San Juan Capistrano to Palm Dessert to Banning and Back...

The day was supposed to start at 5:15 AM...but we woke up late and left at 9:06 AM instead. We took MINI 3M on a day long 6+ hour trip on California State Highway 74 through San Juan Capistrano to Palm Dessert and then Highway 243 from Banning back to San Juan Capistrano.

It was fun. We shaved off a few more treads on MINI 3M’s summer sport tires as we hopped through some tight hairpins and several switchbacks...

The entire trip was 296.8 miles and 109 songs on the Video iPod with a stop at the Cabazon Premium Outlets...

A Day of Lasik

Today Sheryl had her LASIK procedure completed by Dr. Alan Berg (Sherman Oaks). The day started off at 5:45 AM from Irvine with a nice long drive to Sherman Oaks...on a rainy day. This took a good 1.5 hours to get up there. Her appointment was at 8:30 AM with pre-op procedures at 7:30 AM.

Sheryl had her “flap” cut with an excimer laser and not a blade (the previous technology). With her flap “cut” she had to walk to the actual room with the laser that will correct her retina. Imagine walking around with a “flap” flapping around in your eyes...

The procedure was fast - Dr. Berg’s hand and body was steady as a robot - unbelievable!!! We walked out at 9:06 AM to head back down to Irvine. That was a nasty drive since it was raining.

She’s on her way to recovery and her post-op examination is tomorrow with Dr. Vang Nguyen in Chino Hills.