We arrived at Wilderness Oaks in Rockport, TX on Dec.9. We parked in the same spot on third street #72 that we have had for the last 7 years. Beautiful warm weather on the 10. We left on Dec. 8 after my Doctors appointment and made really good time. Pat drives while I sleep with Missy and Kilo. Last winter while in Rockport we put Riley our doxie down, so it was strange coming down with only two dogs. It was great warm weather and fun walking the park with Kilo seeing old friends and and meeting new friends. I did line dancing in Mary R. driveway when it was good weather. I went to a Christmas line dancing party at another line dancer’s home. That was a fun time. We had Christmas and New Years events at the clubhouse. Sat morning breakfasts, bingo on Friday evenings, Sunday Pass the Trash. We were able to Zoom Wed and Sunday Millard Community Church messages. Terry and Connie Santo our church friends came down and camped for a week across from us.
January was a strange month. The clubhouse and all activities were closed down due to illness in the park. It was closed for about 3 weeks. Pat turned 70 on January 7 and we ate at Pier 77 our favorite place since they give you a lot of food. Pat got sick and couldn’t eat for two weeks and loss 22 lbs.
On Jan.19 we put Missy down. The night before she had lost all body functions and the RV was a mess. Pat was up with her and she was passing blood. We took her into a 24 hour dog hospital in Corpus. Kilo came with us to say goodbye and he would not lay on the dog bed that he cuddled with Missy until days later.
Kilo has been working in the park twice a day. We had some cool days, and even had a couple of evenings of freezing but no ice or snow. A couple of rainy days, so Kilo stayed in. Most days after working the park in the morning and then afternoon, Kilo is rewarded with his second favorite thing. First is food and second is playing in the dog park on 4 th street. Joleen my friend from 5 years ago has two male dogs Zeke and Zeus that Kilo loves. Jim and his girl dog Hallie comes and plays with the boys. The four of them run and play and have so much fun. Kilo barks at them and I have never heard him bark except when he is playing with his friends. This afternoon was his last day playing since we are leaving in the morning to go to Red Bay, Alabama to get work done on front seats and new recliner. So today I told my friends goodbye and see you next winter Lord willing.
