We got back to Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California two weeks ago on Wednesday, March 11th. We didn’t have a good internet connection in Mexico so we were somewhat oblivious to how crazy things had gotten back here in the USA with coronavirus.
On Thursday we went to a nearby Costco to look for some patio lights I’d seen weeks before. The parking lot was completely full and there were only a few shopping carts left. After asking a store employee what was going on, she said they had sold 37 pallets of toilet paper in 30 minutes! Of course, there was no hand sanitizer, wipes or paper towels left either.
We hunkered down at the campground and continued practicing social distancing, coughing in our elbow, not touching our face, washing our hands often for at least 20-seconds, and sheltering in place.
We had planned to leave here in early-April and go to Seal Beach for a month and work our way up to Sacramento to see my sister Janet and her wife Nancy in mid-May.
My hometown newspaper, the Denison (Iowa) Bulletin & Review wrote an excellent article about my sister Janet who was on the Grand Princess cruise ship and her lengthy coronavirus quarantines.
https://www.dbrnews.com/news/former-denison-resident-spends-time-in-quarantine-after-grand-princess/article_17cd4b4e-6e22-11ea-82f3-d3d0295db032.html
Two Navy campgrounds called me last week and told me they were closing and they cancelled my reservations. The campground at Vandenberg wasn’t taking any new reservations.
The campground we’re in is still open, but they’ve closed all their facilities, the beach and the ocean (to surfers, kayakers, etc.) on Saturday.
We were supposed to fly from L.A. back to Orlando next month for appointments in Daytona Beach where we’re having our new house built. We decided flying was too risky with the coronavirus pandemic and have decided to drive back to Florida from here. We’ve planned a two-week trip to cover the 2,500 miles and leave tomorrow morning. We found an available RV lot in a 55-plus RV resort near Titusville, FL where we’ll hunker down for a few months.
Stay safe out there and help flatten the curve!
Steve & Julie Cornelius
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