New Jersey Activities

We have been very busy since we got back home on October 5th.  We've started up our usual activities and finally got to go hiking with the community hiking club today.  We walked about three miles in Cheesequake State Park on a beautiful sunny day.

A New Jersey Farewell

We are finally leaving for camp on Saturday.  So today we headed for the beach to say goodbye to New Jersey for a while.  And to escape the heat and humidity further inland.  We drove to Point Pleasant Beach and walked on the boardwalk

ate Kohr's orange and vanilla twist ice cream, played miniature golf,

walked on the beach,

and ate crab cakes and boardwalk fries for dinner.

Current Status

The final house repairs were completed yesterday.  That is such a relief.

We hope to head for the Adirondacks for Memorial Day.  We aren't going sooner because my knee is still healing and I'm not up to hiking or paddling.  I sure hope I can do the Memorial Day paddle.  The healing is going well except that I cannot straighten the leg completely.  The PT is working on a knot behind the knee where the tendon is attached to the ham string, but I may end up in a splint to help with the straightening.

Move Complete

We have finally moved everything into the downstairs.  We have even hung the quilts.

Happenings

A lot has happened since we left Florida in a hurry last month.  We are lucky that the only thing we lost in the flood was the hardwood floors.  They also took out the sheetrock around the bottom foot of the walls, so the reconstruction has included repainting the entire downstairs.  We are hoping construction will mostly be done in the next couple of weeks.  We have been living upstairs, with sporadic access to the kitchen, and occasionally going to motels when needed.  We will be in a motel again at the beginning of next week while they are putting down the hardwood floors, since the mastic they have to use on our damp slab is really stinky.

While all that has been going on, I had my right knee replaced two weeks ago.  That surgery was scheduled long ago and I decided to go ahead and have it done.  The condition of my knee before surgery meant I couldn't help carry all the things we moved upstairs in preparation for construction, and I won't be healed enough to help move things back either.  Fortunately, we have family members who can help.

I'll try to post again once our life has finally returned to normal, whatever that is.