12/20/09 Chuck’s report
First off, I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas. I hope you remember the reason for the season and don’t get too busy with everything else. I know some of you have to work on Christmas, I’ve been there, done that too and know the family sacrifices you have to make. Others may be traveling, be careful out there and return home safely. Most of all, I hope you can spent time with family and friends during the season.
Monday was our last day in Palm Springs until after Christmas. We had forgotten about the Lewis & Clark Chapter luncheon but Scott stopped by in the morning to remind us so we made it. Lorraine and I were talking about how we lucked out when we met these fine folks in Oregon the first time and joined this chapter.
We went over to Joe/Alice’s rig in the evening, they will be leaving Palm Springs a couple of days before we return so we wanted to visit with them once again, maybe for the last time this winter. However, with this lifestyle you never know.
We had an uneventful trip from Palm Springs to here, no more problems with our front wheel bearings, the new seals look good. We stopped overnight at a campground we’ve stayed at before near Coalinga, a bit over halfway. The only thing different this time was the oranges surrounding them had been picked. I asked if we could go over and pick any remaining. They said it would be ok so I took off, guess what, I found a tree they had missed, loaded with nice, large, tree ripen oranges. I only picked one bag full but Lorraine and Kaitlyn really like these, they are sweet, should have picked more I think.
Once we got here we quickly got back into our normal mode. We are able to pick up Kaitlyn so she can spend the day with us, Lorraine really likes to be Nana with her. We also try to spend the evenings with Susy and Mark.
Last time we were here I worked on their clothes drier, it had a bad heating element that I was able to put back in place. However, after we left it started acting up again so they bought a new one that Susy installed. As we all know, things happen in bunches and their dishwasher sprung a leak. They bought a new one and asked if I would help them install it when we got in, of course I agreed We tried hooking it up but this one had a water inlet fitting no one had ever seen before so we ended up returning it to the store and changing it out for a different one with normal fittings. After that, it was an easy change out.
Lorraine likes to see movies at the movie house, I don’t. On Thursday evening she, Susy and Mark went to see a movie while Kaitlyn and I stayed at their house. We did art work and watched a couple of her movies but she was glad when Mommy and Nana got home.
Mark’s mother and father flew in Friday evening for a business meeting on Saturday. We were able to visit with them at Susy’s and then went to brunch with them before they had to drive up to Sacramento. We haven’t seen them for awhile so it was good to visit with them, even is only for a short while. Bill is going through another round of Chemo but appears to be handling it somewhat better than before. Fight hard Bill, you’re doing the best you can, we know.
Later that afternoon, Lorraine, Susy, Mark and Kaitlyn went to an amusement park down in Gilroy. The park is all decorated for Christmas and they had some programs for Christmas too. They bundled up as it was on the cool side and stayed for the whole evening . Lorraine didn’t get home until after 10:00, I was already out, ha. She said it was fun and they enjoyed themselves.
This morning Lorraine woke up and wasn’t feeling well. She had plans to go with Susy, Mark and Kaitlyn to see the Nutcracker but had to cancel. She’s spent the morning in bed hoping to shake whatever she caught so she isn’t putting out her normal posting this week.
The weather has been nice here, actually got into the 70s the last two days but they are forecasting rain starting tonight for the next couple of days. We’ve had some heavy fog in the mornings but it burns off by noon.
Mark doesn’t have to work this week so I don’t know how many days he will let us have Kaitlyn but we’ll take all we can get. Unfortunately , Susy has to work most of the week but of course she will be off on Christmas. This will be the third year we’ve been able to spend Christmas at her house.
And now for some pictures.
Some pictures Lorraine took as we were driving around San Jose.
Our rig all decorated for Christmas, sure a lot easier than the house.
Brunch with Mark’s parents who came down from Seattle.
At Gilroy Gardens for the evening.
And that was our week, how was yours??
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Thanks for the update and Merry Christmas to you all. It is great you get to spend it with your family. We hope Lorainne is feeling better. Take Care and Travel Safe!
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