It’s September Already!

We said goodbye to Drue September 4th after Perry had his neck and lung CT scans. She never got to see Husky but he showed up the 5th when Perry got the call from one of our doctors with the scan results. The neck looked good but the sarcoma had metastasized to his lungs. 

We went back to a couple of vineyards after that and found another new one.

Rag Apple Lassie Cafe

Rag Apple Lassie Tasting Room

Rag Apple Lassie is named after a boy’s pet calf. The tasting room was in a metal barn and the wines were quite good.


We met with Dr. Savage on the 10th and he said he would work with any doctor in Florida who would be willing to do chemo his way. To stay in NC and have it done would have required a week stay in the hospital. Medicare would pay for that, using the same pump/port and drug 24/7. They wouldn’t pay for it to be done on an outpatient basis…go figure! Through our friend, Patti, we learned NYS Health Insurance has a Cancer Resource Center which works with Cancer Centers of Excellence. I had been in contact with a chemo doctor from Moffitt asking if he would follow Dr. Savage’s protocol and he said another doctor in the practice would! Our wonderful Dr. Panea orchestrated Moffitt and Wake Forest’s faxing 180 pages of records and disks of CT scans. 

Before we left, our friends Don and Georgia (former boss and wife) came to visit on the 11th. They took us to Sweet Pea’s in Lexington for dinner and then came back to the coach for a glass of wine. It was an enjoyable evening, but way too short!

So, on September 14th we had our final fling for this year at Childress. Husky also made a visit!

View from D33

Our Site for Almost 4 Months!

The morning we left, Husky came for his food and then went off chasing squirrels. He would have been very unhappy traveling in an RV and being confined inside. Hopefully he will be there when we return in May 2014.

We stayed one night at the Thousand Trails campground in Yemassee, SC and two nights at the Stephen Foster Cultural Center State Park, White Springs, FL.  http://www.floridastateparks.org/stephenfoster/ That is one park we WILL be visiting again. We had a beautiful site and the museum was wonderfully done. The dioramas depicting scenes of his songs were awesome!

Stephen Foster Museum

Paul Von Janko' Keyboard

Stephen Foster Has Not Been Forgotten!

Desk where Way Down Upon the Swanee Ribber was Written

Diorama Depicting Swanee River

Other Half of Diorama

The carillon tower was also a museum. It just amazes us that people can create such spectacular mechanisms. We thoroughly enjoyed the music throughout the day in the campground.

Mini Replica of the Tower

The Gears that Play the Bells

The Carillon Tower

We left there and arrived at Lazydays the 18th for warranty repairs on the RV. While we were here, it rained a few days outside and inside! Water loves to find paths to travel. It was coming in through the top of the passenger window frame. Hopefully that is fixed...we'll find out the next time it rains! Tomorrow Perry meets with the chemo doctor for a consultation and then we will leave for our favorite place in all the world…Ft. Wilderness Campground at Disney. It’s the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot and our 44th anniversary. Do you think I’ll blog about that? Stay tuned….