We've had good rain this June and July, perhaps the most we've seen this time of year since we moved here in 2011. And we've had very few triple digit days. Lawns are quite green for our area for this time of year, and that is a nice change. Usually everything is just about burned up about now.
But we've got quite a bit of summer left -- almost two months, in fact -- so it may heat up and be miserable from here on to fall. Who knows? In fact, our weekly forecast calls for several triple digit days ahead, so things are heating up. But I'm grateful for the pleasant summer we've enjoyed thus far.
And things are heating up in our little community, as well. We seem to be getting back to normal. The activity calendar is almost full again with all sorts of things happening at the clubhouse. This past Thursday night, for example, the residents of our community enjoyed our first birthday dinner in well over a year. We had a good turnout for the event, and there were quite a few faces we did not recognize. A good number of people have moved into RCW during the pandemic. It will be fun to get to know all the newcomers in our little community and make new friends.
In my last entry, I mentioned many of the good things about living here. One of the bad things is the turnover. Our independent living community has a minimum age of 64. As a result, we do get quite a few people moving in and out. As people age, some move on to the next stage, which for many is assisted living. A few just move on to another place, though. And, of course, at our age some of our neighbors pass on to their final reward. So just about every month, one or two folks leave and we get one or two new residents.
A couple we are friendly with will soon be moving to Florida to be closer to two of their children. They will continue to live independently, which is good. Donna and I would like to get closer to our daughter and her family, but we have not been able to find anything we like in our price range near where they live. So, we'll continue to hang around RCW for a while longer and let Donna pester the folks here.
San Angelo, though with a population of about 100,000, is really something of a small town. We see folks in grocery stores and restaurants that we know, either from RCW or from previous experiences. In fact, we have a rather new maintenance man who joined our community a few months ago. When he was introduced in our local newsletter, I thought I recognized his name. Turns out, he is a former student whom I taught in nearby Ozona in 1991 or so. This past week, he stopped in to change the air filters in our system, and I had a pleasant visit with him.
Lots of folks from Ozona migrate eventually to Angelo as it is the largest town in the area. Some come here seeking work. especially in the medical community, while others work in retail areas. It's always a pleasant surprise to run into one of them. Many educators from the school system in Ozona retire here, and we see many of them often, as well.
I keep threatening that our lives will get more exciting soon. However, the latest upsurge of COVID cases is making us act cautiously. While our RCW community has a very high rate of vaccinated people, the city as a whole has not done nearly as well. So, Donna and I continue to wear masks anytime we go out. We feel comfortable with our masks and our shots, so we do venture to places we might not have before, such as dining out and the farmers' market, but we still try to be smart about things.
Stay safe out there, and please try to do the right thing.
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