Blogs from Sacramento, California, United States, North America - page 7

As you know from reading the first two lines of this blog, our trip was on Betty’s Bucket List. Our oncologist suggested we make the trip and start Betty’s second bout of chemotherapy treatment when we returned. We completed our trip October 1, 2008 and Betty had her first treatment October 7th. Betty never had another chemotherapy treatment, as the ugly unpredictable growth of Cancer created problems that lead to 3 hospitalizations and 2 radiation treatments (10 session each) to shrink pain causing tumors. Betty died December 29,2008 at home surrounded by her family. The months of October and November were filled with bouts of intense pain that was finally under control in December and she came home. There was little or no holiday cheer or festivities as the pain medication dulled her senses and ... read more

I'm finally here!! The flights were interesting, but not too bad. On the flight from Sydney to Taipei, there were a lot of kids. One that screamed most of the way and two behind me that kept kicking my seat and fighting. But overall, no dramas. I was glad to finally get off and be able to stand for longer than a couple of miutes! San Francisco was nice, although we missed our reservation at the Stinking Rose for dinner. We ended up going to Pelligrini, a really nice Italian restaurant. Its been good to see the girls again. Both Riley and Jaynin have grown up so much. Jaynin is really cute and follows me around a lot. Unfortunately Riley is at school so I don't get to see her much during the day. Paige seems ... read more

Nach einer 17stuendigen Zugfahrt (ich habe nach Stunden herausgefunden wie ich liegen muss um nicht mit Kreuzschmerzen aufzuwachen und Schlafsack war diesmal auch dabei) bin ich also in Sacramento angekommen. Alleine die 5 Blocks die ich bis zum Hostel gegangen bin waren schweisstreibend, ja es ist heiss in Sacramento. Bin heute nach Old Sacramento gewandert und dann habe ich mich kurz in den State Capitol Park gesetzt und Eichhoernchen beobachtet wie sie eine Orange durch die Gegend getragen haben (ich habe Fotos die das beweisen). Morgen geht es wieder frueh los, habe ja einen Flieger zu erwischen.... read more

Difficult to get an internet connection in the past few days. after the Grand Canyon, we went to a one horse town. Everywhere was closed so we ordered in. A mexican restaurant delivered great food to our room. Next day on to Las Vegas. This place is everything you thought and more. 110 % f and constant noise and people. In the evening we went to a show, the return of the brat pack. Dinner then the show. Afterwards we went to a light show at Firemont. The next day, up early to go to the hoover dam. What an amazing place. What amazing people built this. We spent the rest of the day cruising the strip using the mono rail. The next day (Sunday) we ledt Vegas and travelled all day to Fresno. We have ... read more

Day 1 We left for Portland around 6am. Kelsie drove down with us to take the car back. A quck stop at Tim Horton's on the Maine Mall road enabled us to meet what had to be Tim Horton's newest employee. Two atempts at a hazelnut with just cream, no sugar, and she produced a regular coffee for Brian the third time we asked for it. We'd already paid for it, and it was on the screen, but she was still having trouble. We got to the bus station right as the bus was boarding. A pleasant ride to Boston watching "the Bucket List," which really isn't a pleasant movie. A red cap at Boston tried to get us into the first class lounge there, but we were rejected because we weren't riding in a ... read more