Late Friday morning, we went to the Family Motor Coach Association rally at the Indio Fairground. Since we are fifth-wheelers, not motor coach people, we are frowned on by the snoots at the FMCA, but we go to their rallies anyway if we are in the mood. We specifically went to this one for two reasons: First, to buy new pillows that we have seen advertised on TV, and Second, to say hello to Pam and Walt McQueston, some RV friends of ours who came from Arizona to the rally to represent the company that runs the RV park where they are spending the winter. It was fun seeing them again.
After buying some goodies at the rally, we went to the Pueblo Viejo restaurant for some much-needed Mexican food and Margaritas. Yum! That became the principal meal of the day.
Saturday was mostly NFL football until late afternoon. I was very disappointed that the Broncos lost to the Colts and mildly so that Carolina lost to the Seahawks. Then we watched Boyhood from the redbox. It was a very interesting film, though quite long and with a somewhat disappointing finale. But it clearly will gather some accolades due at least in part to the fact that it took twelve years to make it---with the same cast throughout.
Sunday was all NFL games. The Packers/Cowboys game was very satisfying. The Patriots/Ravens game didn't interest me particularly, though of course I watched it.
Monday morning I went to Dr. Czako for a review of my blood tests. It was a generally upbeat session; that is, I'm no worse off than I was last year at this time. I spent the rest of the day preparing for the Oregon/Ohio State game to determine the national championship. I had trouble deciding which team for whom to root. I don't particularly like or dislike either one, but decided on balance to root for the west coast team. Boy, was I disappointed . After an impressive opening drive, Oregon went to sleep for the next 55 minutes and got their butts kicked.
On Tuesday we had a mobile dental person, Donna Mullaney, come to clean Kelsey's teeth. She was amazing. After calming Kelsey down without any drugs, she proceeded to clean Kelsey's teeth while Kelsey seemed in a hypnotic haze.
Wednesday was dedicated to driving to Pasadena for a meeting with the Shelton family and resuming the task of getting rid of all the "stuff" in Bill's house. Becky's (second) cousin Jim Chantler was also due into SoCal for a meeting of the biggies in the international Lincoln Owners Club---of which he is the President. We had arranged to meet him at Bill's house in the middle of the afternoon. He arrived after suffering through some horrendous traffic on the west side of LA. He was coming from the airport area (where he was staying) after driving in from Seattle. It was fun to see him again after about 3 1/2 years.
While Becky met with the family just after we arrived, I first checked us into Le Reve, our Pasadena hotel, for the night, set up the dog crates and related in-room tasks, then returned to Bill's house. The rest of the family gathered and (mostly) looked at pictures until it was time for all of us to meet for dinner at the Central Park restaurant in Pasadena. A little earlier, Jim and I had left for the restaurant for a drink since we weren't central to what was going on at the house and, therefore, were bored.
Thursday morning, after Becky had dashed to Burbank for a quick medical test that had been scheduled for a while, we loaded up the dogs and headed back to the desert. It was a wholly uneventful trip, but we nevertheless returned rather tired from our whirlwind excursion to Pasadena. I had dropped off our thermostat on Monday at a local RV place for analysis since it was doing odd things, and I had not heard back from them. I decided they were too flaky and went to their shop to pick up the unit. The place was closed. I tracked them down by phone and arranged to pick up the item in the late afternoon. They actually showed up and gave me the thermostat. They promised to come to our RV park on Friday to assess the situation.
That was all the excitement I could take this week.
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