GETTING READY

We've only been home from our Caribbean Cruise for about 36 hours, and we're in the process of getting the motor home ready for a trip to Tucson. We're leaving day after tomorrow, to spend the Christmas Holiday with Marc, Chandra, and Laila.

Before we leave however, Patty is scheduled to have a "do over" on her right eye, and that surgery is mid day tomorrow. When she had cataract surgery on both eyes in late October, there were mixed results. The vision in her left eye improved dramatically, but the procedure on her right eye wasn't as successful. We're keeping our fingers crossed that this second go around will take care of the problem. If everything is OK, we'll be in Tucson for about a week, then back home for a follow up appointment with Patty's eye Doc.

The term "hitch itch" is one that many RV'ers reference when they are anxious to get back on the road. Even though we have made the trip from Lake Havasu to Tucson many times in the last few years, I'm always ready to get back behind the wheel of the motor home. It's wheels haven't turned for about 2 1/2 months, and except for when we've been work kamping, I think that has to be a record. During the winter months, we're usually never home for more than a month, without traveling somewhere in the house on wheels.

Yesterday afternoon, we took a break from our unpacking, and repacking, to go over and visit with our buddies, Bob & Diana Rush, who arrived at their new winter home a few days ago. Diana's Daughter Lisa, her husband Phil, and the grand kids are visiting for the holidays. We were saddened to learn that their black lab "Buddie" found a way under their backyard fence soon after their arrival in Havasu, and has been missing for several days now. We're keeping our fingers crossed that he will turn up.