Time marches on at Sandy Shores Campground, even if most of our work doesn't. The seasonal residents were allowed to return on Friday, May 15, and the first ones were in the gate before 8 A.M. It was great to see that part of the campground start to come to life. Several new RV's and park models have arrived to take the place of older units. The bath house, laundry and pool are still closed. More seasonals arrived for the holiday weekend. Many of them are enjoying the campground's private beach across the road on Silver Lake. Normally this would be the first sold-out weekend for the summer, but not this year.
Michigan's private campgrounds are still ordered to remained closed for recreational use, so we wait for each new deadline to arrive, and then the governor issues an even later date for openings. Her latest notice mentions June 12 for private campgrounds and June 22 for overnight stays in state campgrounds, but we're hoping that will come sooner. Our campsites are ready. However, state facilities are open for day use, including the state park dunes near us. Vehicular traffic has increased dramatically in our area over the last 10 days, and many of the food vendors and store owners iat Silver Lake have opened for business. It appears none of the close-by campgrounds have opened for regular business, however, even though we were told that some had done so.
There has been some paid retraining ofice sessions for me, along with paid training for the 3 new office workampers, and Hank has a few hours of campground maintenance under his belt, but we're both ready for a full schedule of duties. Office work is done with facial masks in place, and plexiglass partitions between work stations, with disinfectant cleaning after each use. No one is allowed inside the office withour a mask or other facial covering. Hank's work is outside, so he can get by without a mask while social distancing. We keep our distance as we meet and greet others on our daily walks, but many of them don't seem to have our concern. It's definitely a strange new world. We're still doing grocery pickups at the curb and disfecting what we bring inside the RV.
We did not keep our annual medical checkup appointments during our Raleigh stay due to the virus concerns. Last week, Hank needed prescription refills and was told the doctor would have to see him to issue new ones. While we like the medical personnel in the Raleigh location, they are not able to do virtual exams, email check-ins, and are not willing to receive fax orders from our drug plan. So Hank now has a new doctor who also happens be in Raleigh, and he's had his virtual exam, with new prescriptions on the way.
The highlight of the past few weeks was a Zoom gathering with our 5 children and some of their families. It was amazing that all of them could participate given their different work and family schedules, and we were so happy to see their smiling faces as we talked. The annual Alabama Memorial Day weekend family gathering was not held this year due to health concerns.
Spring has finally sprung here in western Michigan, with highs often in the 70's, many sunny days, birds nesting, and trees and flowers blooming. Many of you have asked us about the massive flooding and evacuations in Michigan over the last week. The breached dams are in eastern Michigan and we're in western Michigan, so although we've had some heavy rains, there are no flooding problems in our area.
Life goes on!
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