We have been here for five nights. So far we have cleaned out the Trailer, unpacked everthing from the vacuum packs and tidied everything away. Now we are ready to move from Connie's lovely house into our little home on wheels. Much of the time we have spent just relaxing and catching up with the time difference, today was the first time I didn't wake up at 2.00 in the morning and have dificulty getting back to sleep bceause my mind was telling my body that it was 7.00 in the morning. It has been difficult to stay awake after 9.00 in the evening. We have found some time to have some practice sessions with Connie and her sister Brenda, boy are we rusty!!! Connie and Jim only arrived from Rochester, New York two days before us, so they are tired and also sorting our the house here.
Yesterday the news was all about a tropical storm,- Nicole, moving up from the south, fortunately it passed about 50 miles east of us, so we only got one shower, however further up the coast (North Carolina) they have had more than 20 inches in the last three days!
We love seeing the wild life here. Out of the window we can watch the Jays, the Bluebirds (yes they really do exist away from the Land of Oz), the woodpeckers, the tiny Carolina Wrens, Mocking Birds, and the Grackles. There was a big hawk sat on the TV mast above the house. I managed to get really close to a Sap Sucker, it's a small woodpecker, without the pretty colouring.
When I went out on to the patio last night I found a couple of small Praying Mantises. There are also two large, hairy spiders which inhabit one of the window frames in Connie's dining room (outside, not inside fortunately) which are fun to watch.So todays plan is to move the rest of our gear back to the trailer, then take a shopping trip to Publix to stock up the trailer, before having supper with Connie and Jim and hopefully another music practice.
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