War Souvenir Still In Use

 

Adventure Location: Decatur, Alabama

Date: July 18, 2023

The damaged left knee did a good job of holding down the activity of the OFM all day today. But we think it is improving. The good part is that we think we know when it was injured. On the ladder while repairing leaks two days ago the OFM remembered slipping a bit and twisting his knee a bit. Well it must have been more than a bit but maybe that is what caused the damage. Who knows for sure.

It was a very gentle day with a great morning walk at slow speed. A bit over two miles of gentle slow walking but at least we got out and moved around. No extra pain from the knee afterward since we went at a slow walk pace.

The big event today was working on a new coloring. The next biggest event is the OFM had a homemade salad for supper like he used to eat a few years ago and it was wonderful. During the preparation we were opening a can of black olives for the salad when the OFM recognized the can opener as the one he carried in Viet Nam as a combat infantryman for the 82^nd Airborne at first and 101^st Air Mobile later. We had not seen it in a couple of years in the kitchen drawer but here it is in use again. We received it new in 1969.

And it still works really well for opening cans and use as a screwdriver.

The salad was mixed lettuce package, black olives, small tomatoes, sliced ham, hard bread chunks and Lawlers Sweet Red BBQ sauce for salad dressing. Cheap root beer for the beverage. Yep it was wonderful.

Then late afternoon brought us a mean strong rain storm that lasted about an hour and a bit. No new leaks showed up thank goodness. And there you have it another exciting day in north Alabama trying to have tooooo much fun.