Eyes are done

Here we are, it's July 17th and Melanie has had both eyes done - cataracts removed and new lense implants. Now we'll stumble through a couple of months, letting things stabilize, until she can a get a prescription for new glasses.  One more eye appt on August 6th - then we'll head north. It rather sounds as if Canada will be well vaccinated by that time and the US-Canada border may reopen in mid-August - we can but hope.

The past week has been focused on eyes, or a left eye, with a few walks and visits thrown in. And of course heavy rains every day. Tomorrow I'm doing barbecued pork ribs for eight with corn and potatoe salad being provided by our guests and Melanie will do a desert - our first big indoor entertainment in a l-o-n-g time. Should be fun. Monday a cousin of Melanie's will be in town from Texas and we'll go out for lunch somewhere on Magazine Street.

And so it goes. Not alot to report; we're both well and getting excited about getting 'home.' If there is anything we can do for you while we're at The Shore please let me know. We plan to stay until the week before US Thanksgiving.

Our travel plans with the Casita are shaping up - we plan to cover 250-275 miles a day and then try to stay in a state or national park. Things may be pretty crowded during the summer, we don't have any experience traveling with the trailer at this time of year and may end up dry camping at Wal*Marts and such - we expect to have 6 or 7 nights on the road between here and NS plus nights at Melanie's sister's, brother's, and friend's places. Plus I'm trying to wrap my head around all the testing and travel protocols for the border crossing....

Cheers and chat with you next week.