How Important Electricity Is! Double Dipping

Pilot Knob RV Resort

On Wednesday, Oct. 30^th, we were up at 6 o’clock. Bill had to take Mr. Gibbs out at 5 when we heard him trying to throw up. ☹ Poor little bum. Just a small amount and he came back to bed and went back to sleep. We had our cereal, I made a tea to go and after giving Gibbs his treat, we drove to Los Algodones.

Good morning!

The price at the border has gone up from $6/day to $10/day, which we were aware of from the Quartzsite Chatter. It is still worth it to us, since we save on our dental and optical in Mexico. Our dental appointments were at 8 am with Dr. Eva Urena and we were early. There weren’t many vendors out trying to draw us in at 7:40. We don’t mind them anyway, just joke right along with them. 

The entrance to L.A. has been undergoing major changes since we arrived last fall and maybe sooner. It is still very messy, incomplete, but it is looking better each year. There are washrooms, you don't have to pay for, and although you may have to open your bag on the way in, no passports needed to be shown. They are doing a LOT of work. It can be confusing if you are 'me', and you may have to think about what street you need but the locals are very eager to help you find your way. 😀

Dr. Eva Urena's building
and sign.

When we got to her building, it was gated up so that shows how early we were. No worries, we waited. I walked across to the park and sat on a sunny bench. The air was a tad cool in the shade, only 55F/13C. We walked up to the door as soon as staff arrived but even though she let us in, she said that the electric/hydro was out all over town and has been since 4 am. Oh-oh. That left them with no power, water OR phone service! No wonder other dentists weren’t trying to drag us in.

A view down her street
and what the heck is that mess of wiring?
This small town doesn't get a lot of government assistance
for improvements. Sad but they do the best they can.

We waited until in the warmer office until after 9 and Dr. Eva suggested we walk around a bit, maybe grab a bite to eat. There were a few outside vendors selling tamales etc. but no coffee. Can you imagine that back home? Well, yes, we did experience something very similar back in early 2000’s, didn’t we? But no phones or service to call patients to cancel appointments.

There are always fun things to walk around
and look at. 
Everything you don't need but might want.

We perused some of aisles until one vendor told us that power was restored. It was around 10:30. We were the only patients at Dr. Eva’s all day. Miriam managed to cancel the whole day’s appointments, not knowing exactly how long they would have to wait. It turns out that just on the edge of town, someone hit 2 poles and that did it for Algodones. Wow! Mirian told us we were VIP's today, the only two patients they were seeing today. 💖😀

So, Bill got his teeth cleaned and got prep work done for his new crown. I got my teeth cleaned also, in another room at the same time. Unfortunately, it is my turn for dental work and the hygienist recommended a deep socket cleaning. Yikes! For reasons I won’t go into, it was necessary. Bill and I conferred and because they had the time today and so did we, I got the upper right quadrant done today.

Sitting at the pool,
I saw an osprey helicopter
and then a marine chopper go over.
Missed getting a picture of the osprey though.
Love this mountain range across the interstate.
Not sure why, it has always impressed me.

Tomorrow, we’ll go back and get Bill’s crown and see whether to do the lower quadrant done then or wait until the spring. Anyway, I have work to be done next year so we’ll be saving for that. His crown is $380 cash/cheque, cleanings are $40 ea. and my deep cleaning is $80 per quadrant. After picking up a rinse for me, we left Mexico, each of us with a different side of our face frozen. Quite a pair! There were only about 15 people ahead of us and we basically had no wait at all. It was 12:30.

Back home, Gibbs and I walked around the park.
This might be today's favourite picture.

Back home before 1, Gibbs was happy to see us. ♥ he’s so good, did I tell you that? 😊 We were hungry. My to-go-tea was lukewarm but I did my best to drink it from the left side of my mouth. Ha, that’s a feat! I should have straws on hand but I don’t. It was easy enough to chew my untoasted tomato and cheese sandwich and Bill had no problem with his toasted jam sandwich.

We were whooped so just rested for the rest of the day. My nose and right facial muscles are still frozen at 1:30, such a strange feeling when you can’t ‘*sniff*’. At 3, I took a couple of Advil as recommended because the freezing was starting to come out and I wandered over to the pool. A couple of dips, some sun-sitting and some reading before Bill joined me for a dip and a soak in the bubbly hot tub. Nice! Cures what ails ya!

Supper was good and filled us up.

For supper, Rosy air fried plain sausages and we had them in buns with Caesar salad on the side. It was a filling supper, topped off with another piece of his cherry pie. 😊 I was careful and chewed on my left side for a change as the gum area was a bit tender. I won’t need any more pain pills for it though, I don’t think. Tonight is Survivor night but because of our time change, I’m not sure I’ll be able to find it now that it is aver 6:30 MST. I’ll find something!

At the kitchen table, I looked up and this
looked like a painting. Although blurred in my zoomed
in photo, it is nice to be able to see the sunset from our rig.

This was a good day, we survived ourselves after the mix up this morning. We’ll be visiting Dr. Eva again tomorrow and get things all taken care of. It was a warm 78F/26C and dropping to a chilly 49F/9C overnight.

Ladies: I took my Marshall's crossover purse today
and it is perfect! Finally, I found one that is lightweight,
comfortable to carry and large enough to carry the few
things I really need to take shopping etc. 
The bottom is the other thing I found yesterday.
A short skort. I may wear it tomorrow, since our appointments are later. I love it!
Good night!

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