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Skriven 2006-10-20 12:24:36 av hap newsom (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Savannah
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Thanks; it's good to be back.  We are going to be in base housing; it's
-> -> a roughly 2000 square foot place (half of a duplex)--2 story, 3 good
-> 
->  hn> Whoa big place....get lots of practice vacuuming that place! (grin)
->  hn> how will your leg/foot do with stairs?
-> 
-> We'll see; the cast came off today but need to schedule a CT scan.  As
-> usual, the x-ray showed all was healed but when the doctor poked and
-> prodded it, the foot still hurt.  He told me to keep using the cane but
-> I'm wearing a regular shoe on my left foot for the first time since
-> sometime this spring.
-> 
Don't let the new Doc's push you too hard! You only have those two feet and 
they have to last you a bit more time!

-> -> It's a nice area, a lot more urban than any place we've been assigned 
to
-> -> since Germany but we're getting to know our way around a limited area.
-> -> We've found a natural foods store, a hybrid natural and gourmet foods
-> -> place, a quilting shop, a Hancock fabrics, a bunch of restaurants and,
-> -> yesterday, found our church home (3rd church we visited since 
arriving).
-> -> There's lots of good eats, a number of places that are good for
-> -> inexpensive eating and of course, all the chain places we're used to.
-> -> My favorite of those is Chik-Fil-A. (G)  We tried a Zaxby's chicken
-> -> place once so far; it seems to be a newish chain in the south.  I wasn't
-> 
->  hn> Two years ago after I retired I took a month and visited family in
->  hn> Tenn, VA, NC, SC, and Florida...I LOVED the Chik FIL A billboards!
->  hn> Stopped in at one and the food was good enough for fast food, but 
the
->  hn> advdrtising is super!
-> 
-> Their advertising is cute and the basic sandwich tastes better than a
-> hamburger IMO.  I had it a few times before Steve went into the Army
-> when we lived in NC--didn't know I'd be missing it until we started our
-> travels with the military.  I've pretty much stopped eatig fries,
-> including their waffle fries, but do get their carrot-raisin salad.  It
-> seemed a bit on the bitter side this time, as if they'd used older,
-> tougher carrots and not enough pineapple.
-> 
I only ate at the one, and they don't have em out here in the wet west so I 
remember the billboards more than the meal! (Grin)
Does Steve like to hunt or fish? You are in a great area for both!

-> -> It's good to be off the road, tho we did enjoy visiting our girls and a
-> -> number of friends while en route.  Had a couple of good meals around
-> -> Mobile and another meal that wasn't as good but the setting was
-> -> impressive in North Carolina (at the High Hampton Inn near Conyers). 
Our
-> -> new car had about 3800 miles put on in the drive cross country from 
Las
-> 
->  hn> How are the girls by the way, and the grandbabys? What kind of car 
did
->  hn> you get?  How did your foot/leg do with all the travelling?
-> 
-> The girls are doing well; Rachel and family are settled in up in Las
-> Vegas.  Robert goes to the preschool associated with the private school
-> where Rachel teaches 3rd grade.  David works at that campus and the
-> other one in the northern  part of the city--they live right near the
-> Henderson city line.  For the most part, they ignore Vegas but have
-> visited a cafe in the Paris casino for crepes (more about that another
-> time).  Robert will be three at the end of next month; hard to believe!
-> He's very mmuch into transportation so Rachel & David are taking him to
-> a Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends show for his birthday.
-> 
So David got out of the Airforce? (I probably missed that!) When Anne and I 
go to vegas we stay off the strips at a holiday Inn and use Vegas as a center 
of operations for all the other neat places that are nearby (sort of) Zion is 
about 2 hours north, Death Valley is about 3 hours west, and the Grand 
Canyon is about 5-6 hours east....and Valley of Fire State Park is just north 
of vegas. LOTS of good scenery for a photo junkie like me! We did remember 
to go to the casino's once while we were there but we had more fun things 
to do than give our money away that fast! 

-> Deborah keeps quite busy with her job and keeping after her puppy in off
-> time.  She's still with the AZ National Guard, over in the Mesa/Tempe
-> area but she is renting her sister's house in Surprise.  The plan for
-> the school Rachel and David work for is for him to start a branch in the
-> Phoenix area in a couple of years or so, so they decided to keep their
-> house and rent a small place in Vegas.  They did take both cats with
-> them. (G)
-> 
Deborah has her bachelors in teaching yes? Does she have a specialty?

-> My foot did OK on the trip; it was a bother getting about with the cast
-> & cane but better than a non walking cast & crutches.  We bought an 07
-> Ford Focus SES (wagon); it held all our stuff nicely.  We picked up a
-> small cooler (plugs into the power outlet--formerly known as lighter--in
-> Vegas and kept it filled with water, some chocolate we picked up at
-> Trader Joe's and a bit of other stuff. We put the back seat down and had
-> plenty of room for 6 suitcases, the cooler and other things we picked up
-> along the way.  Not the car we'd been thinking about getting but we are
-> very pleased with it over all. There are a couple of minor quirks but
-> nothing completly unreasonable.  We can fill the gas tank a lot cheaper
-> than we did in HI. (G)
-> 
A LOT cheaper!

-> -> experience; Steve's sister and brother in law were on a cruise ship;
-> -> we've not heard from them yet. We experienced a quake when we 
were in
->  hn> CA
-> -> in 1984; I'm just as hapy not to have gone thru this one. (G)
->  hn> ->
->  hn> The first one is always the worst one...once you get used to em
->  hn> they're kinda fun!
-> 
-> We've probably been thru more than we realise; I know there were quite
-> a few small ones in/arund the big island while we were in HI. I don't
-> mind the small ones but I don't want to be in a big one.  The one we
-> went thru in 84 was a 5.3.
-> 
I've been through a few bigger ones and once you feel you are 
physically "safe" it's kind of fun to watch the earth undulate around you! 
Thank goodness I've never had a HUGE crack gobble me up but the 
smallerones are intersting!
chat with you soon
hap 
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