it is warm :>)
    Looking at another snowstorm here this week.
    Hope you all are doing well.

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  4. Nice to hear about your trip. I have been left off the email blog update list, I'm sure unintentionally. Thanks for sharing your news and I look gorwsrd to hearing more. As for us, we are binge watching The Newsroom and enjoying it.

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