March 1st - March 11th, 2019
We continued with our doctor appointments. My eye saga continued, as we found out it would cost $3,800, for the doctor I saw at the end of February, to do the lens exchange. Well, that's not going to happen. They had spoken with my original eye doctor about the cost, and she told them that she didn't intend for them to do the surgery, just confirm what she thought she should do. So, I was in limbo again, trying to decide what to do. At times, she was quite rude to me, as I think she got frustrated at my indecisiveness. She said she would do the actual surgery for free, and would work on what the other surgery costs would be, and get back to me. I still wasn't sure I wanted her to do the surgery.
I found a website that offers free tickets, for retired military, for several top golf championships and it just so happened there was one in Jacksonville. We decided to go on one of the practice days, which was also Military Appreciation Day. I ordered tickets for us, and started to read up about it as neither of us had been to a professional golf competition before. Although we have watched on TV.
March 12th - March 13th, 2019
We went to the Players Golf Championship Practice Days and I will write separate blogs for those days.
March 14th - March 23rd, 2019
Bryan had his last physical therapy session for his knee. They are very pleased with him, and he said they were the best therapists he has ever been too. He won't know what to do with himself now, with all his free time.
We went for dentist appointments and I made a decision about my eye. I hadn't heard anymore from my eye doctor, so I called them and asked for a prescription for glasses. They made an appointment so they could check my eyes hadn't changed from my last visit.
March 24th, 2019
We went to Jacksonville Zoo for the day and I have put our pictures on a separate blog.
March 25th, 2019
I went to the eye doctor, they checked my eyes and then gave me a prescription. I went straight to Walmart and ordered my glasses with progressive bifocal and photochromic lenses. That was a quick $320 but we decided I should get something I could wear at all times, and eliminate the need to keep switching glasses. The sad thing is I wasn't confident that they would even get the prescription right. I even asked the lady at the optical shop if the prescription was for bifocals, and she explained to me exactly what it was for, so I felt better. They will be ready in about a week, maybe sooner. I will see how they work, and then decide what to do about the cataract in my other eye when we come back to Jacksonville next winter. Oh joy!!!!!
March 26th, 2019
Today is moving day. Bryan needed to change the engine oil in the motorhome and they wouldn't let us do it in the site but told us we could use the auto hobby shop. After we had everything packed up and ready to go, he went and changed the oil and I went to visit Christina & Trystan until he had finished. We met up at the gas station, where we filled up the propane tank and then got on the road.
When we made our reservations at Pelican Cove in Mayport for after Jacksonville, I miscalculated the date we were leaving by one day. When we tried both campgrounds to either extend, or get in earlier by a day, both were full. We looked around and decided to stay at Hannah Park, which is very close to Pelican Cove for the night. The sites there are small and close together. Some would be impossible for us to get into because of our size, but after spending a considerable time driving around, we selected a site we thought would work.
It's quite a pretty park and we had tent sites opposite us and no-one in the site next to us, so we didn't feel to crowded.
March 28th, 2019
We got a lot of marine traffic on our first full day here.
There's the two ships from last night, preparing to leave.
USS Lassen - DDG-82 was the first to leave.
These birds gave a fly past!!!!
There she goes.
Then it was the turn of the USS Farragut (DDG-99)
I cheated and watched from inside Lily.
Here comes Bryan after taking his pictures.
It was a lovely sunset though.
USS New York (LPD-21) coming back. We have seen her before, she is such a special ship as she has steel salvaged from the World Trade Center in her.
March 31st, 2019
The beach opposite us was full with the weekend crowd.
We continued with our doctor appointments. My eye saga continued, as we found out it would cost $3,800, for the doctor I saw at the end of February, to do the lens exchange. Well, that's not going to happen. They had spoken with my original eye doctor about the cost, and she told them that she didn't intend for them to do the surgery, just confirm what she thought she should do. So, I was in limbo again, trying to decide what to do. At times, she was quite rude to me, as I think she got frustrated at my indecisiveness. She said she would do the actual surgery for free, and would work on what the other surgery costs would be, and get back to me. I still wasn't sure I wanted her to do the surgery.
