mise à jour

So I visited the clinic today. The visit was brief; the upshot was that, without having an expensive MRI procedure done, the best guess is that something might be going on with a tendon-- possibly a tear, possibly not. The doc wrote me a prescription for ibuprofen, which I'll be able to purchase when I get to Boardman. She also recommended that I continue wearing the knee brace; I heartily agree.

Later in the day, my replacement tent arrived. Unlike my replacement BlackBerry, this Big Agnes tent is spanking new, not a refurbished model. As you saw in the previous picture, I set the tent up, counted the parts, played with the zippers, and checked all seams. Everything seems A-OK. Again, my thanks to Dad and to the intrepid folks at REI. You rock.

I leave Arlington on Friday, and will be walking about 14 or 15 miles to an old Army Corps of Engineers campground at Exit 151. I'll camp there for a night or two, perhaps testing out the water treatment system I've got, before moving on. Here's hoping the knee holds up.


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