I often get a call asking for a certain cabin on a certain weekend, i.e. Unit #5 for Friday and Saturday July 16 and 17. And when I explain that that particular cabin is rented by the week from mid June to mid September and give some other options, the person hangs up in frustration.
I was that frustrated person just this AM when I decided that "enough was enough" and drove the 30 miles down the mountain to arrive just at opening time at my friendly chiropractor to get my neck adjusted (lower back was hurting too!) My hand had been "going to sleep" for no good reason several times a day for two weeks, and even with the exercise three or more times a week in our renovated and lovely 24 by 50 swimming pool out back, the sensation was not improving. I teach the water aerobics class Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for an hour. I also sort the mail in our little Post Office six days a week from 10:30 to 2:30. Imagine my surprise and frustration when Kate, the always pleasant receptionist, couldn't possibly squeeze me in this morning, and neither could another office that I have used in the past!
So I took 2 anti-inflammatory pills, washed them down with McDonald's senior coffee and drove home!! Laughing when I realized that I too was inflexible, I want my adjustment NOW not next week. My life is obviously TOO BUSY when I can't even make an appointment for a chiropractor OR for a haircut!! My oh my, that mirror is sometimes an uncomfortable reflection!! I guess that I may LOOK like a "time is no object" retired person but don't try to mess with my schedule!
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Monday, July 18, 2016
TIME FLIES!
It is a good thing I was wordy in May because I suddenly realized that we are now mid-way through the summer here in the beautiful mile-high hamlet of Strawberry. The pool is holding water, the lounges are "staked out" by the visiting guests early in the day. I jokingly advised the young man putting beach towels out this morning that we changed the rules and what he was doing was no longer allowed - come and USE the lounges, don't just "reserve them!" When I laughed he realized that I was joking with him, and he offered to finish sweeping the tree debris from the deck! I never refuse an offer of HELP!! You all better remember that - don't say it if you don't mean it!!
Pinecrest Lake has been discovered by the hordes from the VALLEY! During the drought years it and Lake Tulloch were the only water accessible and each year more folks have driven up for the day. The Sunday of July 3rd was the highest use EVER - an estimated 30,000 people!! The cars were parked on both sides of all the roads in Pinecrest and out on the Highway! That is a one mile WALK to get to the water - which was still high in the trees since we had a week of rain/hail/snow just the week before Memorial Day!! I didn't drive over to check but they had to be standing shoulder to shoulder and even in the water in order for that many people to be at Pinecrest Lake. Not like the "olden days" when this corner of California was an undiscovered paradise!! I even have a US map that has NO HIGHWAY 108 above Sonora. I guess there must be newer maps that DO SHOW our highway!!
We get several folks a day who have no cellphone signals to guide them, and often have NO IDEA the name on the cabin or even the road that it is on, except "saved in the cloud" which of course they cannot access without a signal. You have to be a mystery buff to answer the questions posed by "lost tourists" in our corner of civilization. At least the Sonora Pass is open so we don't get the poor foreign tourists who attempt a crossing and ignored the three signs between Hiway 99, the last freeway, and Strawberry. THREE SIGNS saying Sonora Pass, Hiway 108 closed 6 miles above Strawberry!! I often get the question "Which freeway exit do I take?" Oh, so glad that the nearest freeway is nearly two hours west of us!!
Our eldest son recently thanked us for moving the family out of San Jose when he had to make a day trip there for a doctor appointment for his wife. The two youngest grandchildren asked if they could stay with grandma as they really didn't look forward to a day in the car - BORING!! It isn't often that you can be part of a 10% INCREASE in the school population at Pinecrest Elementary School, and that is what our kids were back in 1979 when we left San Jose to purchase the Strawberry Inn.
It seems like someone else's life, a story I read, a dream / nightmare I had...time flies! ENJOY IT!!
Pinecrest Lake has been discovered by the hordes from the VALLEY! During the drought years it and Lake Tulloch were the only water accessible and each year more folks have driven up for the day. The Sunday of July 3rd was the highest use EVER - an estimated 30,000 people!! The cars were parked on both sides of all the roads in Pinecrest and out on the Highway! That is a one mile WALK to get to the water - which was still high in the trees since we had a week of rain/hail/snow just the week before Memorial Day!! I didn't drive over to check but they had to be standing shoulder to shoulder and even in the water in order for that many people to be at Pinecrest Lake. Not like the "olden days" when this corner of California was an undiscovered paradise!! I even have a US map that has NO HIGHWAY 108 above Sonora. I guess there must be newer maps that DO SHOW our highway!!
We get several folks a day who have no cellphone signals to guide them, and often have NO IDEA the name on the cabin or even the road that it is on, except "saved in the cloud" which of course they cannot access without a signal. You have to be a mystery buff to answer the questions posed by "lost tourists" in our corner of civilization. At least the Sonora Pass is open so we don't get the poor foreign tourists who attempt a crossing and ignored the three signs between Hiway 99, the last freeway, and Strawberry. THREE SIGNS saying Sonora Pass, Hiway 108 closed 6 miles above Strawberry!! I often get the question "Which freeway exit do I take?" Oh, so glad that the nearest freeway is nearly two hours west of us!!
Our eldest son recently thanked us for moving the family out of San Jose when he had to make a day trip there for a doctor appointment for his wife. The two youngest grandchildren asked if they could stay with grandma as they really didn't look forward to a day in the car - BORING!! It isn't often that you can be part of a 10% INCREASE in the school population at Pinecrest Elementary School, and that is what our kids were back in 1979 when we left San Jose to purchase the Strawberry Inn.
It seems like someone else's life, a story I read, a dream / nightmare I had...time flies! ENJOY IT!!
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