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Mustang Hibernation |
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Mustang Sees Snow |
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We Arrived Safely |
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Mustang Wakes Up |
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Our Stop in
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Relaxing by the Pool |
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This year started out as the same as our Florida trips in
the past. We took the winter cover off the Mustang,
reconnected the battery and started it for the first time in
four months. The weather was looking good towards the end of
February and given the mild winter we had we were looking
forward to getting the Mustang out of town on snow-free
roads. However our optimism was dampened quickly when
we got hit with a heavy snowfall just a few days before our
scheduled departure.
As you can see from these photos we
got about 40 cm of snow in one night.
When we arrived in Florida on March 8th everything seemed
normal. We took full advantage of the Florida sunshine, swam
in the pool and took many walks on Manasota Beach. We were
able to watch the dolphins swim under the bridge and watched
the many gopher tortoises go about their business in the
backyard. It seemed the the onset of CONVID-19 virus was
going to have little impact on us.
However, mid March that all changed when Sarasota county
closed all the beaches in response a few, stupid kids on
March break that refused to practice social distancing on
the beach. Shortly thereafter most of the stores closed with
the exception of pharmacies and grocery stores. As a result
we pretty much stayed home - no shopping. However we
continued our daily walks but instead of walking on the
sandy beaches we were forced to walk the local roads.
Otherwise we pretty much stayed at home and warmed up in the
Florida sun by the pool. Temperatures stayed in the
area of 29 to 32 degrees Celsius which allowed us to work on
our summer tans. We also spent quite of bit of our
time playing marbles on a board that Norm Valtour made for
us last year. The photos on this page pretty much tell the
story of how we spent our days in March and April
self-isolating in Florida.
Our First Outside Lunch
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Walking the Beach |
Our Airbourne Neighbour
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Our Ground Neighbour
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Our Sea Neighbour
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Closed the Beach
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Walking the Roads
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Self Isolation in Florida
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