Friday, March 15, 2024

Look who’s turning five today!



Wishing a happy birthday to our funny, playful, devoted, brave, friendly, resilient, smart-as-whip, fast-as-the-wind, and sometimes very, very loud Wee Ms Maddie Mulhaley!   May you have lots more snuggles, scratches, treats and balls and many wonderful adventures ahead! 

Maddie says hi to all her buddies at Camp Yellow Dog.
Group photo courtesy of Julie Davidson @CYD.


































 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

The Hitching Post

One of the craziest, funnest bars I've ever been to… and with excellent food, great servers and good music. This place is just down the road from the State Park we're staying at and we noticed it was always busy. We went to find out why last night and had a super time. We didn't sit at the covered wagon table but it sure was cute. The other photo is a little hard to see but the inside of this place is crazy. The walls and support beams are all covered in dollar bills. Everything from bicycles to stuffed animals hang from the ceiling and every square inch of wall is sporting some unique piece of history or whatever. And, did I mention… the food was great!

We move sites today, for one night dry camping and then we head west to Cattail Cove State Park, just outside Lake Havasu City. The weather's going to turn a little wet and cool. Hopefully it won't last long. All is well here…. Hope you are too. CJ
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Beauty at home too…

Seems my orchid is enjoying winter at home. Thanks Holly for the photo and orchid care.
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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Friday, March 8, 2024

Double rainbow. ๐Ÿ˜„

The view…

These are the views I drive into when I return to the park… and the view even the garden enjoys from our site. So beautiful and it changes throughout the day as the sun rays creep across. It's magic! And a great place for contemplating. I hope you have found your good place. Be well. CJ.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

CJ update

Thanks to all of you for checking in. We're finally back from town (Kathy tending the laundry system (at our favourite pink laundromat) and I wandering the aisles of the adjacent ACE hardware store. The laundry cost a fair bit… but I won the "who can spend more" contest. Seems the hardware store had everything I needed…and even more that I hadn't realized I needed (until I saw it) ๐Ÿ˜‡.

As for my knee… seems I will survive after all…although I believe I am now a 'retired pickle ball player'. Too many years of field hockey and tennis have taken their tolls on my poor old knees…and it kind of sucks to be in the heart of hiking territory and being, now, in the 'watching' position rather than the 'doing' position…sigh ๐Ÿคจ.

What I am very happy about is how quickly the AZ medical system worked for us. From the triage centre to the Orthopaedic surgeon referral to an MRI appointment has occurred over a scant 2 days. Apparently angels were on my side and, even the Dr. was surprised I was there a mere 2 days after the injury. He surmised there must have been a timely cancellation as he is usually booking two months out. My good luck continued as Dr Scroggin is a very nice guy and the appointment went well. He did the doctorly tests and predicted that I have a "complex tear of the lateral meniscus of my right knee". He then booked an MRI (next week if you can believe it!) to confirm his diagnosis. The MRI results will also predict whether I need a wee bit of surgery (arthroscopy) to tidy up the loose ends of the tear or not. He also gave me a corticosteroid injection which has helped considerably…. I'm barely limping today and doing fine without the cane (just one day later).

Yes, I promise to be careful and am not at much risk today as just when we arrived home from laundry etc., the heavens have opened up and the wind is blowing and this is expected to last until sometime tomorrow. Oh well, we have Crib, Jenga and other games to keep us busy… not to mention the great books we are reading. Even Miss Maddie is settling in to life on board… lots of naps.

Hope all is well with you…best wishes to our friends who are struggling with some challenges right now. Know our thoughts are with you and we keep you close in our hearts…❤️… until I write again. TTFN. CJ