Epinephrine Adventures: Sneak attack by Grandma and the Marines !

We are still in Camp Pendleton which is 45 miles north of San Diego, California. Our plan, as of right now, is to head east to Yuma, Gila Bend, and then onto Tucson in a week or so. Always flexible in the RV lifestyle!

Staying in Camp Pendleton has been wonderful ! Yesterday I laid on the beach and soaked up some rays. This marine base has everything you would want...BX, commissary, bowling alley, movie theater. We highly recommend staying here if you are active or retired military. During the weekdays the place is empty. Weekends with nice weather is a different story.

"Our" beach at sunset

Since we have been here we have been hanging out with Donna and Chuck DuFault. We met them last year in Tucson, Arizona while we were staying at Davis Monthas AFB. They departed here yesterday and are heading east. We should see them again soon. Miss them already !

They are Fulltimers and have taught me so many things. I could never say "Thank You" enough ! They are a wonderful and a fun loving couple. I am sure we will remain friends for a long time. Andy even learned how to play Pinochle. Of course single deck is better than double deck and Donna is nicer than Chuck..lol lol

While we were here I had a chance to see and visit with Casey and Anne Jones. They currently live in La Paz, Mexico on their Baba sailboat "Vger" and have for many years. Casey and I are both retired Army. I first met them while stationed at Ft Lewis, Washington. For some strange reason we would follow each other from duty station to duty station. From Ft. Lewis, Washington to Germany to Fort Carson, Colorado. We used to go skiing in Germany, Austria and Colorado. We were so broke sometimes we would just sleep in the parking lot at the ski resorts so we could get two days of skiing in. It was great seeing them again and hopefully seeing them again soon !!

Andy, Casey, Anne and myself

Also, since we have been here, Andy's mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. What a shock ! Andy flew home to be with her mom for the surgery. She was gone for a week. A week after Andy came back here we found out the first surgery didn't get all the cancer. Another surgery was scheduled. This time we both flew back to Portland to be with her mom and dad. Just before surgery, like 5 minutes, they cancelled it! Her sugars were too high...another shock ...now she has diabetes? She finally went into surgery a week later when her sugars were under control.

This had been a very stressful on her mom and the family. Andy has been so worried and scared. The other day we were informed that the pathology report came back negative and it seems like they got all the cancer. No chemo !! What a stress relief. Mom don't do that again...enough is enough ! We love ya

While we were back in Portland we had a chance to visit our friends and family. I even had a chance to go to my granddaughters birthday party. She sure is a firecracker!