Monday, January 22, 2007

Heading South


Wednesday January 17: We left Yosemite headed south to see our friends the Bartletts in Port Hueneme, CA, then on to Hemet to see Pamm’s Mom and Don. Unfortunately our plans had to change. We were finally able to get things worked out for Pamm’s infusion the end of the week. Then as we were traveling down Highway 99 towards Bakersfield, the highway warning signs were saying that I5 was closed across the grapevine due to snow. Can you believe it?! Almost no snow in the Sierras, but it is snowing in Malibu!!! We had to forgo our visit to the Bartletts for now and headed east by way of Edwards Air Force Base. Just past the base on highway 395 our truck started acting up. It was making grinding noises, then began to smoke. We ended up pulled of the side of a narrow stretch of 2 lane highway with trucks flying by. By the time the tow truck got to us, towed us many miles to the south to Fontana it was after midnight. He towed us to a Ford dealership parking lot where we spent the night. In the morning the dealership got right on the job fixing the truck (I don’t think they wanted a 36 foot trailer sitting in their lot another night). The turbo on the engine had fallen apart. Fortunately it was covered under warranty. We were on our way by 4:30 (just in time for that famous Southern California rush hour gridlock! We arrived in Hemet about 7:30 and set up at Dick and Cathy Morton’s house. They are Don’s brother and sister-in-law. They have been so nice to us and made us feel at home right away. Since then we have been having a wonderful time visiting family. Pamm finally got her infusion thanks to much hard work on the part of our friend Randi and John (from Corona) from Option Care. (Thank you so much for all your hard work!) We plan to mostly visit family this next week, then head east by the end of the month.

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