CATCHING UP

Wow, we have been pretty busy the last couple of days and I couldn’t find the time to update the blog. So we are ok and everything is great.  Anyway, Friday had a high of 21C and it was a beautiful day. I started the day asking Dale if he was available to do some welding for me. He happens to be a retired Welder who worked on the pipelines in the north and has a welder on his truck which doubles for a generator when camping. I made a bicycle rack and attachment which fits on the trailer to haul our bicycles. There was too much movement when we hit some large bumps on the road causing it to spring forward and hit the back of the trailer. It was a small job but it was good having it done. I thought we might have to store the bicycles in the trailer with the Wing but this puts the rack back in use with no further dents being created on the trailer.

In the afternoon we went over to the metal ornament making place I blogged about earlier and picked up our welcome sign we ordered. It looks great and we will have to find a place to put it when we get home.The star under the welcome represents Texas, the lone star state.

We then headed over to Trophy Gardens Resort which was about ½ hour away and each had a Wellness Check done. It is a medical diagnostic team who goes around the Valley to various resorts doing some medical tests which we would only get at home if we were having symptoms and referred by our Doctor. The tests included 1) Carotid Artery test, 2) Abdominal Aortic Test which checks for the enlargement of the abdominal aorta, 3) Peripheral Arterial Disease Test, 4) EKG and 5) a Bone Density Test. The good part is they don’t even have to give you a needle, it is all painless and takes about 20 minutes. Cathy thought it would be a good idea to get and then send the results to our Doctor to use as a baseline for the future. In 2 ½ weeks we will be sent all the results and information as to where we stand and if there is something that needs to be followed up on. Cathy thought it was a pretty good deal for $125.00 each. We are going to try and claim the amount on our taxes (we’ll see?).

Osteoporosis Test

Checking the Carotid Artery

Abdominal Aortic test

The good news was we were back in time for Happy Hour and be able to relax the rest of the evening.

Saturday

Another beautiful day weather wise, the high reached 27C with just a few high clouds in the sky.   

Saturday was cleaning day. Cathy started by vacuuming inside and we washed the coach and trailer. We took our time and did a great job. I washed and Cathy had to work quickly drying as the sun was drying the surface fast. Afterwards we just relaxed and enjoyed the sunshine. Linda came over and invited us to go to the dance here at the resort and we accepted right away. We have done more dancing in the last month and a half than we have in the last few years. But before going dancing we had to attend happy hour and there was a very large group attending (about 30). During happy hour, Gene, the first person to greet us and his wife Jane just arrived from being home in Ontario for Christmas. It was a good time to arrive and say hi to all the friends and neighbours.

The other big news which moved through the group was Dale purchasing a remote control truck, this makes 4 units in the neighbourhood. This came to me as a big surprise, I didn’t think Dale would be into this at all.

The dance didn’t have a very large attendance which made it nice as the dance floor was not crowed. Cathy has been getting directions on how to do line dancing with the other girls and is getting a pretty good handle on it.

If we stick to our plans we will be leaving in 1 week. We are monitoring the weather to make sure the cold has moved out of our future destinations.

  

All for now...