Ornery Knee

 

Adventure Location: Decatur, Alabama

Date: July 16, 2023

For unknown reason the OFM's left knee has decided to make trouble. It is painful to stand or walk on but not swollen so we have been babying it all day. Two ibuprofen as often as is allowed has helped. It hurts like it was banged into a concrete bench during the night. So our activity has been slowed a big chunk.

Our list of mechanical things to take care of on the Castle is down to time to give the running gear a good going over. So we think we will take the rig to Andys RV here in town. They have done lots of good work on rigs in this campground in the last few years. They can check the brakes, grease wheel bearings and do whatever they need to do to the running gear (axle assemblies) for the ongoing safety of our travels. We figure it is likely a rig this old with about 100,000 miles on it will need serious maintenance. Andy told us that they can usually get all that done in one day with an early start. Appointment required of course.

Being mobility limited gave the OFM a chance to spend some quality time coloring and he was able to nearly finish a small picture he has been working on now and then.

Don't be surprised if we miss a blog day occasionally. This area has really slowed down lately as public school starts August 2 in this area. There was a lot of empty spots in the short term camping section this afternoon. We figure folks are getting school ready now and the stores were definitely more crowded this afternoon than usual.

Be safe and try to have tooooo much fun.