Quick Update - All's Well

After on Thursday a nice visit with Jerry, Dixie's brother from Houston (rode his BMW up and stopped by on his way to a rally), then an unplanned trip to the emergency room for Steve (he had hard chills and fever, but checked out okay) Dixie was set to leave for the weekend, to participate in the much anticipated Portuguese Water Dog Water Trials at a lake a few hours north of us. She'd been practicing since early spring with friends (and the dogs of course) for this.

About an hour after she left, Steve got a call - our truck and quit running, and fortunately Dixie was able to guide it and the travel trailer over to the shoulder on I-5. She was waiting for a towing service to get the truck to a local repair shop. And had in the mean time come up with a plan to still get to the event (way to persevere Dixie!). With Jerry's help, Steve got the van prepped, then he drop to the repair shop where Dixie transferred everything she' need for the weekend into the van, though now she was going to stay at a motel. Then she drove Steve back down to the Portland airport, where he rented a car for the weekend, so he could run the errands and meet friends as originally planned. So though the weekend was off to a shaky start it ended up well.

As you can gather from this blog entry, Steve was feeling pretty good this weekend. He was more energetic than he'd expected he'd be. So both Steve and Dixie enjoyed their independent weekend plans and came back "re-created".

Finally we wanted to thank a couple we like and trust very much for being the emergency go-to people for Steve this weekend. Your being there gave Dixie peace of mind and Steve assurance he was not alone should an emergency arise.