Family time

 With my eye surgery behind me now, Labor Day approaching, we are packed up and headed for East Jordan, MI to see my sister before we head to the UP for an extended vacation. She recently lost her husband of nearly 60 years so it was important to us to spend a little time with her. Besides, it is so beautiful and restful there....the perfect place to start our vacation. It was a short stay of only a few days but we packed a lot into those days. We had a small “work bee” at our folks cemetery plots, I visited the local farmers market, we took a walk or two on the country roads taking in the clean, fresh air, had some good eats, helped her out wherever we could and spent some quality time together before we took off.

Sunset from my sisters place

Our campsite for a few nights

Nothing like old barns

View from the yard

Baxter and I looking back from the road

Farmers market down by the water

Us hooking up, ready to hit the road again.

Since we are gone from family most of the year, our families are always in our hearts and on our minds. Our trips back to Michigan gives us the opportunity to get the “family fix” that we need to sustain us through the rest of the year as we fulfill our dream of seeing as much of our beautiful country as we can with the time we have left. You just never know what tomorrow will bring. So make each moment count.

Until this current craziness in this world is over remember to mask up and social distance when necessary, and enjoy the great outdoors. And while out there, don’t forget to look up, it’s amazing out there.  

I Can See Clearly Now.....

I have worn glasses most of my entire life. In my early adult life I wore contacts, which I lovingly referred to as “ coke bottle bottoms” as my glasses were just about that strong. As maturity settled in it became harder to correct my vision. While I was in town this summer I needed to get new frames and lens. My old frames were old and worn and I was excited about picking out new stylish frames. To my surprise I was told I had the beginning of a cataract in each eye . They were very new and small but if I had cataract surgery they could put corrective lens in and my vision would be corrected and I possibly wouldn’t need to wear glasses any more! No more glasses? Could this really be? Sign me up...now!  So before the end of summer I had both eyes corrected and now have  near 20/20 vision for possibly the first time in my life. It was a flawless procedure and can’t say enough about how this procedure has changed my life.

I know many people are hesitant about having cataract surgery.  I never really thought about it. But when it was presented to me and everything explained, I knew this was going to happen. My doctor was amazing and his staff treated me like I was the only patient. If you think this might be in your future, I hope it will be as exciting and successful as mine was. 

In the meantime, remember to stay healthy and happy.....mask when necessary, social distance, get outdoors and,  above all, look up cause it’s amazing!