More Catch Up! California To Oregon! And Friends In Between!

 

Welcome to California! This is from last Friday, leaving Nevada.

We had to stop for inspection, and the guy asked us if we had any produce, I said no and the guy gives me a thumbs up and says ‘right answer’! He then waves us through.

Here was our setup at Likely RV Park. Beautiful views!

And just in case you didn’t see our view, here it is magnified! Everywhere you look, you have a view.

This was our morning view. The days were warm until last night.

This guy was singing all morning. Right outside our home.

It was pretty warm on Saturday. Ethel has so many places to lay and get comfortable. We had the ceiling fan going and she is under it.

Then on Sunday she found a place in the sun.  She is almost as big as the step! 😂

Coming in to the camp, we have to go through a field with cows.

Momma was beside the road with her baby. Momma didn’t mind the truck but baby did.

We had to stop and talk to them. So cute!

We had to hook up this morning and get on the road. If you click on the photo, you can see a motor home parked, with a white trailer. Who is that? Clarke and Elaine! We wanted to meet them last year when we were here but it didn’t pan out. I have read Clark’s blog for about 4 years. He stopped by Sunday and we finally got to meet him!

Then on Monday, both him and Elaine came over for a barbecue, and talk about a blast! It felt as if we had known this couple for years! Clarke and Elaine are now our friends for life! They’ve been full timing so much longer than we have, and oh man, the stories that they have! If you want to read up on his blog, I have a link to it on my page called ‘Our Newell Adventure’. The photo credit above goes to Clarke.  Hopefully we will be meeting up later to go camping. They are working here at the golf course for the summer, (it seems that they are always working,) but we will catch up with them again soon! Take a look at his blog and see their awesome Newell!

We were up by 6 and by 6:30 it was snowing! It didn’t last long at the camp, but when we got on the road, it was still snowing in the town of Alturas.

So we had a little bit of rain and snow and I think it was because we had just washed the RV. 

We only had the snow in California.

Soon the weather cleared up and it became such a nice drive. Mind you, it was chilly, but at least it wasn’t freezing.

Welcome to Oregon!  Klamath Falls isn’t that far from the state line, and we were parked by 12:30. We are staying at Klamath Falls KOA Journey. Nice park and our patio is fenced with chairs and a picnic table.

After putting out the slides, I immediately turned on the heat pump and the fireplace to get our home cozy warm.

We are here until Friday, so a short stay. Then on to Redmond, OR to see some kids!! 

Last Day In Nevada!

 

Tully is feeling so much better! She still isn’t all that active but that is due to all the medications she is currently on. The photo above is Tully at the dog park.  The park is cleaned many times a day, sprayed clean with an animal safe cleaner, then raked. No grass but lots of rocks to pee on. And the part of the dog park in the photo is only 1/8 of the size of the park. It’s huge and plenty of room for lots of dogs.

Here is Tully sleeping. She has had a tough couple of days, she needs the sleep.

Tomorrow we are leaving Nevada! We will be in Likely, CA for 5 days, then on to Klamath Falls for 3 nights. Eventually we will end up in Redmond, OR to see grandkids! Whoohoo! Addy and Owen, you better get ready! 😂

Emergency Room Visit

 

I noticed on Monday afternoon that Tully wasn’t feeling so hot. She never goes without eating and when she didn’t remind me to feed her dinner at 2:30 pm, I knew something was up. She was drinking water and peeing fine, but her tail was between her legs, and she just wasn’t her spunky self. We decided to take her in to the animal emergency room Tuesday morning. She was wanting something to eat that morning and I gave her a couple of teaspoons of her white rice and chicken. Once she ate that, she climbed up on the chair and was doing a little crying. Poor thing. So we looked up where the hospital was and took her there. They’re open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

Here is our drive in to the hospital. We ordered X-rays and blood draw. The blood draw was to start her on anti-seizure medication. She has about 4-6 seizures a year that last a few minutes. But her last seizure was last week and it was about 20 minutes long. Normally a vet wouldn’t start a dog on anti-seizure medicine if there is only 4-6 seizures a year, but because her last one was so long, the vet explained that seizures that long could cause brain damage. So we decided to go with the vet’s suggestion.

