Tanya and I decided to visit Yosemite National Park today. It really has some amazing views. All those photographs you thought were enhanced, probably were not. The beauty of this place is pretty much dripping from everything. My photo of the day for day 289 is of Tanya and me with one of the amazing views to be found at Yosemite.
Yosemite National Park Photos From the High Sierra After spending the day in Sequoia National Park we drove to Oakhurst to spend the evening. It was a really nice place to wake up to. I took Buddy out for his morning walk, then after bringing him back to the room, I went for another walk with my camera. After a small breakfast we headed up Highway 41 to Yosemite. I can not believe I had never been before. The one thing I noticed was that the views looked almost fake because they were so beautiful. It was like a pull …
Tanya and I did not have anything to do last night. I told her I had no objection to just jumping in the car and taking off. She suggested that what I was really saying is that I wanted to go for a ride. Since she was game, I asked Buddy if he wanted to go. He made it pretty clear he was up for it. My photo of the day for day 288 if on Tanya and I in front of a huge tree in Sequoia National Park.
Photos from Sequoia and Kings Canyon Southern Sierra Nevada National Parks I do not really have a lot to say. Tanya was in town and there was nothing on TV. I asked Buddy if he wanted to go for a ride and he jumped in the car and waited for two hours, so we went for a drive. We ended up at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. It was a lot different there today than when I went to Sequoia last May. Zero snow and the rivers were way down. I suppose that is only natural and next May …
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When I was a lad, the running joke about hospitals was their food, and the quality or lack thereof. I remember visiting my dad or mom in the hospital 30-some years ago and they were serving decent food. For some reason, I seem to recall the person I was visiting being served lobster or something you would not really expect to get at a hospital. Today, I had to go in and get an MRI done. I was quite surprised to discover that my local hospital is now offering escort services. My photo of the day for day 287 is …
I guess in some ways I have been pretty lucky. One of those ways is that I have a really cool girlfriend, and even though we live 2,000 miles apart, we get to see each other pretty frequently. Today, Tanya came back to SoCal to visit with me for a while. The big question I seem to be getting hit with has been, so what are you guys doing this time? The answer, I have no idea. My photo of the day for day 286 is of Tanya and I standing outside the local Benihana restaurant. Tanya has become familiar …
It feels so good not to hurt. I can only imagine how much more pleasant my trip to Europe would have been if the idiot GP, Dr. Kalata, had spent more than two minutes with me and prescribed the proper medicines instead of the crappy pain pills she pushed off on me. I would have been pain free by the time I hit Chicago if she had a clue as to what she was doing. My photo of the day for day 285 is of my little friend, Teddy standing guard over the remaining tablets from my six day prescription. …
We humans, at an early age, are [usually] taught that it is not polite to stare. Unfortunately, this was a lesson that I seemed unable to convey to Buddy. If he was a human he would probably be considered fairly rude. I think he just can not help it. My picture of the day for day 284 is of Buddy, with his eye on a cute French poodle. He went up and introduced himself, but apparently she did not care for mutts.
Ever since I returned from Europe I had been forced to suck it up as far as the pain was concerned. I discovered I had another medical issue that would not be helped by my use of such pain killers as Ibuprofen. When the new doctor provided me with steroids and they were actually working, I was pretty elated. Last Sunday I had tried to carry a venti mocha from Starbucks back home. I was able to do it, but it was not easy. Today was my third day on the steroids and I pretty much felt invincible. Well, not …
Yesterday, Friday the 8th, I was able to finally get in to see a specialist. Although he determined that he was not the right kind of specialist for my injury, he did refer me to a neurologist and is getting things in motion for an MRI to be done. But best of all, he gave me some decent meds, Dosepak. No more of these dumb pain killers that have no effect unless you take several with a couple still drinks. Steroids, to actually work on easing the problem. Although I took my first dose late Friday, buy Saturday morning I …
