The Maineiacs are on the road again! On Sunday we loaded up the Vue with a bunch of Nan's stuff, put some more of Nan's stuff in Winne, filled Nan's CRV with even more of Nan's stuff, said our goodbyes to Jamie and Ernie - proprietors of the Quiring RV Resort and Rehab Center, and hit the road back to the Silver State. My sister Marcie and Nan made the trip in Nan's CRV and Peggy and I led the way in Winne - towing the Vue behind us. We made the trip down I-5 and then across State Route 89 from Mt. Shasta, through my old hometown of McCloud, and then across State Route 44 and US 395 to Reno and then here south of Carson City to Minden, NV. We had a nice day weather wise for our travel day but we certainly noticed a lot of smoke in McCloud from a nearby fire.
Upon arrival here in Minden we moved in Nan - and all her stuff ... and then got Winne set up in Marcie and Don's dooryard. For all you folks "from away" (non Mainers) a "dooryard" is that area near the door you use most often to enter the house. Some folks "from away" might refer to the "driveway" as a dooryard ... and it could be ... but then again ... maybe not!
We spent most of the day today moving around a bunch of furniture to set up one of the bedrooms as "Nan's Room." We also received a hospital bed from a Medical Supply Company and got that set up. We have more to do tomorrow to finish setting up Nan's bedroom and I also have a ramp to build to make it easier to get Nan from one part of Marcie and Don's split level house to the other.
Peggy and my role here in Minden will be more of a moving and construction crew and less direct "caregiving." Getting a home ready to safely deal with an elderly patient with some physical disabilities is no easy task so there are plenty of opportunities to lend a helping hand.
Assuming all goes well these next few days - we are targeting continuing our trip sometime this weekend ... or maybe Monday. Hopefully by then we will have some clue what direction we will be heading!
By the way ... I noted today that we spent some 36 days in California and I never saw a drop of rain. In fact I don't think we have seen a drop of rain since we left Michigan back on July 26th! On the one hand - the weather has been great if you're a sun worshiper ... on the other hand I'm sure these folks would like to see at least a bit of rain pretty soon.
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