2021 Trip To South Dakota

[JEBar]

thankfully last night's rain has washed away some of the smoke

[brm4450]

Rained last night and it was cloudy this morning, I thought it was just cloudy but it was smoke!

[JEBar]

we ended up with a little over a half inch .... according to the weather radar, the rain has moved on and is now just over the line and is in Minnesota

[JEBar]

yesterday the high was 70 with rain .... today the rain is gone, the high temp is supposed to get up to 82 and the smoke from the wildfires out west has returned .... along with the smoke comes a "Poor" air quality rating .... not much on tap for today, we may ride down to Brookings to visit the Verizon store

[JEBar]

very happy to be able to once more say, its a beautiful morning in the neighborhood .. .. 73 on its way to 79 with its air quality rated as excellent .... not much on tap .... do hope to get the Brookings Gun Club and fire 4 or so rounds of trap

[brm4450]

Have fun and bust a lot of them

[JEBar]

I certainly would like to do so

[JEBar]

well, my knee clearly isn't as well recovered as I thought .... it was all I could do to fire two rounds of trap (50 shells) and I sure didn't do very well with them .... we are back in the camper, right leg propped up and an ice bag on my knee .... can only hope no damage has been done

[brm4450]

Was this the replaced knee?

[JEBar]

negative .... twisted the good one .... make that really twisted it

[brm4450]

Careful you’ll end up getting a 2nd replacement

[JEBar]

that thought has demanded close consideration

[JEBar]

interesting morning .... from a "wellness" standpoint, this hasn't been one of my better trips .... as usual, one thing seems to lead to another .... twisted my good knee July 3rd .... its taken over a month to get to where a steady application of ice, Biofreeze and over the counter pain meds isn't needed .... a negative side effect of the pain killers has been the inability to get far from the toilet .... I make it a practice to keep a Zithromax Z-Pak of antibiotics on hand .... the antibiotics have drastically decreased the but not fully healed the problem .... the only medical facility found in Estelline is a clinic that is open 4 days a week .... it it run by a nurse along with an assistant and an office person .... we should be able to pickup a couple of A-Paks at the Walmart in Brookings this afternoon .... one will be used to continue the treatment, the other is make sure I have one on hand

[JEBar]

its sure hard to believe .... one week from right now we should be somewhere near Kansas City as we wind up our first day's drive on our way back home .... earlier today I took the first step in turning pre-trip plans into action .... that being to spend a couple of hours upgrading our Garmin's map data .... with good weather called for between now and our scheduled departure, we plan to take care of a few things each day .... having been here since early June, we have much more stuff that needs to be cleaned and repacked

[Hatchdog]

interesting morning .... from a "wellness" standpoint, this hasn't been one of my better trips .... as usual, one thing seems to lead to another .... twisted my good knee July 3rd .... its taken over a month to get to where a steady application of ice, Biofreeze and over the counter pain meds isn't needed .... a negative side effect of the pain killers has been the inability to get far from the toilet .... I make it a practice to keep a Zithromax Z-Pak of antibiotics on hand .... the antibiotics have drastically decreased the but not fully healed the problem .... the only medical facility found in Estelline is a clinic that is open 4 days a week .... it it run by a nurse along with an assistant and an office person .... we should be able to pickup a couple of A-Paks at the Walmart in Brookings this afternoon .... one will be used to continue the treatment, the other is make sure I have one on hand

Dang Jim, this getting old sucks doesn’t it? Take comfort that you live a very active life and are making the most of it. Best to you and your healing.

[JEBar]

good wishes appreciated .... right now, time is the major concern .... I'm recovering on all fronts but time for healing is evaporating .

[JEBar]

today, I hope to get some of the TV-trays and such that have been sitting out for a couple of months cleaned and stored .... thankfully, the weather forecast for the next week looks very good .... sure hope they are right

[Shakey Jake]

Hope the medical issues wane quickly! Don't overdo things.
Jake

[JEBar]

good wishes appreciated .... while definitely on the mend, I still have a ways to go .... hopefully, by the time we hit the road, we can make it without any problem .... my wife has already booked medical appointments, the first for first thing the morning after we are scheduled to get back home

[JEBar]

if our plans remain on track, this is our last scheduled Saturday in South Dakota for our current trip .... its been a beautiful day .... several of my wife's relatives drifted in and out for coffee ... a final small family gathering is planned for tomorrow night .... Monday we plan to get serious about packing