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  • Almost South Dakota bound

    Well, since the railroad can manage to keep me up all night even when I’m not working, I figured I could update you on our South Dakota trip. Around 4 am, the railroad called to ask if I wanted to go to work. I hadn’t checked the board, so I didn’t know if I was…

    October 16, 2024
  • Test day

    I’m learning new things with our hotel this trip. The medical rate was a great find, and we took the shuttle to Amanda’s radiology appointments this morning. It’s a few miles away, and I just didn’t want to drive and deal with the hotel valet or parking at the other location. I’d never seen the…

    October 16, 2024
  • Medical or Pleasure

    Having a hospital trip mixed with a vacation isn’t that bad for us. Sadly, hospital trips were our vacations for over a decade! Since Amanda first got sick all those years ago, we only went on two trips for pleasure. One cruise, just after her first pacemaker, which I had to call to get approval…

    October 15, 2024
  • Heartiversary PreTrip

    Amanda has been doing better since the medication change made on our last Houston trip. She sleeps better and feels her heart is much more under control during the day. With the new symptoms now masked by the medication, it’s still disheartening that we even have this issue at all, especially how it all started.…

    October 14, 2024
  • A Quick Trip

    The hotel we are staying at now in the medical is excellent, with easy access to the hospital. We just go over to a sky bridge that connects directly to the hospital. It makes for an easy stay without driving or even going outside. The only drawback is that it’s expensive. We stayed on a…

    September 18, 2024
  • Houston Check-in

    Amanda seems to have gotten worse, well, a worse symptom. Sunday night, as I was driving home, she called me. Her voice told me something was wrong; she asked if I was close to home. She’d fainted in the closet, not hitting her head but twisting the new knee around a bit. This was one…

    September 17, 2024
  • Back on the Road

    Ok, I know I’m terrible at posting once we get home! Sorry, but life gets in the way, and I get very unmotivated to write once I get home! Our trip back from Colorado was uneventful and filled with coffee, french fries, more coffee, some tea, and a long drive! The night before we left,…

    September 16, 2024
  • A Quiet Day

    A Quiet Day

    I woke up around midnight, went back to sleep, and never heard anybody leave. Amanda said she heard something shuffling around 2:30, though. We woke up to an empty house. Walking into the living room, Amanda said, “There are no people here!” So, all alone, we were off on a drive to Durango. The first…

    September 6, 2024
  • A Rocky Afternoon

    A Rocky Afternoon

    We were back on the road after our expensive, very toasted pizza. Our next stop was Creede. We had a bad taste in our mouths about this town. Last year, when we rolled through, we just stopped at the visitors center. It was the most unfriendly visitor center ever. They didn’t say one word to…

    September 5, 2024
  • Only Need Two

    Only Need Two

    We were up early again; for the purpose of traveling, I am enjoying it. Amanda was sleeping pretty well. So I figured I’d let her sleep, but she followed me to the living room shortly after. Today, we’d head on the east side of the mountains.  We went to an extensive reservoir, and the kids…

    September 4, 2024
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