The Love Shack has landed! We decided to blow away the 2/2/2 Rule again, and drove about 400 miles to get back home. Decent weather (only half the trip with a headwind), a toll road bypass to get us around Austin, and good conversation to make the drive seem shorter.
After getting the 5th wheel onto a site near the house, we are calling it a night. Walked around the house to make sure everything looks OK... the exterior of the house could NOT be grubbier: nearly 6 months of wind, a big construction project on the far side of the island, and virtually no rain the entire time we were gone. One of our neighbors said they were sweeping 1/8" of sand/dirt off their deck everyday for a couple months! By those standards, a couple hours of powerwashing and the house should be ready for us to start the moving in process. For the next couple nights, though, we will still be in the Love Shack.
Ugly news: just today, the red tide is moving into the entire coastline of Cameron County. It's not unsafe, just nasty... dead fish, so a foul smell. When this happened last time (last year around this time), we tried to stay at the county park on South Padre Island with the 5th wheel, and wound up having to wear face masks when we were outside... blowing sand and nasty particulates in the air. Hopefully, this won't get to that point. We have been monitoring this situation, and it seemed that it was mostly further up the coast from us... until today.
We got sweated up while setting up the 5th wheel, but there is supposed to be a cold front moving in tomorrow... meaning the high will "only" be in the 70s, and we'll have some north wind. Should be GREAT weather for getting the house opened up and moving back in... and equally good for getting re-acclimated to the Tropical Tip.
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