Catalina State Park, Tucson, Arizona
You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all. ~ Acts 10:36
We were able to watch him from our coach for several minutes before he took off again!
We awoke this morning to discover new information about Moab National Park:
When the spring tourism season amps up, at least 5,500 tourists often flood Moab on any given day. But the Southeast Utah Health Department all but boarded up the city and the rest of its three-county service area to visitors Tuesday, when the agency’s director, Bradon Bradford, issued an order that banned table service at restaurants, closed all gathering places but churches and private clubs (many of which already have shut down), and restricted all overnight accommodations, including RV parks and town homes, to just “essential visitors.”
That’s the part that may cause us concern, and something that’s been on our minds for the past few days – – what to do if the State and National Parks close, because that’s where the majority of our reservations are until September.
Can you be homeless and still be living in your home?
Fortunately, we don’t hit Moab until mid-June, so things should be cleared up by then, but if other Parks follow suit, we’ll have to figure out something else – – as will all the rest of the full-time people, which means private campgrounds will come at a premium – or not be available at all.
We’re not alarmists. We don’t count our chickens before they’re hatched, or cry over spilt milk, or any of those other things we learned growing up. 😊 But we are both practical people. And we both pray things will never come to that.
Personally, we’d be perfectly happy – elated even – if they closed the Parks to all except those who currently have camping reservations; we’d have the whole place almost to ourselves. 😊
One question I’ve had for quite a while now, that no one seemed to be able to answer until today . . . how long do the germs sit on stuff? The answer came from a surprising place – not the TV news or the newspaper or even Google – it came from our hometown, Green, Ohio. They published an additional closing, all their parks and playgrounds, and said it’s because the germs can live on plastic and metal for 2-3 days, and they don’t really have the means to keep the playground equipment sanitized. My goodness! Will parents and their children survive being sequestered in their homes for three or more weeks?? I suppose as long as the internet, video games and television stay on the airways . . . . or there’s always family games and conversation (do people remember how to have conversations without emojis?), chores around the house that have been put off, arts and crafts time, or any number of other things they could do.
Not much of interest today because it was supposed to rain all day today. However by 10:45am, it had only dripped a few drops. But that’s okay, because we both had things to do at home.
Good news! Blaine was able to switch RV insurance companies! And pay less than we did last year! God is sooo good to us! Evidence that we’re in the place He wants us to be.
I spent an enormous amount of time researching saguaros and the park itself, so I hope you read it all the other day. 😊
Just before noon, Blaine managed to talk me into a short walk. But in this household, “short” is a relative term. We clocked almost 3 miles on our “short” walk.
But that’s okay I guess, since our Bacon Potato Chowder dinner wasn’t the healthiest thing we could eat – especially when you add homemade garlic bread.
BACON POTATO CHOWDER
8 slices bacon
2 C. red potatoes, cut into ½ inch pieces
1 C. onion, chopped
1 C. sour cream
1 ¾ C. milk
1 can (10 oz) cream of chicken soup
8 oz (1/2 can or frozen) whole-kernel corn, drained
¼ t. pepper
¼ t. thyme
In saucepan, over medium heat, cook bacon until browned and somewhat crisp. Remove bacon and most of the grease. Add potatoes and onions. Cook and stir until the potatoes are tender (about 15-20 minutes). Add the sour cream, milk, soup, corn, spices and crumbled bacon and stir well. Continue simmering until heated through (about 10-15 minutes).
Serves 4
And around 6pm, we noticed rain and sun together, and you know what that combination means! A lovely rainbow! But for whatever reason, neither of us noticed it was a double, until I pulled up the pictures on my laptop! How could we not see that??
