When Ruthi got back from her niece’s son’s baseball game (SAM is 8yo), she noticed that we had neighbors in the front parallel spot. Thank goodness we were able to get in first.
Anyway, when Ruthi and Karma took their after-dinner walk, the woman commented that she recognized Karma. Sure enough, they had been only a few spaces from us at the Santee park. They were also doing their 2 weeks furlough here in Lakeside. Which, in a way, is good for us because they will be leaving the Sunday (29th) before us (we are in for a total of 3 weeks and leave on Wednesday, April Fool's Day) and most likely no one will be in the site when we have to reverse our course and get out of the site.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Karma’s Run and Knee - Lakeside, CA
There is a large natural park-like area on the West side of the park. It isn’t totally fenced and there have been coyote and snake sightings. Karma is not the best on recalls (coming when Ruthi calls her) but if Ruthi has a tennis ball the odds improve. So, once Karma got use to the noisy metal bridge that connects the RV park with the wild lands, she got a chance to chase her ball each morning.
The first morning, there was a young parent with a 2yo boy. Karma would drop her ball in front of the boy and wait for him to do his best to get the ball up and over Karma’s head so she could give chase. Oliver, the boy, was really quite capable for a 2yo and Karma kept returning the ball to him and occasionally the mother.
Then both the mother and I noticed that Karma was favoring her rear right leg. I thought, at first, that she might have gotten one of those awful stickers (common here in California) in her pad. But Ruthi couldn’t see any sticker – so they called it a day and went back to the RV.
Karma continued to favor her leg and needed help getting up stairs into the rig and onto the bed while at the same time not wanting to be picked up. When Ruthi touched the hip area, Karma let out a whimper. So, we made an appointment with our vet (PetSmart’s Banfield in Santee – and across the country, too).
Karma turned 9yo in December ’14, so it is expected that she would begin to show her age and slow down a bit. She had already began to ask to leave the park after 15 or so throws instead of having to be dragged home after 50 throws. We do give her a human version of fish oil and a dog version of glucosamine with her meals. We had a Rimadyl RX from prior strains she has experienced. So, we gave her a dose of that so that we all could get a good night’s sleep.
When we met with the vet in the morning, he commented on her strong rear muscles, called them “jumping” muscles, which fits for Karma. And, he did notice that she was favoring her right knee but there didn’t seem to be any major damage or muscle tears in either rear legs. PHEW!!!! He recommended we continue her usual meds but hold off on Rimadyl on a regular basis until absolutely necessary.
The first morning, there was a young parent with a 2yo boy. Karma would drop her ball in front of the boy and wait for him to do his best to get the ball up and over Karma’s head so she could give chase. Oliver, the boy, was really quite capable for a 2yo and Karma kept returning the ball to him and occasionally the mother.
Then both the mother and I noticed that Karma was favoring her rear right leg. I thought, at first, that she might have gotten one of those awful stickers (common here in California) in her pad. But Ruthi couldn’t see any sticker – so they called it a day and went back to the RV.
Karma continued to favor her leg and needed help getting up stairs into the rig and onto the bed while at the same time not wanting to be picked up. When Ruthi touched the hip area, Karma let out a whimper. So, we made an appointment with our vet (PetSmart’s Banfield in Santee – and across the country, too).
Karma turned 9yo in December ’14, so it is expected that she would begin to show her age and slow down a bit. She had already began to ask to leave the park after 15 or so throws instead of having to be dragged home after 50 throws. We do give her a human version of fish oil and a dog version of glucosamine with her meals. We had a Rimadyl RX from prior strains she has experienced. So, we gave her a dose of that so that we all could get a good night’s sleep.
When we met with the vet in the morning, he commented on her strong rear muscles, called them “jumping” muscles, which fits for Karma. And, he did notice that she was favoring her right knee but there didn’t seem to be any major damage or muscle tears in either rear legs. PHEW!!!! He recommended we continue her usual meds but hold off on Rimadyl on a regular basis until absolutely necessary.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Backing In – Lakeside, CA
Well, it took us only 20 minutes to drive over here from Santee but another hour plus to position the rig in our space. It is sort of like a parallel parking spot. Luckily, the space directly in front of ours was empty. But it wasn’t lucky enough for the light fixture on the pole separating the two sites; we knocked the fixture loose with our high-profile 5th wheel - the light does still work. We informed the office and will pay for the repair out of our site deposit when we leave.
As happens sometimes in older parks the width of the space isn’t enough to accommodate the added slide-outs. So, we needed to park on the concrete pad on the door side. That isn’t allowed by park regulations so we needed to put down something (we chose to cut up an old entry rug) under the tires. It can be as tricky as getting the rig into the space with at least enough space for the slide outs and parking the truck after un-hooking.
As happens sometimes in older parks the width of the space isn’t enough to accommodate the added slide-outs. So, we needed to park on the concrete pad on the door side. That isn’t allowed by park regulations so we needed to put down something (we chose to cut up an old entry rug) under the tires. It can be as tricky as getting the rig into the space with at least enough space for the slide outs and parking the truck after un-hooking.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Where To Now - Santee, CA
We visited 5 RV parks South of Santee as far as Imperial Beach (25 miles). We eliminated 1 (KOA -too expensive, too many restrictions and no pull-throughs - means we need a certain spacing to be able to back the rig in).
Of the remaining 4, we liked all of them. But we were too late for choice spots or they cost much more than we wanted to pay. Even though we decided to call this a "vacation" and raise our space rent limit, some were in the $1,200 - $1,500 and up for 3 weeks, with no monthly pricing break.
We had visited 3 parks North of Santee (70 miles) in the Temecula area (county, SKP (Escape Club) and casino RV parks). And, 4 other RV parks (20ish miles) East of Santee (2 associated with a casino and 2 private parks).
Decisions decisions . . . after these 12 adventures across the spectrum of cost, distance and ambience, we selected one of the private parks East of Santee. It was one of the 12, in our price range and the available site looked like it would be fairly easy to back into. So, we will see what we will we see on March 11th when we go there with the rig.
We think in the future, with enough planning and reservations we would try some of the South parks nearer the beach and cooler for Summer stays.
Of the remaining 4, we liked all of them. But we were too late for choice spots or they cost much more than we wanted to pay. Even though we decided to call this a "vacation" and raise our space rent limit, some were in the $1,200 - $1,500 and up for 3 weeks, with no monthly pricing break.
We had visited 3 parks North of Santee (70 miles) in the Temecula area (county, SKP (Escape Club) and casino RV parks). And, 4 other RV parks (20ish miles) East of Santee (2 associated with a casino and 2 private parks).
Decisions decisions . . . after these 12 adventures across the spectrum of cost, distance and ambience, we selected one of the private parks East of Santee. It was one of the 12, in our price range and the available site looked like it would be fairly easy to back into. So, we will see what we will we see on March 11th when we go there with the rig.
We think in the future, with enough planning and reservations we would try some of the South parks nearer the beach and cooler for Summer stays.
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