weather is bringing in rain and gusty winds. Mix in several claps of thunder and that’s the weather outside. Not as hot, at 5:29 it is 63 degrees. Black skies in waves w/ short sprinkles. I am camped out off beaverhead on the firm mud counting on not enough rain to restore the firm mud to its natural state thus locking me in.
yesterday was a PT session, I am gaining range of motion, progressing towards normal. The protocol states week 10 I start resistance exercises, the PT will allow me to ride my bike on pavement. that’s 3 weeks from today when I arrive in Bend and see a PT who treated me last fall. Repeat customer. I did my wash including the sheets which will present a challenge to make w/ 1 had. George helped me fold them @ the laundromat. Red Rock Precision changed the oil and oil and fuel filters. Hoses and belt are acceptable. I drove back down to the bean, hung around then went to Hilton golf course for thurs $14.00 dinner. I drove out to beaverhead spot while still light. No competition, always open. A small car driven by a woman turned onto the road back to my spot. She stopped at the first campspot and got out. She waved. 2 young girls jumped out. We waved. Later she drove to my spot then backed around. I walked to her car and provided back up signals. We said Hello. She had a parakeet cage on the front seat w/ the girls in the back. She was looking for a campspot. I volunteered her to join me after she came back from sedona. I went to bed w/o her joining me. I am not sleeping long anymore, I wake up w/ sunrise about 5:30.
going to fix dinner which will require quite a bit of hand work. Fresh thick stalk asparagus.
Today after visiting w/ Sarah and her daughters I drove to Snap to ride an exercise bike. I made 20 working mins bracketed by 10 mins of warm and cool. The bike faces a full wall mirror. I study my image. I still have biker muscle definition but just nothing behind it. I stretched my shoulder inside again. I pulled on the blue elastic sheet until it broke on the 3rd pull. I walked into the PT clinic here in VOC that I used years ago. I was given what I needed.
Next was a hike from the bean of the same loop. My right bruised foot is pain free. The carbon footbed in the left shoe still keeps the no cartilage foot joint happy. The insert is dead stiff which almost eliminates any foot rocking which prevents that joint from grinding bone on bone. 1 hr 6 mins of humping hiking. Today I used the Mountain Smith fanny pack I bought here before surgery but used for first time today. I carried my little camera and a rain coat. Great pack. Your carried stuff fills whatever size of pack you wear. Should work for a long day hike.
a real thunderstorm passed over. A bit of rain also. water still leaks around the vent fan. Mariners season is not above .500.
Tomorrow I am going back up to Flag for the night. Danny and I will camp together for the first time. Danny’s VW Westy Synchro and 15″ wheels gets way back in, well beyond what I will drive, Challenge will be to find a spot that each of us can live with. Danny will ride and I will hike.