MD Mar-May 2021

Don after knee replacement

 

 We returned to Maryland on 3/11. This was scheduled around our departure for Africa on 3/17, which by now had been postponed for a year, for the second time. I used this time to catch up on resolving some medical problems I had been putting off. On 3/22, I had a Green Light Laser procedure to resolve my BPH and remove a bladder stone.

On May 13 we went to Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore for my robotic-assisted total knee replacement surgery. I was slow to recover from the full anesthesia, so the surgeon (Michael Jacobs, no relation) kept me overnight. I started a PT schedule of three treatments/week for 6 weeks. Pat was busy taking care of me and hiking and touring gardens with Julie, Susan, and Mimi. 

Frog resting in a tree on the Rachel Carson Trail

The girls enjoying Brookside Gardens

 

At Brookside Gardens

With real estate booming, we decided to sell our quarter share in Fernie, BC, we contacted our friend Sheryl and she had our place sold in a week for more than we thought we would get. 

Tom, Pat, Phil, and Linda

Linda and Rick

Once most of our friends got vaccinated, everyone was more willing to socialize. We enjoyed some visits with family, and Phil came out to York, for a quick family reunion before Connie and Phil move from IN back to AZ. We had many good meals with our close friends. We got out on the Bay with Ron and Sarah and their girls in their new powerboat.

Azaleas at Brighton Dam Gardens

Ron and Sarah's family

Eldon recently published a book, a compilation of his many expeditions over his lifetime from extended canoe tripping in the Artic to exploring unknown rivers in the wilderness of Guyana. I was fortunate to have participated in his some of his adventures.

Eldon and Lois after hiking in British Columbia

We drove to the Philly area to see Jenn and Patrick’s new home. They are learning a lot as they try to fix up their house. We went to the Eastern Shore and canoed the Nassawanga Creek and the Pocomoke River plus spent a day in Ocean City. From here we went to Patapsco Valley SP and camped.

Pat with Jenn at her new home

We left town after my 6 weeks of PT were completed, and attempted to move our stuff from Lewisburg WV to Helena MT, for the second time, and again we were cursed. Get all the gory details in the attached "How Not to Move Guide for Dummies".