Here we are, on the road: We ended up in San Diego

Lorraine’s Report

Sunday, March 15, 09

Well, it finally happened, it wasn’t planned, and it was totally unexpected, and I find it totally unreal. I got ill, not with just one thing, nor two, but three things at once. I have bronchitis, a urinary track infection, and either a bladder infection, or I’m passing kidney stones. I started feeling not well last Wednesday.

We finished up our week in Yuma with a quiet day on Sunday; we cleaned up the coach and packed up to leave on Monday, I did laundry, and we went to dinner with Larry and Kathy and Joe and Alice. We went back to Papagayous’ for Mexican. It was very good, but I wasn’t very hungry. I took home over half of my dinner for lunch the next day.

Monday was moving day, so we finished packing, saying our goodbyes to Larry and Kathy and then we were off. We drove over to Pio Pico, a Thousand Trails park, here by San Diego, CA. Actually it is about 15 miles or so out here in the hills. It has sewer, water and 50 amps for power, but this park has NO phone service or internet, so we have to drive over to the main offices to get internet. We got her by 3:30 or so and set up. Monday night was spent quietly at home.

Tuesday was spent exploring the area. Chuck and I took off around 11:00 am or so and drove down to the beach and toured the whole area, deciding what to do for our time here. I left the camera home that day and missed some great pictures from around this area. The flowers are blooming, i especially like the bright fuchsia colored ones that cover parts of the road side. The boats at the harbor were great as were some of the homes. We stopped by a Costco on the way home; we hadn’t been to one for several months. I returned the GPS we had bought there a year earlier; it kept trying to shut off; they took it back and we bought another Nuvi. We came home and i fixed us dinner.

Wednesday, Chuck said we needed a day to rest since I wasn’t feeling all that well. We spent a very quiet day home.

Thursday we got up and I told Chuck I thought I should go to a walk in clinic. I was feeling worse. We stopped at the guard shack and they gave us the name and address of a walk in clinic close by. So in we go. We got there and I filled out the paper work and waited. The doctor saw me within a half hour to forty five minute wait. I described what was happening. She listened and then started the tests. I had an EKG, blood work, urine test and they gave me an oxygen treatment since my oxygen was low. She then sent me for a chest x-ray and a stomach x-ray. It was their lunch hour, so I had to return after. She put me on a strong anti-biotic, only one a day, and said I had to return the next day.

Friday, we headed back. That’s when the doctor told me what was happening with me. They gave me an inhaler to help with the bronchitis, and to keep drinking plenty of fluids. She wants me to go back on Monday, for another follow up. Now I know that on the road, where ever you are, you can find compassionate and competent doctors who care how you are doing.

Since it was so early, Chuck had the car washed and then we went to Viejas Casino for a couple of hours. I had some luck, then we headed home. Another quiet evening reading and watching movies.

Saturday and Sunday mornings TT has breakfast here at the park. We went and ate a delicious breakfast, came back and then went to the Adult Lounge to read our e-mail.

That was our week. I must say it hurts when I eat and again when I have to go to the bathroom, and I have a headache that won’t end. I sure will be glad to get over this and feel better again. I hate being ill. At least the weather is okay, although it is a lot colder here than Yuma, and it got down to freezing one night here. I’m looking forward to seeing some of the sights here in San Diego.

Till next time, see you down the road. Lorraine

Chuck’s Report 3/15/09

Last week we weren’t sure where we would end up for this week, it would be based on if Susy and her family could meet up with us. Unfortunately, they couldn’t break free and meet us so we headed for Pio Pico, a Thousand Trails park about 15 miles East of San Diego.

This is a nice park, we have full hookup with 50 amp; however we are in the hills, without any cell phone or internet access. There is a couple of spots, if you stand in the correct area, on one leg and hold your left arm out at a 45% angle, you can get limited cell phone. They do have wi-fi in the adult lodge but it’s about dial-up speed. So unless we head into town where we can get cell phone or head over to log on, we are pretty much out of touch. We do have good, Southern exposure for our satellite TV reception so we can watch TV. The weather is a bit cooler than normal, not quite shorts and tee shirt but close. We did have a bit of a freeze on Wednesday morning but as soon as the sun came out, it warmed up again. I hear the forecast is for warmer weather next week, we’ll take it.

So, without cell phone or internet, we have been able to get caught up on our reading. They have a good sized book exchange plus there are lots of squirrels and rabbits for Misty to chase. The swimming pools are open, they have some pool tables too but we haven’t done either of them yet.

We planned on being here for two weeks, so on Tuesday we just explored the San Diego area by car. Lorraine hadn’t been feeling up to par so we took it easy on Wednesday, hoping a day off would make her feel better. But on Thursday she still wasn’t feeling well so we headed to a walk in clinic. She had some tests and was scheduled to return on Friday for the results. I’m sure she will go into more on this but the short of it is, we stuck pretty close to home as she doesn’t have much stamina. She is wanting to go but we will wait until she feels better before we do much exploring.

So, that makes for a short report and the only pictures are of the drive from Yuma to here. Most of the pictures don’t need any caption, they are just scenery of the drive over.

There are lots of different crops being grown in Yuma. They just finished with the lettuce harvest, not sure what all the other crops are.