Saturday, February 14, 2015

Friday the 13th: Just One of Those Days

 

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Our day started out early, with an 8 o’clock dental appointment in Algodones for the second part of my root canal. On the way just a few miles down the road from Mittry Lake the low tire pressure light came on in the car. We stopped to check and the left rear tire was only at 20 pounds. We put some air in and continued on. Not five minutes later a truck passed and threw up a rock which put a big chip in the windshield. And it wasn’t even 7:30 yet, at least a half hour before Jim normally gets out of bed. We aren’t superstitious but this wasn’t boding well for Friday the 13th.

My appointment took longer than last week and I didn’t get out of the chair until almost 10. The good news is Dr. Hernandez thinks he found the reason I was still having pain. The bad news is he filled it with a bacteriocide and wants to leave it in for a month before he does the final filling. So we will either hang around Yuma another month or leave and come back. But we’ll figure that out later.

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While I was in the dental chair Jim was having social hour with our Lazy Daze friends Charlie and Marti, and David, who camped near us last week and whose wife was also having a root canal done. Never know who you might run into in Mexico. Luckily our tire was still holding air when we got back across the border.

Several hours later with visits to Discount Tire and Safelite and we had both the tire and windshield repaired. Still had to pick up some groceries and water and didn’t get home until 5, a very long day indeed. Still better than working! And look who pulled in a few minutes after we got back, Jimbo and our favorite chihuahua Chica.

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You can’t tell by these photos but she is a fraction of the size of Katie, who joined us along with her mom Barbara a few days ago.

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Jeanne and Riley are here, too, and CB spent a couple nights to help her install a new inverter. He was also kind enough to assist Jim with the installation of our new 160 watt solar panel. The 100 watt lightning damaged panel we got from Andy Baird a few years ago finally gave it up.

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Most days we’ve gone hiking in the hills behind our site. The landscape is rather post apocalyptic but we kind of like it. And we’re figuring out the trails, making loops where we thought we couldn’t last year.

Chris, Suzanne, Kim, Debbie, Jim.

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 Suzanne admiring the view.

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Jim, always having to get to the highest spot. 

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If you don’t hike you can always drive. This photo doesn’t capture how steep it really is. No way would I go up or down that hill in a vehicle.

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One day we took Suzanne on a bike ride across Laguna Dam and into California to ride along the All American Canal.

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Another day the girls spent many hours at the Arizona Market Place. Jim texted me at one point to ask how much my ransom would cost. He couldn’t find the peanut butter;-)

Sunrise and sunset over Mittry Lake. It was a good week in spite of Friday the 13th.

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10 comments:

  1. Busy,, busy, busy. Finally, a dentist who can help you with that dang tooth!
    Laguna Dam on our list for next time. Thanks.

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  2. A dentist appointment on Friday the 13th....not a good sign to start with. I say you got off easy. On to better days. You have accumulated a great group of friends to hang with.

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  3. Beautiful sunset photos and hopefully all is now well with that tooth in spite of one more necessary visit.

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  4. Not being superstitious I might have changed my ways with the start of your day. But all is well now and you're in a gorgeous place with friends. What could be better than that.

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  5. Seems like a day that ends with tire, windshield and dental issues all resolved might have been a pretty lucky day after all! It looks like you can see forever out there :-) I'm not a fan of high-profile vehicles on steep hills so I'm with you on choosing to hike that spot! Love the water shots.

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  6. Well I guess it's a good thing there's still some winter left since you have to return in a month (though I bet the recent temps haven't felt like winter!)

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    1. Sure feels like summer here to us. Funny thing is last summer we were cold and wearing long sleeves and pants on the coast and the PNW. This is actually a nice change!

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  7. You have to watch out for those Friday the 13th s. ;-D Glad your dental appointment went well. A month sounds okay in the southwest.

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  8. Wow you did a bang up job of recovering from all those morning problems. A windshield fixed the same day is nothing short of amazing. Looks like a fun week with friends. Funny how the folks whose blogs I read who are out in the desert seem to have bigger groups of friends to play with than those in busy winter time Florida.

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