I am taking my bike, van, life, and physical therapy exercises on the road tomorrow, headed for the San Juan Islands for awhile. Tomorrow marks 11 weeks post surgery that repaired a complex supra tear that tore inside itself and finally off the humerous. 2 bone anchors and enough fishing twine to tie a small rats’ nest. 5 weeks of stretching 2X / day to reacquaint my right shoulder to its purpose and service to my body. 3 more months remain conservatively for the repair and regrowth of the tendon tendrils to reestablish their connection w/ the bone to sustain a fall landing on my right arm. More time spent figuring out things to do before my tires hit the dirt. Much thanks to my former neighbors for helping me along I spent 11 weeks sort of living in Julie’s mothers small house where i had running hot water, flush toilet, shower, a bed, and room to do my exercises.
Last week I rode gravel roads climbing out of Peone prairie down to the river and back out. Cold. I hiked on T-day in the Little Spokane natural area, a place I used to poached by headlamp years ago. Rough trail and lots of steep climbing. Slippery w/ frozen mud. I didn’t pay much attention to managing daylight or the amount of time needed to hike out and back. At my turn around at the bridge I had 80 mins of sunup light to hike what took me 90 mins and the last bit of hike was down a rough slippery trail that I did not want to negotiate in failing light. I made it back in the twilight.
I did eat a Thanksgiving dinner @ a local chain restaurant. I was disappointed, to me it seemed everything was made w/ boiling water. OK, the pumpkin pie was baked but the whipped cream was from a pressurized can. Last year’s celebration was with Charlie and Theresa in a campground out on Dead Horse Point in Moab. I whipped the cream using an egg beater.
I watched Gonzaga basketball games. Kudos to Spokane TV stations for sharing. Sat I watched The Game between Ohio State and that school up north, the first half on an exercise bike with its own TV. What a game. Go big or go home was the other school’s choice.
Single digit temps are forecast later this week here. The San Juans will be a bit warmer. I read a sales pitch for the islands that stated they get 247 days of sunshine and a third of Seattle’s rain. There are several campgrounds open year round. I have a desire to find a room or small house to rent during my stay.
I had expressed my plan of leaving tomorrow w/ Brian, the PT. He said that he would give me exercises and we could communicate electronically when needed. My opening paragraph is based on that premise.
Life moves along. May yours be staying w/in your planned banks.