Tue, May 17, 2011

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A good day on the road and a couple of muscle relaxers bring on happy sleep. – Donna Downey

Let me just rant a little bit on medical care.  It pains me, in more than one way, that in this modern age you cannot just call your doctor and get a prescription for a medication you have a history of needing, which is non-addictive and can save you a trip to the emergency room in a place far away from home.  Yet, we can call our vet and immediately have whatever medications our dogs might need i.e. antibiotics, ear mite medicine, arthritis medicine.  There is something wrong with this system. I mean really, what if I get ear mites?

Now back to the day.  It was a ditto kind of day.  A room with a gorgeous view of the ocean, a fire in the fireplace, a comfortable chair, my better half, two great pups, and a hot cup of coffee are the perfect start to the day.  We stayed until we burned up all the wood in our wood box and check out time was drawing near and the road was calling to us.

The ditto continued with the perfect weather.  The intermittent rain was very sporadic and just added to the atmosphere.  Around each curve was a view right out of a painting and the light was wonderful as well.  It was a day filled with unbelievable flowers, gulls, pelicans, ocean breezes, state parks, waysides, overlooks, walks and lighthouses.  It just doesn’t get any better.

My back cooperated and I am weaning myself from the muscle relaxers and very grateful that we some left from Charles’ shoulder surgery.  Otherwise, I guess I would have to have gone to a vet to get relief… but let’s not go there again.

We arrived in Bandon, OR and got our usual room at the Table Rock Inn.  There is a neat Vietnamese lady that owns the older cottage style motel and she always remembers us.  She told the desk clerk to give us a discount because we “are not messy and leave out room perfect!”  These old cottages are not fancy but are clean and have those great “grandmaw” beds that are like sleeping in a cocoon! We have a view of Table Rock and the endless blue Pacific waters. 

We opted for an in-room supper where we could watch the sun lower itself below the horizon and made a quick trip out to the high cliffs behind our room to watch the final light of the day. 

We are almost well tonight, we have had an incredible day on the road and we hope that y’all are well too.

Peace, Hope & Love,

Donna, Charles, Paris & Dodger

PS Need to add several thank yous.  First, to Charles for going the extra mile to make me as comfortable as possible these past few days and helping me with everything so I could continue to play with my photography.  He’s doing a yeoman’s job (whatever a yeoman is, they apparently do a good job).  Also to Renee my right hand gal who is keeping the office running and who enables me to have these great long road trips.  And finally thanks to all of you for your kind comments and encouragement and for sharing your road tales with us as well.  We are blessed!