by Springs at Borrego RV Resort. Back again in site 401. Suzanne took a fall at the rv storage site and fractured her foot. She toughed it out whilst we setup the RV the site 401. Another good drive down south – Felix was awesome again. Took Suzanne to Brawley for xrays – they gave her crutches and a boot – we were quite the pair walking around the RV and campground – lunch at El Zarape – followed up with doctor in el centro who gave Suz a ankle boot followed by lunch at panara bread. A couple of good rain storms have brought a lot of winter blooms out and cooler weather at night. PT in Julian for six weeks – 2x per week. Gallbladder episode followed by early morning visit to ER in Rancho Mirage for CT and ultrasound – at least three weeks recovery. January was a lot more stressful than we needed. Suzanne finally able to participate in weekly yoga and water arobic classes. Daily walks around the resort. Took a couple of desert hikes to see the blooms. Spending time reading and streaming new shows.
Lunch with Tom and Ann at Red Ocotillo. Free movies at library for the film festival. Dinner with Beth and Steve at Red Ocotillo. Doobie Brothers tribute band followed by dinner at Ram’s hill. Dinner at Beth and Steves. Had Sharon over for happy hour and another day for soup dinner. Got savory roll and fresh pickled onion bread from Beth.
Danville house for about a month. Took a couple of walks on walking trails. Took Suz’s ebike for maintenance and new battery in Pleasanton. Coffee and pastries at Inklings in Pleasanton, lunch at Tous de Jours. Favorites like sidebar and levers and maison benoit. Picked up Graham in San Francisco – power was out at his friend’s neighborhood, so walked to dinner at a very interesting place called Shuggies Trash Pie and interesting dessert at Souvla in the mission. Visited berkely hills, lunch at dinner at gregoire restaurant, drinks at jupiter pizza, followed by visit to the claremont hotel to see holiday decorations. locanda ravello in danville. Drinks at auburn lounge as well as canyon club brewing. Discovered new best coffee place in Danville called Tellus coffee – great pastries as well. Went to Pleasanton to see a movie and coffee at Story coffee. Met Kaya for dinner called Slanted Door followed by a very nice visit with her parents in the livermore area. Dinner at Zaya Thai again. Visited farmers markets in pleasanton and danville. A couple of nice visits with Suz’s mother at Sunrise – she was sick and then the facility was locked down, so visits were fewer and brief. Really nice Christmas dinner with Suz’s mother, Graham and family friend at the house – good meal and good visit – found out that the family friend has covid from cruise, but we were all fine. Sadly, we learned that Suzanne’s cousin from Washington passed away on Christmas day.
Reno VRBO. Nice place, view of NW hills, comfortable. Went to Perryns of course, same for Beloved. Coffee at the Hub and walk along the river. pre surgery meeting then early dinner for Suzanne’s birthday at Arario in mid town – it was good, but no alcholol for John. Surgery went well with Dr Dobbs – couple of hours long – left arm in imobilizer for six weeks. Short walks outside along the lake and pool – daily lattes at the condo place as well as the coffee place next door. Ate mostly at the condo due to meds. Lunch at the med restaurant south of auburn on I80.
Danville. Put RV into storage in Borrego Springs. Forgot a bunch of stuff – thankfully not critical to Reno. Drive to Danville 2-days after TG was really difficult – Felix was great even though the drive was 10.5 hours instead of 8.5 hours. Visited Suzanne’s mother at Sunrise. Great breakfast at Sidebar again. Met up with the S’vale group for dinner – picked up Traeger for transport back to Danville.
Missed midnight UTC deadline for SL pause – will be billed for December. Finally got the KIA registered in California (battery died and 2 wheels needed a lot of air) – the colorado check engine light prevents smog check (need to investigate after Reno).
