Yuma Bound
Thursday – December 10, 2008
With an early morning wakeup and a chill in the air, we unhooked The Beast from its lifelines, secured all loose items and placed our trays in the upright position. Our pre-flight checklist in hand, we validated our status and prepared for a travel day to Yuma, Arizona.
A nice sunny day and a clear road ahead are good traveling conditions and we arrived at the local Yuma Wal-Mart Super center mid day.
I swear, if these super centers get any larger, they will have to have tour guides to help people get around.
Unfortunately, there were no electric carts available and so we had to rough it. I hoisted my walker into the cart; tied Peter’s leash to the handle and set forth. An hour later, we (Peter makes a great supervisor) were unloading and storing our groceries and then taking a well deserved and needed nap in the back for 30 minutes.
Our Yuma park location is a small, quiet and inexpensive mobile home park with a few spaces for motor homes around the pool area. There are usually some people sitting around the pool so conversations come easy. The owners of the park, Don and Rosalie are warm and friendly people and keep a very clean and tidy park. The first time we ever stayed here, we were told on the phone that there was a pet restriction, which limited dogs to 15 pounds or less. When we showed up, Peter was a big surprise (I never tell anyone on the phone I have a pet – because he isn’t, and it get too complicated to explain about service dogs if they are not aware). Once Rosalie got over the shock, Peter displayed excellent manners and made himself some new friends. Now, each time we stay here, he is welcomed as an old friend.
The Wal-Mart experience (an hour of schlepping) seemed to create some problems with my neuropathy, causing some intermittent sharp sticking pains in my left rear thigh and left heel area. Fortunately, I think my fatigue overcame the pains and I managed to fall asleep with some occasional awakenings.
Did you ever wake up from a deep sleep in the PERFECT position? I mean a position in which you feel so comfortable and relaxed that you are unwilling to move a muscle for fear of ruining the sensation.
That occurred this morning and since we had no plans for the day, I gave in to the “perfect” position and closed my eyes
With an early morning wakeup and a chill in the air, we unhooked The Beast from its lifelines, secured all loose items and placed our trays in the upright position. Our pre-flight checklist in hand, we validated our status and prepared for a travel day to Yuma, Arizona.
A nice sunny day and a clear road ahead are good traveling conditions and we arrived at the local Yuma Wal-Mart Super center mid day.
I swear, if these super centers get any larger, they will have to have tour guides to help people get around.
Unfortunately, there were no electric carts available and so we had to rough it. I hoisted my walker into the cart; tied Peter’s leash to the handle and set forth. An hour later, we (Peter makes a great supervisor) were unloading and storing our groceries and then taking a well deserved and needed nap in the back for 30 minutes.
Our Yuma park location is a small, quiet and inexpensive mobile home park with a few spaces for motor homes around the pool area. There are usually some people sitting around the pool so conversations come easy. The owners of the park, Don and Rosalie are warm and friendly people and keep a very clean and tidy park. The first time we ever stayed here, we were told on the phone that there was a pet restriction, which limited dogs to 15 pounds or less. When we showed up, Peter was a big surprise (I never tell anyone on the phone I have a pet – because he isn’t, and it get too complicated to explain about service dogs if they are not aware). Once Rosalie got over the shock, Peter displayed excellent manners and made himself some new friends. Now, each time we stay here, he is welcomed as an old friend.
The Wal-Mart experience (an hour of schlepping) seemed to create some problems with my neuropathy, causing some intermittent sharp sticking pains in my left rear thigh and left heel area. Fortunately, I think my fatigue overcame the pains and I managed to fall asleep with some occasional awakenings.
Did you ever wake up from a deep sleep in the PERFECT position? I mean a position in which you feel so comfortable and relaxed that you are unwilling to move a muscle for fear of ruining the sensation.
That occurred this morning and since we had no plans for the day, I gave in to the “perfect” position and closed my eyes
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