That’s Life!!

 

And so it began!  A hurricane that blew across many islands to land in the Gulf.  Of course, it doesn’t stop till it hits land which happen to be Texas.  The eye of the storm passed directly over our house, bringing high winds, heavy rain fall, toppled trees, downed power lines.  No power is not on my list of good things!  We’re whimps!  We loaded up our car and headed west!  Very selfish of us, I know.  Usually, we’re the ones that says to all those without power to crash at our house.  Not this time—over 2,000,000 households had NO power!  These kind of days neighbors help neighbors.  If you have food that needs to be cooked, out come the smokers and bbq grills and there is a block party.  Sleepless, hot nights are the standard.  Some have generators but otherwise you just keep as cool as possible in 90+ temps. 

Luckily after a day and half some locations came online.  Our daughter, grandson came to our house to empty our freezer.  We didn’t want any spoilage.  The smell of rotting meat is awful!  So thankful they did that.  We had just shopped week before and loaded up on sales!  Daughter exclaimed “ stop buying meat”!   Needless to say family members will enjoy good eating for days ahead. 

There was no damage to our house!  We’ve been  blessed!  Power has been restored so we can offer our house as lodging to friends in need. 

We drove to Keystone, Colorado as we already had the trip planned and paid for.  Coming from below sea level to 9400’ altitude is definitely a strain on our old bodies!  Walk short distance, out of breath, can’t sleep at night—But—it’s cool!  The mountains are gorgeous!  Worth the discomfort!  Part of me wishes I was with family and friends as they struggle with the aftermath of Beryl—then there is the other side of me so happy we left.