It’s time to travel again after a very stressful, yet fruitful, year. My last vacation was a bike ride on the Katy Trail with great friends back in September, 2021. My 2022 was the beginning of a medical journey that continues even now.
In May of 2022 I required emergency back surgery for a ruptured disc. The surgery was super successful, but it required 6 weeks of doing next to nothing, followed by rigorous PT. During that time I discovered that my knees had finally given up the ghost.
In January, 2023 I had bilateral knee replacement surgery. That led to another extended period of leave, rest, and more rigorous PT. Indeed, I just had my last session at the end of May.
And now it’s June, 2023 and I’m finally able to travel. I’m sitting in Danel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and waiting for my plane to board.
That might even be my plane!
I’m off to Boise, Idaho to see my friends, Barry, Melanie, maybe Justin, Jan, and others (hard to know exactly who right now). Then it’s an epic road trip. More on that later, but it will start, more or less, with Bryce Canyon!