no do overs

beaverhead camp areas never maxed out. was able to score my favorite spot each night.

sunday evening features a turkey dinner @ mileys. real roasted turkey and lots of it. maxed belly expansion. no pie or ice cream for dessert. i am nibbling on a pint of vanilla hagn dazz topped w/ butterscotch topping. freezer keeps spoon dipping soft.

today drove up tp west sedona leaving bh just after 8, wanting to be ahead of the tourist rush. worked.

i told the pt that i am feeling the same pain as before the surgery causing me to fear tearing. she said that my scapula pain is caused by my guarding the shoulder and that the rotator cuff repair is not involved. i am working on letting my arm sink into the sling to eliminate guarding. so, good news. my shoulder is very tight.

filled the propane tank, 4.2 gallons. just using fuel to run the fridge and cooking. furnace isn’t needed.

was a customer @ java jive which is to be a sedona treat. perhaps it was an off date as it appears that most of us were accepted norms.

drove down to carroll canyon trailhead to hike out ridge jumping onto sketch, a social trail in the exclusion area, then returning on ridge at the end, then return. wearing rockport shoes, discovered the ball of my right foot is bruised from hiking on rock. hiked thru gentle shower. saw no one the entire hike. place on ridge was pitched downhill and covered w/ small gravel size pieces of red rock sand stone. my feet slid out from me. i landed hard on my but and right elbow. fuck. evaluating for damage, no memory foam cushion. no do overs. the chunky trails mostly lack the small slippery rocks. i landed hard!

taking showers up @ snap using my silver sneakers benefit from my medigap policy.

ate dinner @ picassos. left for camp before sundown.

drove out rd 525, turned left at the y just beyond where i stayed previously, drove several more miles till i noticed a primitive road to the right. i turned in. willing to drive in to this cool spot

up loy canyon up to the rim
up loy canyon up to the rim

staying out here till wed. thurs is another pt in the am then up to flag for 6 week check up. per his protocol i get out of the sling. i plan on staying up there until mon pt back down here.

juniper gnats have been scoring nutrition from me. she bites creating a wound then spits in the hole which acts as an anticoagulant. she sips and spits. i am left w/ bumps that itch. i am taking benyadryl to systemic relief as there are many bumps to apply a topical anti itch cream. still waiting relief.

read till late last night to finish “paradise alley”. well described living conditions circa 1863. took military to finally quell the riots. black population dropped significantly leaving irish controlled labor jobs. outhouses, water hauled by bucket to the house, pigs running wild eating garbage thrown into the street, etc.

starting “shot down” a history of a b17 crew shot down. son wrote it about his dad who was the bomber pilot. author is local. factual dry reading.

 

 

4 comments on “no do overs

  1. Buzz Off clothing works pretty well with repelling gnats. I wear a bandana velcroed to my helmet to keep them away from my head. A shirt with pyrethrum will help. Take it from a landscaper who’s hands are always busy when they attack.

  2. Juniper gnats or no-see-ums have no defense except to cover up. And the welts last for days. Hope to see ya when your up in Flag. Joe

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *