QUOTE(mgp4591 @ Aug 25 2021, 07:03 PM)
James, how in the hell did you do that? You one of them extreme sports guys??
Seriously though, I'm driving down early on Friday morning and would be happy to have a passenger if you need a ride.
More extreme stupidity than extreme sport. Down in Zion, came off an ebike after a bump i didn't see and didn't stick the landing. Well technically I landed perfectly on my feet but the knees were not up for it and both popped almost simultaneously. I should have extended my "no 2 wheel motorized vehicle" rule to include E-bikes, sure seemed like a handy thing to have while camping though.
At the moment I can drive and get around ok but the Dr wants to do the left side first and is saying the sooner the better so if I move forward now using a clutch is out for me for the foreseeable future.
If knees were the only issue it probably wouldn't be to hard to sort out a solution but the family picked up some sort of bug a couple weeks ago. I didn't think much of it at the time as the major symptoms passed quickly, but I turned out being the "lucky" one and seem to have some ongoing issues as a result of that.
So far no answers from the doctors, just theories, and the theories they have dont have solutions other than "wait and see". So, with so many unknowns its hard to plan even 2-3 weeks out.
Think my biggest reservation at this point is if I have some issue with the car in the middle of nowhere, do I really want to have to deal with that AND the other things I am already dealing with? Normally car issues in the middle of nowhere are part of the fun for me, but everything else is just sort of sucking the life out of me at the moment unfortunately and "fun" just sounds exhausting.
Looking to get some 2nd opinions here in the next week. I may still make it, I just don't know. Its Just been a rough couple of months.
Moab is close though...