Suffered a blowout a week ago. The hamstring on my left leg popped. I’m otherwise wonderfully healthy, but the muscle injury is restricting my mobility. We’re sure it’s only a partial tear because I can still use it if I’m careful. Suzanne got us in to the E.R. at her hospital to see a physician and get a referral, then used her superpowers as a patient advocate nurse to get us in to see a sports orthopedist in the U.W. system next week.
That should keep us rolling.
Temperatures in the fifties and sixties with a breeze off the Pacific. It was good to get a little inland. Less wind. A few degrees warmer. In fact, there is a heat advisory in effect here. It’s going to be 80 degrees, or almost 80 degrees for three days in a row!
I can tell you what we call temperatures like that in South Texas. Morning.
Summer Solstice.
Christie and Andy’s house.
The van fits right in their back driveway.
We can hang out at their house for home base and still retire to sleep in our own bed.
Had a family get together at dinnertime.
Teigan and Elise, Tony, Kyle and Alexis, Christie and Andy. Teigan, Elise, and Tony, all from Colorado, share an apartment together here now. Close by, so it’s easy for this group to congregate.
Quite the surprise. We couldn’t get a spot in a state park, so we booked in a commercial RV Park. To our delight, Port Ludlow RV park is set up like a really good state park, individual sites secluded in the trees. No cordwood camping here.
Crescent Lake along the way.
The trailhead on the Elwah River. Brother Bill and I started one of our backpacking trips across the Olympic Peninsula here, a feeew years back.
A side trip to Fort Worden.
We’re pretty far north now. The sun sets late and twilight lasts forever. Wake up at 5am for nature’s call, and it’s already light. We don’t even get a full 7 hours of darkness at night!. Scrunch the eyes shut and go back to sleep.
Serious Washington coast at La Push on the peninsula.
The river mouth behind the Jetty.
And the welcoming committee of 1.
A young bald eagle.
We’re not tired of shrimp/crab melt sandwiches, halibut, or Rainer cherries from roadside stands either.
