"Sheltering in Place" as we travel across several states

NOTE: We are about two weeks behind in posting our blogs. As things are changing quickly in our country because of the COVID-19 pandemic, please understand that some of our activities and decisions would be different if they happened on the day the blog was actually published.

We are still being careful to stay isolated from others in this time of pandemic. We hear from friends that are doing the same, and are growing tired of the view from their front window. But because we live in a motor home, we can stay in our home and get a different view every day as we shelter in place.

We reluctantly left our lovely campground in Pontotoc, Mississippi. In fact, we lingered past noon. Then we had to leave because another motor home had arrived to take our spot. The new occupants were traveling in the same make and model as our motor home. The only difference was that theirs was brand new and they were just starting their journey. We would have loved to stop and visit with them. But in this day of forced isolation, we merely waved and then headed two hours down the road. The road that took us through northern parts of Mississippi has gotten too much rain.  As we approached the bridge, we could see that the Mississippi River was out of its banks at this crossing.

From the passenger seat, Denisa tried to snap a picture of the extra long barge that was approaching the bridge that we were driving over. She just happened to also snap a picture of the extra handsome driver inside the motor home too.

In the last couple days we have stayed in Alabama and Mississippi. And just like that, we were crossing another state line into Arkansas.

Not far past that bridge we made our stop for the night in the Walmart parking lot in Helena, Arkansas. It's unusual for us, but we are working our way across states more quickly than usual because we have a destination with a time constraint.

We didn't take any pictures of our camping spot beside the Walmart garden center, but it was a quiet place for an overnight stop. We like a boondocking stop when there's no good campgrounds in the area, and we need to exercise the generator anyway. It was here at the Helena Walmart that we first saw employees wearing masks and sanitizing shopping carts outside. Then they lined up people six feet apart as they waited their turn to enter the store. Adhering to strict number limits, more shoppers couldn't go inside until shoppers exited the store.

We were glad for the cool front that blew in to give us comfortable sleeping weather without electrical hookups. That cool front also brought rain, so we stayed in the motor home in the Walmart parking lot until around noon the next day before we hit the road. Once again, Denisa is taking pictures of fields that look more like lakes as we drive through Arkansas. This morning's rain just added to the flooding.

We have a two-hour drive to our next stop in North Little Rock, Arkansas. From here we have views of another body of water--the Arkansas River--as we shelter in place in a new location.

It's a crazy time in our wanderings as we are working our way rather quickly across some states that we have wandered before. We've zipped through Alabama, Mississippi, and now Arkansas. Living in our motor home allows us to "shelter in place" while traveling across several states!