Today Max’s little left eye was giving him fits and a close observation revealed that it was terribly inflamed. Yesterday we thought it might just be some sand or something got in it to cause the irritation and saline drops seemed to help. Today it’s worse. So, Diane made an appointment with a clinic in Chula Vista. At one point in our married life, that was once our place of residence, a long time ago. Bed hair and all, he’s ready to go.

The appointment was at 1030, and it wasn’t a minor drive from where we currently live. The quickest was south through Imperial Beach because Chula Vista is south of San Diego. It’s a logistical thing.

We found PetSmart with no problems. The Banfield Vet Clinic apparently is an integral part of PetSmart wherever PetSmart is located. There are lots of them. The doctor greeted Max who just discovered one of the best friends he never met.

Max loves his doctors, no matter where they are. They are always a little bit taken back by the joy he demonstrates when they come into the room. Actually, he’s pretty ecstatic whenever he sees a stranger or someone, he sees every day. He’s pretty consistent about that. What a guy, right?

After the doc visit, we went back to Camper World to get another piece of equipment that will allow us to get wi-fi connected to the dish receiver so we can watch Netflix. That’s really important.

While I was making that purchase Diane stayed in the car with Max and found a good place to eat lunch near the center of San Diego proper. It’s called “Lazy Dog” because they actually cater to dogs. Interesting place.

When we were shown to our table, we got water all around. Max got a big bowl of it.

Diane had fish and chips, I had yakisoba noodles and shrimp, and Max had a chicken bowl on brown rice sprinkled with peas and carrots. Pretty nifty. He gobbled it right up, all the way down to the rice. He probably at some of it, but our waiter said the dogs usually don’t eat the rice. Still, he really liked it. When he was done, he just sat under our table and watched all the activity around us.

After lunch we returned to Fiddler’s Cove where we remained the rest of the day.

Ciao