Doctor, doctor.....

 7:46 am - Friday - January 7th - Anza Borrego Desert, CA - 40° F, 50% humidity, wind 1 mph out of the northwest.....crystal clear, blue skies today with a forecast high of 72° F....idyllic!  On this date in 2019 we met up with good friends Roscoe and Geni in Georgia......↴ 

We do not.....I repeat.....do not like to get up when it is still dark, but if we wanted to keep our 9 am dental appointments in Los Algodones we had to be up by 4:30 am, and on the road by 5:30 am (PST) to arrive at the Mexican border by 7:30 am (PST), otherwise known as 8:30 am Arizona time.  We usually make early appointments at our dentist, because the later in the day your appointment is the longer you will wait in the waiting room.....it is the same for all dentists and doctors....early appointments mean you will be seen pretty close to your appointment time......later appointments, not so much.

We were actually up at 4:20 am, and within 70 minutes we were cruising east on S-22 to its intersection with US-86, which would take us southwest to I-8.  Since there was no time to type my latest missive I deferred that task until later in the day.  TLE took some pictures of the sun as it rose......

US-86

US-111 - Getting closer

I-8 - Sunrise!

.....just as we merged onto I-8 eastbound around 6:50 am the sun broke over the eastern horizon, and we were only 40 minutes from the border at Los Algodones, Mexico, and true to form we arrived at the border parking lot just before 7:30 am (PST), which meant it was 8:30 am Arizona time.  The walk from the border parking lot to Dr. Eva Urena's dental office is 4 blocks, and takes just over 10 minutes....we arrived around 8:45 am, and I was sitting in the 'chair' by 9 am having my annual checkup, and then getting my pearly whites cleaned to an even better 'pearly white'.  TLE was in the chair within minutes of me, and by 9:45 am we both had been given a 'clean bill of health', had paid our $90 'bill' via PayPal, and were on our way walking back to the border checkpoint to cross back into California.  

From there we drove into Yuma to get fuel (way cheaper than California), and then headed for home arriving back at the Newell around noon time (PST) after a brief stop at the Dollar General in Salton City to buy some TP.  We could not have asked for a more perfectly uneventful day.  Everything went as planned, and neither Mr. Jello, nor Mr. Murphy made an appearance.

As might be expected, we spent the afternoon relaxing, reading, and for me at least one nap before heading outside to another sunset fire.  We hung around the firepit until almost 6 pm enjoying the re-emergence of the stars, and moon from their daily slumber before heading in for the night.  We watched a Hallmark movie, and I was in bed by 9 pm, and didn't get up until almost 7 am this morning....that certainly made up for getting up before dark Thursday morning.

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