Our month stay at Catalina Spa RV Resort in Desert Hot Springs is up 12/16/19 and it is time to go about 280 miles East to stay in Tempe with our daughter Megan for Christmas. Leaving the springs is always hard. I love the warmth of the hot-spring-fed swimming pool…
A month stay at one of our favorite RV parks provides many opportunities for rest and relaxation and to spend time with family for Thanksgiving. Special Christmas party traditions provide time to reflect on our health and the sacrifices medical staff and organ donors made for us. Catalina Spa and…
My sister Cindy’s family hosted a Father’s Day potluck party this year. They are really good at organizing our big family, having hosted for most of the family gatherings during the years that they cared for Dad’s parents, Elmer and Lela. I have three siblings; My brother Dan is 3…
Provo, Utah It was killing me to drive by the turn-offs to so many beautiful National Parks on the way through Southern Utah. Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Grand Staircase Escalante, etc. are destinations that we have (mostly) been to and loved. There is no time for those detours today.…
Our cute wood and leather giraffe statues that we received from cousins in Florida have added a personal touch to our RV home decor for the last couple of months. At over 3 ft tall, they are too big and must be stowed on the bed during travel days so…
Spending Thanksgiving at Ian’s and Christmas at Megan’s together as a family seems like a miracle. This year, the holidays are especially meaningful because we almost lost our son, Ian, to critical illness. Thanks to the generosity of his organ donor and family, he received double-lung and liver transplant…
We were blessed to have retired just in time to be available when our 29-year old son, Ian, became seriously ill at the end of 2016. Ian was hospitalized 10/28/16 and again 12/13/16 when his lung collapsed. He was diagnosed with Hepato-Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Even though…
