Sunday 11/20/11 to Monday 11/28/11

I'm baaaack.  What a week!  We left San Diego on Sunday the 20th of November arriving in Lake Havasu City, AZ late in the afternoon. We left a day early as wanted to check on Grandma as soon as we could.  My parents also arrived on Sunday a day earlier then originally planned but had problems at the RV park getting the site promised so they ended up staying at the state park right down the road.  There is more to that story but we won't get into that.

Monday, Pat and I went to the hospital to see Grandma.  Grandma did not have a heart attack or a stroke, at this point we're not really sure what happened to Grandma but she didn't know who I was and was not acting like the Grandmother we know.  Long story short, Grandma was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and went back to her current Assisted Living arrangement but we don't know for how long.  It's possible that the Nursing Home may be her next residence.

While in Lake Havasu I could only work from my Iphone so will have a lot to catch up on when I get to Texas.

Thursday....Thanksgiving day and Grandma's 104th birthday.  Grandma enjoyed the day as we all did.  We all pitched in with the cooking and everyone ate too much.  A regular Thanksgiving.

Here's Grandma with me and Aunt Jerry, that's my cousin Michael in the background.

Grandma's birthday flowers

We be cooking!!!!

Grandma's birthday cake

Here's Dad taking a pic.

Here's Mom.  I think the champagne is calling her.  LOL

Friday we got up early and started our drive to Texas.  We made it all the way to Deming, NM the first day and stayed in a truck stop that night.  On Saturday we left at 4:44 AM to drive as far we could as we knew the weather conditions were not going to be good with high winds predicted.  We finally reached Ft. Stockton around 1:30 and had to stop driving as the wind was howling, blowing sand and misty rain.  We went to bed early as knew we would once again start an early trip to avoid as much wind as possible on Sunday.

Sunday, we left around 3:30-4:00 AM and finally made our destination in Georgetown around 10:30 AM.  It's funny (not!) we left Texas when the winds were blowing like crazy and now we're back 7 months later to the same crazy wind.  Also, its cold here in Texas.  Sunday nite the low was somewhere around 34 degrees.  BRR!  I miss my nice weather.   We did get to visit with our friends, David and Kathy.  Went to their house for good beef stew and cornbread, drank a little wine for the girls and beer for the guys and caught up on what everyone has been doing. 

Monday... today is catch up work day and laundry day.  This RV park doesn't charge for laundry so Pat has done most of the laundry at the park laundry while I have taken care of my clothes in the RV washer/dryer.  Pat was on his way to get the car inspected this afternoon and came back to tell me that the battery is dead.  I guess he got it started as I looked outside and the car and Pat are both gone.  Pat is also having problems getting our Dish TV to work.  Everything seems to be normal.  LOL

Tomorrow, we're going into Austin for Pat's first visit to see about getting his tooth fixed.  He's been without one front tooth for about 3 weeks now. 

Who knows what else can happen. Stay tuned.........

   

Friday and Saturday - San Diego, CA

Friday.... Back to downtown SD by trolley early in the AM to meet with the South Beach Yacht Club group for our viewing of the Oracle......

We're watching the french guys wipe down thier boat getting ready for the race today. Love those accents.

This was our guide for the Oracle

This is the hatch in one of the hulls.  How would you like to get into that space??

This is the wing (sail) that stays on the boat.  These boats only weigh a total of 3,000 lbs.

Here's Linda, Carol and myself after the Oracle viewing.  Pat loved taking Linda by surprise.

Here's a more posed shot.

Gray and overcast again today.  These are some of the boats in the early morning, moored, waiting for the race later in the day.

We left Linda to walk back to her hotel and we took the trolley back to the RV.  We have decided to leave on Sunday in lieu of Monday to drive to Lake Havasu for Grandma's birthday and Thanksgiving as it is supposed to start raining.

Later in the evening I got a call from Dad to tell me that my Uncle Dave is in the hospital as had to have his appendics removed, (I know how that feels) and to tell me that Grandma who will be 104 on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, has been put in the hospital as possible heart attack. 

Saturday.....Trying to catch up on my office work but having wifi problems. Doing the rest of the laundry and getting everything ready for travel to Lake Havasu tomorrow.

My next blog won't be until sometime next week, if not before Thursday, hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving...  

Thursday - San Diego, CA

Thursday... Today we get to ride on the America and watch the race.  We're meeting Pat's sister, Linda at the boat.  Riding back into town on the trolley.

We're watching as they lower the boat from China into the water to get ready for the race. I really liked this boat as it had zebra stripes on the front hulls

I believe this is the French boat

Another yacht on the water watching the race.

This was the salon area of the America and where we picked up our box lunches. The wood on the boat was beautiful and polished to a tee. As you can see in the pic below the weather turned from sunny to overcast. (this is that yacht again)

Here's Linda and I feeding our faces.  Did I mention we sat across from the bar on the boat.  How convenient was that?

This is the air craft carrier, Midway

Up close and personal to one of the race boats.

We had so much fun.  We returned to the dock about 5:30, walked to the trolley and rode home.  We hit the bed early.  Tomorrow we get to tag along with the South Beach Yacht Club members for a viewing of America's race boat, the Oracle. 

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - San Diego, CA

Monday... Worked, walked, hung around the RV.
Tuesday....Worked in the morning, did my walking and then after lunch went back to work as had a situation crop up.  Nothing much else to tell.  Pat did go riding around and got some pics of the America under sail.  (This is the boat we will be on to watch the America's cup race they have on Thursday)

Wednesday.... Worked in the morning and then biked to Blue Water Seafood restaurant for lunch.  We found that the Blue Water Cafe was next to the Regal Beagle Bar (for those that remember the sitcom-Three's Company).  See pic.... 

Then we rode to the bay area to watch the beginning of the AC45 races.  The day was beautiful, sunny but cool.

I can't wait for tomorrow as we will be meeting Linda, Pat's sister, to have our day on the America and watch the race from the water.