Island Life
Photo credit: Douglas Rawlinson
Photo of us taken by Doug while
passing by on our way home at sunset.
Our outdoor shower (AKA the Taj-Mah-Shower) in the fall
passing by on our way home at sunset.
Some people ask "Do you HAVE TO take a boat to get back to your island?"
"NO", we say "we GET TO take a boat back to our island".
Road trip!
Last month I wrote that we were heading out for a short road trip before Janice's 3rd chemo treatment. It was a ton of fun and true to our interests, we sought out unusual locations and / or experiences that satisfy our interests for the somewhat excletic. We started by spending over a day visiting 10 different waterfalls in and around Ithyca NY. We saw so many of them, we feel like we could write a book on "The Waterfalls of the North East".
Chittenanga falls
Taughannock Falls. A 215 foot (66m) plunge waterfall that is reportedly
the highest single-drop waterfall east of the Rocky mountains.
This yellow brick sidewalk in Chittenango NY was the inspiration
for the "Yellow brick Road" in the movie "The Wizard of Oz"
for the "Yellow brick Road" in the movie "The Wizard of Oz"
Display blade from a wind farm. Squint and you
can see me standing at the end on the far right
can see me standing at the end on the far right
This fire engine was built a year before George Washington was born!
Patient update
OK, Chemo treatments # 3 and 4 are under her belt. A second PET scan was done and the results were superb! The doctor then ordered her to complete treatments 5 and 6. She was initially scheduled for 4 treatments with two additional ones depending on what the second PET scan results were.
We assumed that meant that if the results were good, # 5 and 6 would not be necessary. It was the opposite. If the results from the second PET scan were not good, there would have been no point in doing 5 and 6. The fact that the results were very good, he decided that 5 and 6 would be full steam ahead.
We assumed that meant that if the results were good, # 5 and 6 would not be necessary. It was the opposite. If the results from the second PET scan were not good, there would have been no point in doing 5 and 6. The fact that the results were very good, he decided that 5 and 6 would be full steam ahead.
We have pulled the plug and skipped the country so our next stop was to daughter Cassie's home in Oregon. We will be here for a spell while she is home some to help take care of mom. I smiled when I gleefully put Janice's endless list of things for me to do away for a while, only to have Cassie generously step in for mom and presenting me with a list of her own (Things I want dad to do).
So aside from Janice continuing the next chemo treatment here, I busy myself by spending time with the grandkids and doing what I can to help out with the ongoing house projects.
Cassie and her partner Art set up their 33 foot pop-out camper for us to use during our stay. That way Janice can step away from the kids and have a little quiet time when she needs it.
So aside from Janice continuing the next chemo treatment here, I busy myself by spending time with the grandkids and doing what I can to help out with the ongoing house projects.
On a lighter note...
Words simply fail me.
