We had a touch of rain just after midnight Tuesday night, and Wednesday started out colder than we have experienced so far in Hurricane. It was in the 40s. We will survive. Becky went to St. George for her annual bone density scan. She passed. Otherwise, Wednesday was just a normal day. I started up a new novel, Zero Day, by David Balducci.
Thursday, we went to Kimball Forbes again, this time to pick up our new hearing "devices." (They don't call them hearing aids anymore.) Our old ones were 11 years old and we understand there have been some improvements in the technology. The new ones are a little smaller than before. It will take some time to acclimate to them.
Friday was Dermatology day with Dr. Robin Berger in St. George. She found something on the top of my head that she decided to remove. The hole in my scalp is the size of a quarter and it took several hours to stop bleeding. I'm sure all will be well, but for the time being I'm afraid to take a comb to my hair.
We had Chinese food for lunch at the Hunan Palace near our RV park, then stopped at the home of Kent and Allison Couch here in Hurricane to meet their Dalmatian, Tahoe, and introduce him to our dogs. Kent was (and remains) the accounting manager at the Zion Lodge when we started there 12 years ago. They have a nice home with a big yard here in Hurricane, and the three dogs seemed to get along just fine, although we kept them separated by a fence just in case. Tahoe and Ramsey are about the same age, are precisely the same size, and but for a few spots here and there could be twins. They seemed to realize that they were similar.
It was fun spending time with the Couches. Nice people.
Early Friday morning, our next door neighbor here in the RV park, Glenn, mentioned that one of the tires on our rig looked a little strange. He told me it had cracks and a bubble in the sidewall. I looked at it and confirmed his suspicions. After seeing the Couches, I went to the nearby tire place (American Car Care Centers) and the manager, Aaron Beard, said he would stop by later and take a look at the tire. I know the tire is doomed, and Mr. Beard already has ordered a replacement. In any event, they can mount a new tire at our site so we won't have to take the rig to their shop. Yea! He didn't stop by later, so we now have to wait until Monday to see him.
The Friday night redbox movie was A Most Violent Year, with Jessica Chastain (from Zero Dark Thirty). Not bad.
Saturday was back to normal with dog walking, Becky shopping for a dress (or two) for Meghan's graduation, and my making big inroads into Zero Day. We watched more of House Of Cards Saturday night.
Sunday morning, I finished Zero Day. Before noon, our daughter, Donna, arrived from Park City, Utah, where she lives. She and her husband, David, are now empty-nesters with two daughters in college. David is at a trade show this weekend, so Donna decided to drive down the four plus hours to see us just for something to do.
We last saw her in December, and it was really fun to see her again. Since virtually all restaurants in Hurricane are closed on Sunday, we went to St. George, to the George's Corner restaurant, for lunch. Frankly, it was only pretty good. (I had a gluten-free pulled pork sandwich. Donna recently discovered that gluten-free food is very helpful in some of her medical problems, and I thought I would honor that.) The restaurant is run by the same people who run the nearby Painted Pony, which is considered to be the best restaurant in St. George. Not long after lunch, Donna headed back to Park City. It was hard to say goodbye. It was really good to see her.
Sunday night we watched more of House Of Cards.
Monday was tire-changing day. The fellow from Hurricane Tire Pros showed up, took off the wheel with the bad tire, returned very quickly with the wheel and its new tire, installed the wheel, then switched the spare with a different wheel so we would have matching tires on all four wheels. Thank you, Hurricane Tire Pros.
After the tire guy left, we went on a search for a dog park in Hurricane. It's located behind a large sports complex, and is brand new. We can't wait to take Ramsey and Kelsey there. The rest of the day called for relaxation---and more of House Of Cards.
On Tuesday, Becky headed up to Zion early to attack Observation Point, an eight-mile (roundtrip) hike starring at Weeping Rock. She hasn't done that hike for ten years.
I tended to the dogs (they needed four walks) until she returned at 4:00, tired but exhilarated. It was a short evening.
Thus ended our second week in Hurricane.
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