April 7, 2018

March 19, 2018

 For the past few days we have been helping my mother find a senior living facility.  We looked at a couple that mother thinks will fit the bill for her and settled on Windham Senior Living here in Fresno.  She will have her own one-bedroom apartment which includes a lot of amenities including two meals a day, spa, a pool and hot tub, an exercise room and much more.

 The goal is for her to move in on the 15th of April so there is a lot to do.  Fortunately she doesn’t have to sell her house before she moves so the estate and house sale can take places after she moves into Windham.

 Today we’re going over to Windham to start the ball rolling.  Mother is really excited about the move so that is making this process much easier.

March 22, 2018

 On Tuesday we left Fresno about 10 AM with no idea where we were headed, stopping at the rest area south of Ripon to figure it all out.  Joyce was not felling very well so we didn’t want to goof around too long looking for a place.

 I called the Travis AFB Famcamp and found out there was no room there.  We thought about calling the Dixon May Fair campground but decided to try the Elks Lodge in Woodbridge, CA first.  Bingo, they had open sites.

 After stopping at the Flying J in Ripon for fuel ($3.55 a gallon with our .10 discount) we rolled into Lodi about 12:30 and scored a back-in site with 30-amp power and water.  Yeah, it’s in a parking lot but for $25 a night it’s all good.

 I mentioned that Joyce was feeling bad and this morning she was really sick with a laryngitis, sore throat and bad cough.  Rather than try to tough it out I took her to an urgent care clinic here.  She saw a PA who gave her some prescriptions which we hope will knock this thing out.

 With Joyce feeling puny and the lousy weather forecasted now here in the Lodi area we’ve decided to roost here for a couple more days.  We don’t have a reservation until Sunday in Calistoga so the Elks will work just fine.

March 26, 2018

 Yesterday Joyce woke up with a terrible ear ache in her left ear so we decided to go the Lodi Hospital Emergency Room and have it checked out.  On top of the very bad cold she now has a really bad ear infection that needs to be addressed.  The doctor prescribed another antibiotic and something for the pain that he thinks will clear it up in a couple of days.

 After getting back to the house we contemplated staying in Lodi for another day or so to see if the med’s kicked in and made her feel better. But, we didn’t have a sewer hookups at the Elks  so we would have to dump our holding tanks then get set up again.  Plus, we have non-refundable reservations in Calistoga so we just hooked up the CRV and headed up Highway 12 through Fairfield to the Calistoga RV Park.  We get four days half price with our Passport America membership here which makes staying here affordable.

 The drive up Hwy 12 wasn’t too bad since the state has made some improvements and after Rio Vista the speed limit has been increased to 55 MPH vice 45 MPH which what it was for a long time.  I don’t think I will see the finish of the construction on the rode in my lifetime.  Seems they only do a few miles work and then quit for months at a time.

 March 29, 2018

 We have been in Calistoga now for four days and besides going to the store several times we haven’t done very much.  Joyce is sill having problems with her ear and not walking real steady.  On top of all that I have developed a cough that is driving me crazy so we have just been hanging out at the RV park.

March 30, 2018

 Yesterday we moved down to the Famcamp at Travis AFB and again, they parked us in a very tight parking site.  I have told them several times that this site (#62) is not good for big rigs and they persist in putting us in it anyway.

 I really think this will be our last stay here.  The kids, and I do mean kids that run the park have no clue about RVing.  All they do is hang around the office and collect your money.  There is a lot of homesteading going on here as well and not just active duty folks.  One of the Famcamps many rules, and there are a lot of them, is that you can only stay 180 days in a 12 month period.    Some of the rigs in here look like they have been parking in the same spot for much longer than that.

 We had thought about going over to the Dixon May Fair campground where Rick and Patty Stills are parked.  I called Rick to see if there was any sites open and he said there was only one that he could see.  They have a lot of dog shows there with one being this weekend so the parks stay had blocked off some sites for that.  Given that information and Joyce still being sick we just decided to stick it out here at Travis.  To top that off I still have that cough and a runny nose so we don’t want to take the chance of spreading that to others. 

April 2, 2018

 We’re now back in Calistoga for four days so that we can spend some time with Joyce’s family.

 Joyce is feeling a lot better but still has some buzzing going on in her ears.  I on the other hand have the cold I thought I got rid of last week back again.  So yesterday afternoon Joyce went to St. Helena with me.  I do feel somewhat better this morning so we’ll see how it goes.  I darned sure don’t want to give this stuff to other folks.

April 7, 2018

  On Thursday we left Calistoga and headed down to to the Dixon May Fair Campground in Dixon, CA. to hookup with Rick and Patty Stills.  We plan to stay here until Monday and then we’ll head north through Redding, CA and then on into Valley of the Rouge State Park near Grants Pass, OR.

Until next time.

Barry & Joyce