I found a website that offers free tickets, for retired military, for several top golf championships and it just so happened there was one in Jacksonville. We decided to go on one of the practice days, which was also Military Appreciation Day. I ordered tickets for us, and started to read up about it as neither of us had been to a professional golf competition before. Although we have watched on TV.
March 12th - March 13th, 2019
We went to the Players Golf Championship Practice Days and I will write separate blogs for those days.
March 14th - March 23rd, 2019
Bryan had his last physical therapy session for his knee. They are very pleased with him, and he said they were the best therapists he has ever been too. He won't know what to do with himself now, with all his free time.
We went for dentist appointments and I made a decision about my eye. I hadn't heard anymore from my eye doctor, so I called them and asked for a prescription for glasses. They made an appointment so they could check my eyes hadn't changed from my last visit.
March 24th, 2019
We went to Jacksonville Zoo for the day and I have put our pictures on a separate blog.
March 25th, 2019
I went to the eye doctor, they checked my eyes and then gave me a prescription. I went straight to Walmart and ordered my glasses with progressive bifocal and photochromic lenses. That was a quick $320 but we decided I should get something I could wear at all times, and eliminate the need to keep switching glasses. The sad thing is I wasn't confident that they would even get the prescription right. I even asked the lady at the optical shop if the prescription was for bifocals, and she explained to me exactly what it was for, so I felt better. They will be ready in about a week, maybe sooner. I will see how they work, and then decide what to do about the cataract in my other eye when we come back to Jacksonville next winter. Oh joy!!!!!
March 26th, 2019
Today is moving day. Bryan needed to change the engine oil in the motorhome and they wouldn't let us do it in the site but told us we could use the auto hobby shop. After we had everything packed up and ready to go, he went and changed the oil and I went to visit Christina & Trystan until he had finished. We met up at the gas station, where we filled up the propane tank and then got on the road.
When we made our reservations at Pelican Cove in Mayport for after Jacksonville, I miscalculated the date we were leaving by one day. When we tried both campgrounds to either extend, or get in earlier by a day, both were full. We looked around and decided to stay at Hannah Park, which is very close to Pelican Cove for the night. The sites there are small and close together. Some would be impossible for us to get into because of our size, but after spending a considerable time driving around, we selected a site we thought would work.
It's quite a pretty park and we had tent sites opposite us and no-one in the site next to us, so we didn't feel to crowded.
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| View from the front window |
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| and out the side |
We didn't go out for a walk to explore as neither of us was feeling that great. So, it was homemade pizza for dinner and a quiet night.
March 27th, 2019
We only had about 10 minutes drive to Pelican Roost RV Park, so we took our time packing up and leaving. Soon, we were in our front row site at our favourite park for the next two weeks.
We just love it here. You can't beat the views from the front window and the variety of ships and wildlife that you see. It does get windy here and that puts some people off these sites but we don't mind.
We only had about 10 minutes drive to Pelican Roost RV Park, so we took our time packing up and leaving. Soon, we were in our front row site at our favourite park for the next two weeks.
We just love it here. You can't beat the views from the front window and the variety of ships and wildlife that you see. It does get windy here and that puts some people off these sites but we don't mind.
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| It was a little windy |
Our first sunset, see the two ships docked on the right. They would both leave the next day for a couple of days.
We got a lot of marine traffic on our first full day here.
There's the two ships from last night, preparing to leave.
USS Lassen - DDG-82 was the first to leave.
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| USS Lassen(DDG-82) |
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| Duck escort |
There she goes.
Then it was the turn of the USS Farragut (DDG-99)
I cheated and watched from inside Lily.
Here comes Bryan after taking his pictures.
March 29th, 2019
Not so much happening today, although we did leave as I had a doctor appointment so who knows what happened while we were gone!!!
Not so much happening today, although we did leave as I had a doctor appointment so who knows what happened while we were gone!!!
It was a lovely sunset though.
March 30th, 2019
We had one come back today.
We had one come back today.
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| Pilot waiting to guide her back in |
Bryan has his scanner tuned in, and so hears when the ships are arriving or leaving and we can watch out for them.
March 31st, 2019
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| Osprey |
That's it for March, time sure does fly!!!!!
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