Day 281: Bokeelia, FL Cloudy and cooler. Technology. We can now go to almost any church we want to. Today we went to two churches: our usual St Luke Ann Arbor, and a church in Bloomfield Hills, where our favorite pastor Dan is the vacancy preacher. The services are nice. To the point and meaningful.... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – April 4, 2020
Day 280: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and warm. I finished the map of where we’ve been on our odyssey. I added where we planned to go to finish the circle home. The parts in red are the planned stops, with the New Hampshire stop being dependent on how we felt at the end of our trip,... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – April 3, 2020
Day 279: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and warm. RV HygieneArviTrekking.com was meant to record where we have been and our impressions of these places, and to inform our family and friends where we are. Also, to give some insight into what it is like to only live in a small RV for about a year. Part... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – April 2, 2020
Day 278: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and cool. We went into the town of Cape Coral to get the motor for one of the two davits (mechanical boat lift) on the property fixed. We ended up buying a new motor. Since we were in town already, I thought it would be a good time to get... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – April 1, 2020
Day 277: Bokeelia, FL Windy and warm. We did not get any rain last night. April fool? The weather changed, however, and it became windy and almost cool. It’s very pleasant here today. I took a long walk and noticed some lawn workers are cutting down these bunches of fruit from the palm trees. Tom... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – March 31, 2020
Day 276: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and hot. I was sick of the rain when we were in the Deep South. Here in south Florida we haven’t seen rain in the entire month of March. A shower tonight is possible. Grocery DeliveryWe received our delivery via Shipt. Megan, the Shipt shopper, also delivered the food. While... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – March 30, 2020
Day 275: Bokeelia, FL Sunny and hot. We joined Shipt and are having groceries delivered tomorrow, hopefully. The last time we were grocery shopping was March 20. We should have loaded up more then. We will clean off the produce well and let the dry goods sit for three days to kill any germs on... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – March 29, 2020
Day 274: Bokeelia, FL Partly sunny and hot. ChurchOn December 8th I journaled about going to church with six other people in the building. Today there were two of us in the building. We participated in online church with the folks at St Luke at home in Ann Arbor. What moved me was the thought... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – March 28, 2020
Day 273: Bokeelia, FL Sunny, breezy and hot. Walked to the pier, as usual, but we haven’t gone on the pier in days. It was breezy. Sat on the porch and knitted another tiny sweater. I helped Tom net a large catfish. The fish made a croaking sound out of the water. Tom says many... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – March 27, 2020
Day 272: Moyer Lane, Bokeelia, FL Sunny and hot. No breeze today. Did our usual walks to the end of the island where the pier is, but we haven't been on the pier in almost a week, as it's only been open to paying fishermen. Watched lizards or geckos. Saw three dolphins, and what looks... Continue Reading →