My wife and I have decided we are not 'beach people'.... we are down in south Texas by Corpus Christie, camped in a nice campground. We drove down to Corpus yesterday, drove on teh beach and got sand in the Suburban.... one time years ago we drove our motorhome on the beach and like to never have got the sand out of the carpet.
I like the idea of being an Iowa farm wife.. like my wife's aunts. Chic elastic waist jeans, plaid shirts sensible shows.. I've spoken before of my wife's rule of three's...for every three articles of clothing on one of htem has to be drab. But at night in the airstream.... I am encouraged to 'dress in something pretty'. Which, of course, is so sweet to hear,,and believe me, we've discussed it.... many times and I still don't get it.....I don't push it, just take it slow. and enjoy it so much...
We are camped now in a campground in Texas that is basically a hay pasture with lights and water. But it is private, the owners and other campers don't bother us. The cable is good and the wifi is excellent (fellow Airstreamers will know exactly what I am talking about!). We also have a dog. Well, I should clarify, my wife has a dog and the dog has me. The last two nights the dog needed walking and I was dressed. My asked if I would walk the dog and I said sure, I'll just change. thinking she wouldn't want me walking around the campground dressed as I was... which was basically what you would imagine a 67 year old Iowa farm wife wearing, pull on denim jeans, a plaid shirt with a built in shell.....when she said, oh, just throw a jacket on, no one will care. I so enjoyed the walk and I made a point to tell mywife when I got back how much I enjoyed it.
Tonight, I'm in my vanity fair yellow pajamas, again the dog needs walk, wife asks if I will do it, repeat of last night only tonight I am in nylon pajamas, just put a jacket on it's dark. So out the door the dog and I went. well let me tell you I was spooked because it was so dark and I could hear animals--I mean like lions or tigers or bears! The dog was scared too. We walked to the end of our row and I heard what I thought was a rusty hinge squeaking..like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.
I said to the dog come on, let's go... and he didn't skip a beat but started trotting back to the Airstream. We got in the door and the wife asked how was it? I said it was pretty nice! LOL!
I mean to tell you my wife is suggesting I dress. She told me I am smoother and more loving. I have had some serious health issues and she said what difference does it make, just don't embarrass me... which I don't.. And besides, she sees that it makes me happy. I am so lucky.
And, we are both having fun! We were laughing earlier about taking selfies in the trailer, you know just stupid stuff that you do when you are both having fun and acting crazy... I said that only way I'd take a picture is outside reflection in the trailer. And the conversation had run its course. Later, I went to go outside and stretch my legs she asked if I was taking my ipad, huh? to take pictures with...oh yeah, I had forgotten.
Well, I took the pictures but they are so big I can't upload them.... I was dressed very comfortably and I positioned the ipad to cover my face! LOL
