More activity

Friend Mary at lunch

RV fixed-up: 

• installed the SeeLevel Gauge faceplate
• finished the Pergo on the bathroom floor
• added robe hooks & bungie holders
• cell phone holder under kitchen cabinet by plug
• curtain bars installed in the cabover
• puck lights added in the outside compartment
• LED swivel bar light added above the stove
• extra shower bar and hooks in the shower to hang coats and drying clothes

Received:

• Electric kettle
• Brita slimline water filter (fits in RV door)
• Rain Suits
• Lonely Planet Mexican Spanish phrasebook

Ordered:

• air compressor for tires
• Bike rack, locking system, bike adapter bars
• 28 reading books for kids- historical fiction & novels off school-recommended list
• LED Rope light for campsite fun
• 30 amp portable surge guard

Bought at Borders bookstore:

• Central America map
• Alberta-British Columbia Map
• Michelin Europe Tourist and Motoring Atlas
• Lonely Planet Italian phrasebook

Currently Reading:  "One Year Off" by Cohen -makes me laugh until I'm sick

Friends:  Had a wonderful birthday lunch at Tommy Bahamas with some very thoughtful friends today!  That was great!

Medical: 

• Had kids' medical checkup- several shots- ouch!  Also got 2 antibiotic prescriptions per kid, with 2 doses per child (Just because you get Traveler's Diarrhea once doesn't mean you won't get it again on the same trip.
  

  Friends Dawn and Ann at lunch
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• I had compiled, highlighted, and printed medical recommendations from the CDC based on the countries we plan to visit, which was helpful to the physician:  http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx

• Lia needed Hep A vaccine, so will return for her final shot in October.  The rest of us got both Hep A & B when we adopted Lia.

• We went by Redi-Clinic in our HEB grocery store which is also a travel clinic.  Got prices and recommendations from the nurse practitioner for several shots.  Very expensive - most were over $100 per person, but fortunately we only need Typhoid oral vaccines for $84 each.  They were one of just 2 travel clinics listed here from the CDC site:  https://www.istm.org/  We will also get our Malaria prescriptions from the travel clinic.
  

  Foul weather gear has arrived! We're ready for the elements

 33 days and counting!