Awake: 6:42am Temp 40 sleep 6+38 sunny overnight @ Lodi, CA.
Kathy drives to downtown Lodi & visits the Urgent Care facility; her sinus condition is a little better but she’s wondering if another dose of antibiotics is necessary. Dr. Ghavami however, says “NO” & instead gave her an antihistamine nasal spray, then sent her on her way. While she was doing that, I prepped the bus for travel.
We leave the Lodi RV Park @ 11:51am; (8 mile road) west to I-5, north to I-80 to West Sacramento arriving @ 12:50pm.
Our new friend Randy B. took time out from his busy retirement schedule to check out this KOA campground, making sure it would be suitable & convenient enough for us to pay him & his wife, Mary Ann, a visit during our stay. Thanks Randy; Mary Ann & I were classmates from grade school thru high school in PA.
Today’s travel: 47 miles 59 min 7.9 gal used 6.0 mpg 47 avg speed.
Miky, the KOA office worker led us to our campsite, a long & skinny pull thru with trees on both sides. Basically it took an hr to get here & an hr of maneuvering so we could open all (4) slides without getting them too close to the trees.
When I call Randy, he invites us to their residence in Davis (9) miles to join them for dinner.
Meanwhile, K & I check out a brand new Super Wal-Mart just down the road from our campground; painted a different color than most on the outside & really large & clean.
We spend about (40) min with Mary Ann & Randy at their residence & meet their youngest son, Jan, who is temporarily living with them while working in Sacramento during the week. He commutes to Santa Rosa to be with his wife over the weekend. With little knowledge of Jan, he quickly reminds me of his father, Randy, who I am learning, is very meticulous, accurate & exacting about the work he does.
From here, Randy & Mary Ann take us to downtown Davis (15) min to rendezvous with their youngest daughter, Ann, who is in her senior yr @ U.C. Davis. From her apt in town, Ann rode her bike to Sophie’s Thai restaurant & joined us for dinner. We all shared our different choices of Thai food; interesting & tasty to our palates. We both took an instant liking to Ann, who is very lively, talkative, studious, meticulous, etc. We make sketchy plans for a gathering tomorrow.
Late movie: “The Seventh Veil” with James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, etc. Superb psychological drama of pianist Todd, left as ward to her neurotic cousin Mason. Psychiatrist Lom uses hypnosis to enable Todd to regain her professional & personal sanity. 1945. Don’t miss this one; Kathy nearly did.
Lights out: 12:27am
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