Beavercreek Park

A not so good Selfie!

 Cali going for a swim...actually fetching a stick

Happy 4th of July!

JUNE 2016

JUNE – Worked on getting Dad's Motorhome ready for travel! We drove to Great Falls on the 6^th and overnighted at Doug/Fran's. We stopped at Dad's on the way – we asked Lowell if Dad had been going to meals and he said he didn't even know he was there – so no he hasn't. I also talked to the Administrator, Laurie and she said he hadn't been going down and also recently hadn't been asking for them to be brought to his room. They will begin giving him meal reminders.. Once arriving in Great Falls we did some shopping & went to dinner at the Montana Club. On the 7^th we closed on Dad's Condo in the morning. We got a beautiful flower arrangement from Lorelei. We stopped to see Dad on the trip back.

The 14^th we headed out in Dad's motorhome...we stopped at Dad's and gave him a Father's Day bag and then drove to Aunt Shirley's in Seeley Lake, arriving around 5p. We went to a lovely pizza dinner at the Double Arrow – thanks Shirley. We spent the next day checking out the cigarette lighter issue in the mh. We didn't figure it out! We also went for a walk and stopped to see Ross & Lacene and their new home. We had a very nice dinner that evening with Aunt Shirley. Had a great time visiting and catching up. On the 16^th we drove to Missoula to Jim & Mary's RV park for our FMCA Rally. It was a bit raining the first day. On the 17^th we drove into Missoula and shopped a bit. In the afternoon we took a tour of the Smoke Jumper Visitor Center. It was very interesting! That evening our group went to dinner at the “Buck Snort” restaurant about 5 miles up the road.

Sat. the 18^th we went to the farmer market down on the river and stopped at the Kettlehouse Brewery for a Cold Smoke. We had a quick lunch and shopped a bit and headed back to the MH. Our group had a potluck that evening. The wind was blowing quite a bit and I found that I had a bad allergy to something in the air! The park had numerous tree and flowers everywhere. IT was one of the prettiest parks for vegetation that we have been at in all our travels!

The 19^th we left Missoula for the 100 mile drive to Lakeside. We arrived at Bill & Gloria Brinkman's around noon. They have a house in Mission View Terrace that they purchased last year. We parked in their RV site. Bill cooked a wonderful steak dinner that evening. On the 20^th Gloria & I visited with Jim & Diane Jenks for a bit in the morning. We had an issue with the water in the motorhome so went drove to Gardner RV in Kalispell for a part. We were able to fix the problem, thank goodness. In the afternoon we went out on Bill & Gloria's pontoon boat. We drove down the lake and had a great trip. It wasn't terribly warm but the sun was shinning! They cooked another great meal that evening.

On Tue., the 21^st we left around 830a. It was a rainy/dreary day for most of the trip. We stopped in CutBank for lunch and then at Merlene's beauty shop for a visit. We grocery shopped in Havre and then stopped to visit Dad. While there he told me he had a pain in his abdomen area. It was very tender to touch. We decided I would call the VA and see if we could get in on Friday after his Eye Dr appt. We arrived home around 7pm in the rain.

We headed back to Havre early Friday morning for Dad's 945a appt with Dr. Boes. I cut Dad's hair prior to that. The eye dr decided to take him off all the eye drops for the left eye. From there we went to the VA dr appt. They were able to clear out more ear stuff in the left ear which should help with the hearing. She also decided to stop his Diabetes and Cholesterol medications due to his not eating. He had lost 11 pounds since April 7^th and 17 lbs since last July. She feels that the tenderness is in the liver. We have a CT of the Abdomen scheduled for next Tue. We had to do some grocery shopping & pick up items for Dad. We stopped in Chinook on the way home where I cut John & Angie's hair and enjoyed dinner with them.

The 25^th we spent the day inside as it was cool, wet and windy. We went to Doug/Fran's for dinner and I cut their hair.

I went to Havre early on the 27^th to take Dad to his CT Scan. We were to be there at 9am for bloodwork, however when we were ready to leave the room he decided he didn't want to go to any more doctors. Between Doug, Denita & I we could not convince him to go. I was ready to leave when the CNA, Tolina talked him into it. We were a bit late but were able to get it done. We found out a couple of days later that he has several Gallstones.

On the 30^th we took Dad's motorhome to Beavercreek. Doug/Fran met us there later in the day.