We were up at 7:00 this morning and the temp was 48°. This is our last day here at Cherry Creek State Park. Yesterday the laundry machines were being installed at the new laundry and bathrooms/showers here at the campground.
By 8:00 I was driving over to the laundromat to get our laundry done before we leave tomorrow. There are 3 washers ($1.75 a load/$2.00 for hot water) and 3 dryers ($1.50 a load for 60 minutes). Judging by the number of people who came by this morning, the new facilities are welcome news here.
I met Kay and eventually her husband, Wayne, there at the laundry. They are from Warner Robins, GA which is about 150 miles from Dothan. They were here to visit their son who lives in the area and then are going on to Utah and to Bryce Canyon, Mesa Verde and Arches National Park - all places we still want to visit.
Mike had cataract surgery on both eyes in March when we were in Dothan and the doctors found out that he had a macular wrinkle in the retina in the right eye. The macula is supposed to have a "dimple" and Mike's didn't - it was more of a "bulge", which can cause blurred vision. A retinal surgeon removed the scar tissue in April and Mike had a follow-up appointment before we left Dothan. But the doctor wanted Mike to have a second follow-up visit. Mike explained to the doctor that we would be traveling then and would be in the Aurora, CO area. The doctor's office in Dothan called a retinal surgeon in Denver, Dr. Douglas Holmes, and made an appointment for Mike. We had planned on spending a night here, but extended our stay because of the doctor's appointment.
This afternoon after lunch we drove up to the doctor's office which was about 15 miles from the state park. The doctor's assistant had Mike read the eye chart and she checked the pressure in both of his eyes. The retinal doctor examined Mike's eyes and said they were just fine. Mike's vision was much improved after the cataract surgery and retinal surgery, but things were just a bit "out of focus" and he had new glasses made before we left Dothan. Dr. Holmes said that as Mike's vision continues to improve he may find that he will need to have new glasses made later on this year.
We were back at the campground by a little after 4:00 and there was a line of vehicles at the entrance to the state park. There was a sign at the gate entrance that the campground was already full. As it got later in the afternoon we saw more RVs coming into the campground for the weekend.
Check-in and check-out are both at noon here. Tomorrow we are heading north to Cheyenne, WY which is a little over 100 miles from here - a short driving day.
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