short trip/ Vera update

Hello friends !

Vera is still hanging in there with sporadic dizziness ..... comes and goes .... depending on her activity level. She almost constantly has some form of dizziness, from almost negligible to not being able to walk in a straight line.  Since that treatment she had on Monday, she says there is a difference in the problem: she now has an off balance feeling "inside her head" versus the room spinning around her.  This is "better" because it has not caused any nausea.  
She will continue to do the exercises given her ... maybe eventually those little crystals in the ear tubes that are being so troublesome will find the place where they belong. She has an appointment with a Neurologist on the 29th.

In the meantime we are leaving in the Morning for some Texas touring:  Beaumont to visit Charlie's friends, camping on Lake Livingston for a week or so; ..... <back by here for the 29th appointment> .... then to Fredericksburg to see some wildflowers, San Antonio to see a Mission ..... and points in between.

We accomplished a "ladder project" this afternoon ..... took 3 of us and several neighbors ..... to get our 6 ft. step ladder secured to the permanent roof access ladder on the back of the motorhome.
You may remember Vera's concern when we started our journeys: that she didn't want to look like the Beverly Hillbillys ...... well, we have an aluminum ladder "bungeed" to the back of our motorhome ... upside down (the ladder).
I know, you are wondering why we "need" to have a ladder on  the back.  Well, its too difficult and inconvenient to put in the compartments below .... but I may need to reconsider because this looks really kinda "tacky". 
The rest of the story:  we previously had a very expensive, fancy, multi-folding ladder that would extend up to 20 ft. and had several configurations you could use it in.  But, it was very heavy and very hard to get in and out of the storage compartment below; so we never used it .... so we sold it and got this simple lightweight aluminum step ladder which we now have no place to store, except on the top of the car or on  the back of the motorhome. Neither looks very appealing.

On the positive side we sold the washer/ dryer so now we have another storage cabinet.  Vera claims it as overflow pantry/ linen closet.

Later, Marilyn