Electra Lake at Durango, CO
It’s been probably the longest period of time since 2001 (except during Covid) we’ve ever gone without taking a major trip somewhere.
When we returned from Australia in early June, Kathy underwent some planned major eye surgery. Recovery was going well until things somewhat fell apart, and she had emergency eye surgery about five weeks later.
Brian hadn't been feeling great for awhile, but a couple of doctors’ appointments didn’t reveal anything. We decided to attend a niece’s wedding in Durango. Once there, Brian collapsed and was hospitalized for eight days.
We managed to fly home earlier this week with the help of our son. We flew from Durango (DRO) to Phoenix (PHX) to Seattle (SEA). He flew SEA-PHX to meet us and then drove us home from SEA to our little northwest corner of Washington State.
Below, our David escorts Kathy down the jetbridge at PHX behind Brian’s wheelchair.
Our two daughters drove in to stock our refrigerator with food. Are we fortunate to have great children? Words don’t describe it, nor can they our gratitude for the help and support of Kathy’s Durango relatives, and our neighbors back in Birch Bay. For that matter, the doctors and staff of Durango’s Mercy Hospital could not have been more caring. We feel truly blessed.
There are a lot of medical appointments in our future, but so far doctors seem optimistic they can patch us up. We’ve always been grateful for our travel opportunities, and are optimistic there will be more travels to come.
In the meantime, we’re hoping to share bits of travel information with you that we find useful or at least interesting.
We also extend a welcome to new subscribers.
We’ll be very grateful if you decide to stick around for our armchair travels.
Happy and healthy travels!
