Doctors and Doggies

These last few days have been dedicated to getting nitty gritty things done.  Changing auto insurance to go along with the new licenses and license plates, straightening out insurance issues - who would have thought that getting benefits would be so complicated?  Medicare Parts A, B, D,  F? Supplemental. What? Just when you think you understand it all, a new wrinkle pops up. All that had to be in place before we could finally get established with a new doctor.

Victory! Made two trips this week to Fort Davis. 110 miles one way. One trip to have blood tests done and one trip to see the doctor. Packed the doggies up in the car with us and killed more than one bird with a number of stones. Gave the doggies baths first . . . and then found a nice picnic area on the way to Fort Davis.  

Kayleigh

Sierra

Mandie

 In-between trips to Fort Davis, we headed up to the property to check out the progress. Fireplace and that last wall is almost finished. After that, the roof can be finished and the floors laid down.  The mantlepiece is an oak beam from a Civil War barn ~1861.  We bought it on-line about 7 years ago and had planned to have it added to our fireplace but we could never locate a craftsman who could install it.  Perfect for the Terlingua fireplace! Also, we had some crystals embedded in the rock. Awesome.

It's looking good! 

While we were in Fort Davis, we visited the local rock shop. OMG, are you surprised? Found an irresistable piece of Chihuahuan calcite AND a crystal from THE CRYSTAL CAVE!!!! Sadly, we found out that the mine finally did flood the cave again and all those incredible 35' giant selenite crystals are no longer accessible. Maybe someday, someone will be able to keep the mine pumped out, so the crystals and the cave can be studied again. But, in the meantime, here are my treasures.

Not a great picture of the Crystal Cave selenite - the crystals going to the left and right actually look like little angel wings.  I'll try to get a better picture with a real camera, not a phone.

This morning, I decided to take a hike up toward the entrance to the National Park.  The views are beautiful.

Ciao!  I'll post more photos tomorrow.