Hunting Island

 It took us less than two hours to get to Hunting Island. We were planning on staying here through Christmas. We had to check in when we arrived and we were greeted by Kim, our camp hostess. We got our info and then told her our story. She ended up being our protector and had the staff checking on us all week! 

We pulled into our spot. It was lovely but we were on a slight hill. We got out to set up and got our RV level and stabilized. The people next to us were watching us the whole time. I can only imagine what they were thinking as we were going about our chores. We wanted to unhitch. We had a lot of chores to do and we didn’t want the RV behind us. Christine went to our curious neighbors and asked if they would watch us unhitch to make sure we were doing it correctly. As we were unhitching, because of the hill, we needed something under our jack to raise it high enough to get it off. Our new friends offered us this bucket chuck to give us the height to get it off. We were never told about this in our RV school and we never saw it in our tutorials. Thank God they knew what they were doing. So, we did a successful job getting it unhitched but could have never done it without them! They were super nice and had their young son help out with everything. He was polite and gracious. He gave us the bucket as a Christmas gift!

We headed directly to Walmart which was about 12 miles away. We needed provisions! After getting what we needed, we headed home and we’re happy the forecast said we were in for a day of rain. With our fridge full and all set up at the campground, we hunkered in and relaxed for a day and enjoyed the rain.

The next morning it was so pretty out. But hand numbing cold. Nevertheless, we were determined to paint and we headed for the beach and set up. Not a lot of people around and the ones that showed up mostly kept to themselves. But we were intent and really enjoyed ourselves. Both of our paintings came out nice! We decided to grab some lunch somewhere because painting in the sun and just the stress from all we had done, we didn’t feel like cooking. We headed to the first place we found. JCT,  just over the bridge. The inside was dressed up with dollar bills. The walls were plastered with them! Because we had Darla, we had to sit outside. It was on the edge of a beautiful March.  It was pretty, but just a little cold. Our waiter was just as cold! I never had a server that looked so disinterested in what he was doing. He was as cold as the weather. But our food was really good. 

After our bellies were filled, we did a little sightseeing and saw the Hunting Island Lighthouse. It was lovely spot and we hope to come back to paint it if it gets warmer. There weren’t too many people on the beach but there were dolphins in the water and lots of birds around. Such a serene spot.

When we returned we decided to do our laundry. It was only 5 but felt like midnight. We got it all done and were so exhausted we could barely make it back to the RV. We just can’t believe how much energy it takes to do what we do every day!