Just "Where" Are We and Where Have We Been?

I apologize to those folks that have begun following our blog and e-mailed wondering what has happened to us since our trip to Yosemite in late June. To better track where we are and our plans, I'll 'try' to update our blog, even if just briefly, daily...or at least 'most' days.

Ok, where are we? We're back home in the Dallas area. Why? During our last day in the Yosemite area our little chihuahua Clyde injured his back leg some how when we had left to grab a bite to eat for Fathers Day. He couldn't put any weight on it and it was quite apparent it was serious, so rather than heading on to Malibu and Simi Valley to see the Reagan Library the next day, we decided to go ahead and head East as planned, only a few days early and a detour back home to Dallas, rather than on to Kentucky as planned.

So...we got back home to Dallas on June 25th and took Clyde in to see the Vet the following day. We were surprised that he had actually ruptured his "ACL" (the same injury that athletes have--didn't know dogs even had an ACL!). He also dislocated his knee. He required emergency surgery according to the vet. So Clyde had surgery the following day and we're still in the area awaiting clearance from the vet to leave. Actually, they want us to stay "at least 4 weeks"...! That's gonna be really difficult for us having traveled so much. Clyde is doing quite well so far and they say he's ahead of schedule and his stitches will be removed this Friday.

We're planning on staying here at Plantation Place in Sunnyvale through this Sunday and plan on leaving this Monday 7/13 for Lafayette to have some warranty work done on our RV. So we'll be in the Lafayette area thru at least 7/15 and will most likely head back home for a quick follow up visit with the vet. We hope Clyde is doing well enough for us to get back on the road and head East some time the week of 7/20. We always enjoy coming back home and visiting with the boys and Mark's family.

As for "where" exactly we're going when we finally head East...well, we're still not sure. We've kicked around lot's of ideas but haven't made any decisions yet. We want to check out some of the Civil War sites, maybe Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia/West Virginia and ultimately, we'd like to camp near Washington DC. We spent a few days there several years ago but didn't have nearly enough time to see all the Smithsonian buildings and only had a couple of hours at Arlington National Cemetery...so we're planning on spending a couple of weeks in the area so we can take our time checking out all that Washington DC has to offer.

We've talked about heading up to New York State for a few weeks as well, but of course, no firm plans have yet been made. Well, that about wraps up our current status and plans, at least, what we've planned so far...but that's one of the awesome things about this lifestyle, flexibility. When something comes up it's so easy to just change our plans. Well, that's a wrap for this entry...I promise I'll try to update the blog daily, even if we don't have pictures to include, as was our previous blog update schedule. Stay tuned~