We left Las Cruces around 7:00am this morning and drove in the rain most of the day. As we drove into Arizona the sun came out and it was pleasantly warm. After we left Tucson, we drove in rain off and on until we reached Yuma.
We arrived at Las Quentas Oasis about 3:30 and drove about 550 miles. I should say that Larry drove and I read and relaxed, which has been our roles since leaving home. I have offered to drive but he enjoys it and I don't!
When we drove into the resort, we saw Ken Jackson and stopped quickly to say hello. Ken and Judy Jackson and Judy's sister Jan Norfolk, are friends from Canada that we met here last year and Judy and I have kept in touch all year.
We found our RV site and as we were unhooking the car dolly, Ken came over to help us get the motor home backed in. He is such a terrific guy and he and Larry really enjoy each other.
Larry worked on getting things set up outside and I cleaned the inside enough to put everything back in place. Later Jan, Judy and Ken came over and we sat outside and had beer and visited for a long time. I so enjoy all of them. Judy is so much fun as she says what she thinks and you never have to guess at where you stand with her. She is also very witty and keeps us laughing. She had to share a funny story regarding their travel down from Canada. Last year she got chewed out here in the resort for driving too fast and we really had fun teasing her about it for a ong time. On the trip here this year, she was driving and they were coming through El Centro, CA and she got pulled over for driving too slow on the highway. Jan almost got them in trouble with the police because she could not quit laughing when she found out why they were stopped. Judy said it was very windy and dusty and she was having a hard time seeing so she was following another car and was driving about 57 mph. The police told her that the speed limit was 70 and she was expected to drive the speed limit or higher. We almost split laughing about this and of course no one could tell the story like Judy!
David and Cynthia whom we were parked next to last year were on Security Duty tonight so we got to talk with them as they drove by our site. Cynthia and I have also communicated all year since we left for home. She is such a great person and I really enjoy her as well.
Our next door neighbor is Wayne and Evelyn and are also Canadians. We meet them and talked a long time last night as well. Of course as with every RV Resort in Arizona, the majority of the residence are Canadian. Most of them are great people and we have befriended many in the last 5 years. Larry had met Wayne while we were here last year and they were in a motor home parked near us. Wayne told me that they ended up buying the 5th wheel they are living in before leaving last year and they leave it here all year. They got a terrific buy on the RV so he said it was much cheaper than driving their motor home down. The price of diesel is so high that we could probably do the same and wouldn't cost any more than what we pay to travel in motor home.
After Jan, Judy and Ken left we drove over to Appleby's and had a sandwich for dinner. We had not had a lot to eat all day so we were starved by the time we ate.
Leslie and Pete have been going through a fertility doctor and last week they went to Rockford to the clinic to have eggs harvested for fertilization. Since they have been home Leslie has been very sick with nausea and her stomach is huge from bloating. The doctor gave her enough medication for 6 shots that cost $1000 and she was to take daily. My understanding was it would help reduce the fluid and bloating but each day her stomach has increased more. She finally went into the ER yesterday as she was also having difficulty breathing. The ER did a sonogram and gave her 3 bags of saline because they said she was dehydrated. They told her she had many pockets of fluid around her internal organs and also some fluid in one lung. They talked about doing aspirations but the pockets were numerous and small so they said she could risk infection if they aspirated. They wanted to admit her but she said all they were going to do is give her pain meds and more saline so she decided to come home. They have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning so possibly he will decide he best route of treatment.I am very worried about her and have debated on getting a flight home. I will wait until they find out more tomorrow.
By the time we walked out of Appleby's tonight it was raining pretty heavy. It was still raining when we went to bed but the forecast is for sun and higher temperatures this week.
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