Feeling better. The weather's better too

After my last post--admittedly sort of a downer (Hey, I was sick!), I thought I'd better let the other shoe drop.



Yes, I've now just about fully recovered but it wasn't fun. The malady swept the entire family with Laurie having the same respiratory problems I experienced and Kevin relapsing into what sounds like a terrible case of the flue with fever, chills, and sweats. Even Judy came down with what seemed to be a more normal cold without all of the dramatic trimmings the rest of us experienced. I'm glad to say it sounds like we're all on the mend but it was a heck of a price to pay for a family reunion.



The physician I saw said he sees many grandparents just after the holidays who have been in close proximity to their extended families only to become very ill. It's a gift that just keeps on giving.



As if to celebrate our recovery, the weather here on the Desert has improved dramatically also. Daytime temperatures have risen into the 70's and we've resumed our daily dips in the hot mineral pools. Ahhhh, it's wonderful.



We visited the Family Motor Coach Assoc. rally in Indio where we purchased a kit to coat the rubber roof on our motorhome with a silicone product guaranteed for many years. $$$$$. There is a young man here in the RV resort who does a fine job cleaning and polishing and I think we can probably hire him to clean our roof and apply this stuff. It goes on with a paint roller in a very thick coat. We haven't had any leaks yet but we're concerned enough about the possibility that we felt this was necessary.



In running about we've also resumed geocaching locating a few more recently. The one cache was called "The General Store" and when we removed the rocks to find it in its hiding place the reason for the name was right there--a tin container that once held some Hershey product with printing on it that reads, "General Store". Another was called "R2D2" and amounted to just a 35mm film container with a log rolled up inside for signing. We return home to log our finds on the internet at http://www.geocaching.com/ and check on the activities of both of our geocaching kids. Fun stuff.



The world famous "Canadian Brass" is performing in concert early next month and we plan to attend. They have the most wonderful sound. It should be really enjoyable.



We've also sort of spearheaded a trip to the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in 2008. We've developed a group of 4 couples total who will attend. The last time we went to the fiesta we went with a Monaco Coach rally. This time we'll do it on our own. $85 a night for dry camping (no utilities of any kind), including admission to the event. We'll spend three full days at the fiesta filling our eyes with the wonderful sights and our tummies with delicious Sopapillas. The timing for this event is early October 2008.