No Go Yet

We were supposed to be leaving tomorrow on our trip to Arizona for some warmth and fun, but it will have to wait a little while longer. Gary will have retinal surgery on Tuesday to fix a macular hole. Fortunately it isn't considered an emergency, but he will probably have to spend 5 days head down to allow healing, a standard procedure, and then a period of time waiting for his eyesight to return to normal. Maybe we can get away in mid February. All of his siblings have had problems with this as well. 

I accompanied him to the vitreo retinal surgery doctors yesterday and sat in the waiting room. This is a truly amazing place to be. There are SO many people with problems in this area of medical practice. This office has at least 10 doctors on staff and their entire practice is vitreo/retinal surgery. Gary has been there before for a previous procedure with good results so we are hopeful and optimistic this time, too. 

The weather might not have been favorable for a departure today or this weekend in any event. It is very cold again this morning after a very mild period this past month. We can't drive an un-winterized RV in these cold temperatures. So we would have been delayed in any event. 

Even though it is January, the Twin Cities has very little snow. In fact, the snow cover is so poor due to the recent warm weather that the Twin Cities Loppet organizers have been forced to move all the cross country skiing events to Wirth Park instead of touring through the Chain of Lakes. It makes for a very different event. They had to do this in 2012 also. At least with this cold snap, they can make some snow In a more defined area. I personally have liked this mild, dry weather. It makes for good driving, walking and running!

More updates as we know our timing for departure.