The Events of Tuesday, October 26, 2010

          Today is not only day 123 of our journey (and if you can count, you know why that is so special), but also our fourth month anniversary! We have now been traveling together as a family in this RV across this gorgeous country for four months, and this day we embark on our fifth month of travels. We’re almost to the half-way point of the USA portion of our adventure. And is it ever the adventure!

          We began the day with a breakfast of cereal and then took turns in the campground showers. After our showers, Abby hit her head on the bathroom door, so she applied frozen peas to her head. Not being able to work, she took Mommy’s ACE wrap and got some help fashioning it into a useful head bandage. The ACE wrap held the peas to her head for her so that she was able to continue working. But oh how she looked ridiculous! We secured everything, and drove to the dump station, where I had the joy of helping Daddy dump our refuse.

          Then we drove a scenic route to the Cape Cod National Shoreline Visitor Center, where we got our Junior Ranger booklets and read the exhibits and watched both of the videos about the park: Cape Cod: the Sands of Time and Wooden Ships and Men of Iron. After that we drove to a scenic picnic spot at Pilgrim’s Landing, and had lunch there, with a special snack of Cape Cod Sea Salt and Vinegar Potato Chips. Pilgrim’s landing was where the Pilgrims first landed upon coming to America. After sending out three forays to assess the land, they decided it was too sandy and inhospitable to suit their needs. They got back on the Mayflower and headed to Plymouth.

          Subsequently, we got back into the RV and drove to the Cape Cod Hospital, where Ben was treated with the utmost care for his health problems. Upon hearing his symptoms of back pain where the kidneys are located, the doctor suspected Ben either had kidney stones, a kidney infection or a urinary tract infection. All these are unusual diagnoses for a healthy boy of fourteen. Regardless, IV antibiotics and a CT scan were warranted. After spending four hours in the ER, we learned that he had a bladder and urinary tract infection. Thankfully nothing was wrong with his kidneys.

          They gave him a prescription for some antibiotics and we drove to CVS/Pharmacy to fill it. Then we parked in the parking lot across the street. There we cooked and dined on a delicious dinner of elbow noodles drenched in margarine and parmesan cheese with mixed vegetables, French bread and butter, and apple crisp and vanilla ice cream for dessert.

          After dinner, we drove to a Stop and Shop in East Wareham and readied ourselves for a restful night of sleep.