Monday 9-24 Unexpected Problem

Going to the dentist

For the last few weeks Larry has a tooth that has been painful. He has been eating on the other side of his mouth and hoping it would get better. This morning he gave up and called Lakeview Dental Center in Ashland. He explained his problem and told them we were on the road, they said they could fit him in at 9:30. They x-rayed the tooth and determined he needed a root canal and a crown. They said he could possibly wait until he got home but it could get worse and he would be in a tremendous amount of pain. Our dentist at home does not do root canals, he sends you to an endodontist, then you go back to him for a temporary crown and a few weeks later for a permanent crown. This dentist could do the root canal and had all the modern equipment, he could even make the crown on site. Larry felt he got excellent care and the staff was very friendly and helpful. We were out of there by noon and Larry had a new crown. Ashland is a small town of about 8,000 people and they had a number of dentist, I guess we got lucky in calling the one we did. The total bill was less than we paid for his last root canal and crown. The last one also took weeks to finish the process, plus he really disliked the endodontist.

The dentist office called in a prescription for an antibiotic to Walmart, before picking up the prescription we drove around downtown Ashland. It is a quaint little town. The downtown had magnificent murals on many of the buildings. When we got to Walmart I made myself a sandwich for lunch. Larry couldn't eat because he was still numb.

As we were driving to Ashland we saw a bald eagle hunting for his breakfast. He didn't have to try too hard considering an animal was lying dead on the side of the road. Larry saw it swoop down via his rear view mirror.

Larry wanted to hang around the area for the day to make sure the crown was ok. He knew there was a forest campground about 20 miles from Ashland so we drove to it. You have to travel down a gravel road for a mile and a half. Farmfields were on both sides of the road. Then all of a sudden we saw a nice forest. When we got there we parked the Minnie and Larry walked around to check out the sites for camping. There were only five sites on the loop and only one that would fit an RV. The loop had a number of mud holes and it is suppose to rain again tonight. We decided to pass on staying there, I'm fighting a cold and wasn't feeling very well. We left and drove back to Bad River Casino for another night.

I didn't feel bad enough to stop me from gambling. I went to the casino after dinner and gambled for three and a half hours, I came back a few dollars richer. Because we were using a rv site they put $5.00 on my club card, I gambled with their money the whole time. I had a lot of fun.

Yesterday when we arrived at Bad River Casino we saw that a group of men working on building a new water tower. This morning we watched the crew use a crane to lift the round metal plates and put them on the tower. They had to hammer the pieces in place and then weld them. The crew started early this morning and was still was working at 5:00. They had a long day.

Grabbing the metal plate

Putting the plate in place