It turns out Tully has hardening of the vertebrae, mostly up around her neck. She was put on pain medication and a muscle relaxer. It’s amazing how well Tully feels now! She takes her medicine like a trooper, and is so much more like herself.

Everyone at the hospital told us what a sweet little girl she is.  The vets and nurses at the hospital were one in a million. We got so lucky picking this hospital. You talk about a very caring facility!

How lucky are we not to have something seriously wrong that she might’ve had to go through surgery? Tully will be 9 in June and I honestly think she deserves a party! 😂

When we got home from picking her up, we celebrated with a pizza. We have a blackstone griddle, and if we have a thin crust pizza, we cook it on the griddle. Best ever! Doesn’t even take 10 minutes before the cheese is melted and the crust crispy. Both burners are on low, and I have the lid down. It comes out perfect. I also cook Papa Murphy’s pizza like this. I keep the pizza on it’s cardboard bottom for about 2 minutes, then slide the pizza off onto the griddle. 

Even though it seems like we just washed our home, it was filthy again from all the wind, sand and dirt storms we have gone through. Today was the day it was washed again.

It’s so nice to be able to see out the windows again! A guy and his son came out and charged us $3.50 a foot. It was a pretty good price. 

For some reason this photo makes our home look huge! I guess it is kind of big. But with 2 cats and a dog, we all need our space!

We are leaving Friday morning to head to Likely, CA. We were there last year and really enjoyed the park. The place is called Likely Place Golf & RV Resort, and they have lots of places to walk, all out in the middle of nature. We are about 157 miles from there so it shouldn’t be too long of a drive!

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Virginia City!

 

Today we took a short trip to Virginia City. This is the first Presbyterian Church that was dedicated on January 1, 1867. At that time, the cost was $12,000.

We selected a good day to visit. It was a nice day and towards the end of our tour, it started getting busy with tourists. Tully had a great time going in and out of stores, and people had to stop and say hi.

This building was built in 1864 and it is the Nevada State Firemen’s Museum.

Here is the Bucket of Blood Saloon. The last time we were here, it was about at least 22 years ago. It has changed! In fact, Virginia City has changed so much! Road Hog wanted to go in and buy a hat but once we walked in, and saw all the changes, we left. I won many silver dollars from this saloon, but even those machines were gone.

Silver Dollar Hotel.

If it’s got testicles or tires, it’s sure to give you trouble. 😂😂

An old safe sitting outside. It was brought to Virginia City by Mule Train.

Views of far away hills.

More views. If you click on the photo you will see snow on the hills. In fact, there was still snow in Virginia City, on the shady side of the buildings.

Turn the volume up! This is coming down the mountain from Virginia City and how windy the road was!

Snows!

 

Look what we woke up to yesterday morning! It was about 29 degrees, and everything was white!

It didn’t last long. The sun came out and by noon all the white was gone. It was even colder this morning, 24 degrees, but after tomorrow this cold front should be gone.

Because of the chilly weather, I made chicken and dumplings today.  The best ever! I remember my dad used to make this when I was little but I wouldn’t eat the dumplings because I don’t like soggy bread stuff. I could kick myself now because dumplings aren’t soggy! At the time I thought they were because they were cooked in liquid. But now, after realizing that the dumplings are steamed, I absolutely love them. If I could only go back in time and try my dad’s dumplings!

Nevada Sunshine!

 

So we had Indian cuisine on Saturday for our anniversary. I ordered the chicken biryani. It was delicious!

Road Hog had the lamb biryani.  Mind you, this isn’t what he really wanted. He did order the goat biryani, but I told him he wasn’t eating goat in front of me. So he changed his mind. (As if the lamb was any better!) But both meals were good, and we each brought 1/2 home for breakfast the next morning.

We’ve been having some nice weather. Highs around 65-70, lows in the upper 30’s. Tonight it is supposed to get down to about 30. Love this chilly weather!

Here is my Tully. She likes it here I think. She doesn’t like the fake grass though and she isn’t allowed to pee on it. Everyone has dogs here, I’m sure some of this grass has been peed on!

We went shopping at Costco this morning and bought a box home for the cats. Ethel Louise got to sit in it first.

And not long after it was Lucy’s turn. Can you see how Ethel kind of out weighs her sister? 😂 They both turned 14 this month!