Day Log 07.12.05 Tuesday

Up at 5 AM and on the road at 6:10 headed toward Barstow. We did stop in Barstow at the Denny’s for breakfast and about 90 minutes of visiting with Mary friend and her three children. Good visit, but sorry that children needed more attention than most newborns.

The trip on up to Clovis was very good and helped us to know that California and those that live here are on the fast track of life. The speed posted is 70 in most of the state and 80 is the speed of choice for those on the road. Gas prices are a lot higher than I expected for a state with oil pumps in about half of the fields and orchards. The wind farms are quite the sight on some of the ridges. Wonder how much power they produce and how it is added to the electrical grid? The hill sides are yellow with dried grass and you can see why they have so many fires after driving for miles and miles where little grows because of the lack of water, then you drop into a valley where water is present and the orchards and grape vines are a dark green. Signs all over the place show the farmers are fighting with the tree huggers. The signs read “Where water flows, food grows”.

We arrived here at Aunt Flora’s at about 4 PM PST. For one that has had a couple of falls in the past few days she seems to be doing ok. She will be going for an x-ray on Wednesday and Dr.’s appointment on Thursday. Janine has been here for the past few days so she is not alone at night. Annie called in the evening an reported that her Dr. will be watching her problems but as of now does not think getting her on the transplant list is the right thing to do. I hope to talk with her later on Wednesday. Lurane and Tom came over to visit at about 8:30 and stayed for a while. We will be eating at their home on Wednesday.

Time to close for the evening.