First, a quick update on my brother-in-law, Larry Clark, who
has leukemia and is in Methodist Hospital in the Houston medical center. This
is his fifth day following a week of chemotherapy and he sounded like himself
again when Kathi and I visited yesterday. His energy is coming back slowly. His taste
buds are also coming back and he wanted a beef and bean burrito from Taco Bell.
We took one to him and he ate it rapidly. It was good to see him eat without
prompting. It will take a while, but we all know Larry is going to be better.
I will write a blog post someday about the Houston medical
center -- it is like a city unto itself and is similar to large medical centers
in New York and Boston. But now, I am moving the story to Delco.
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Exercise area for cancer patients on the 8th floor of Methodist Hospital. |
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Books shelves and TV in the hospital waiting room - 8th floor. |
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Nighttime picture of Texas Childrens Hospital from the Methodist Hospital parking lot roof. |
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I never get enough of this picture. I like being a patriot. |
On June 14, 2004 after our two weeks of treks from Cameron,
Montana into Yellowstone National Park, we were worn out, but we made
arrangements to meet my sister, Carol and her husband Lloyd in Declo, Idaho. I
remember studying United States geography in school so I had heard of Idaho,
but never dreamed of actually being there. Oh, we had drifted through a corner
of Idaho on one trip from Cameron, Montana to Yellowstone in Wyoming, but this
was different. We were actually going to live in Idaho. Our RV is our only
abode, so wherever we park is home, so yeah we lived in Idaho for awhile.
We left Cameron going south on U.S. 20 through Idaho Falls,
Blackfoot and Pocatello. We took I-86 out of Pocatello to Declo and moved into
the Village of Trees RV Park -- total trip about 260 miles. Carol and Lloyd
started RV traveling several years before Kathi and I and this was our first
opportunity to be with them on the road. The weather was great -- sunshine and
sixty eight degrees in the daytime and down to forty five in the evening. Though
we were extremely tired, we sat outside and talked until around ten pm. There
were a lot of colorful birds flying around us and I moved under a tree for a
while and sat still hoping to get some close up pictures, but the birds would
not sit long enough for me to get good pictures. The birds were intermittent
topics of conversation throughout the afternoon.
The following day we had lunch together and continued our
conversation sitting outside in lawn chairs. We took a walk in the evening and
found out they were in much better shape than we were in. Kathi had still not
adjusted to the higher altitudes and got winded easily. My problem walking is
that I carry too much weight. We walked and talked until everyone was freezing before
we called it a night. Spending time with my sister was really great. We had not
spent a lot of time together while we were working and raising kids. It was a really
pleasant time for us. We have managed to meet up in a lot of different
locations between then and now.
After a few days just relaxing and enjoying the RV lifestyle, it
was time to move along. Carol and Lloyd were on the way northeast with their
next stop in Boise and Kathi and I were going to make our next stop in Elko,
Nevada on our way to see our sons in California.
Thanks for the memories. Sure hope we can all go to Idaho again.
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