Saturday, March 22, 2014

FRC's current location...sorry no pictures

Lat 23N
Long 78.40W
You'll have to look it up yourself.  Headed toward Florida in good conditions.  Expect arrival in Fort Lauderdale sometime on Monday.

Friday, March 21, 2014

TSA Pre check

Haven't been out of the house since Monday and today was the last day to do TSA Pre Check at the little local airport with no lines, no waiting. I wanted to go and get it over with.  Patti insisted that she'd drive since I'm on 1/4 pain killer a day..., we saw the same herd of elk from last Sunday.
20 minutes up to the airport, 5 minutes at TSA, 20 minutes back to home. 
Sweet!  No more taking off shoes or jackets off, laptop out, or the little plastic bags with 2.8 ounces of goop.
Free Range Chicken left Jamaica yesterday.  Got shooed off the 5 mile radius of Gitmo Cuba and is headed up between Cuba and Haiti, motor sailing.  That's all I know for now.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Pre & Post Bunion surgery

If anyone is thinking of having this done, this is what to expect...

Soft boot-like cast with a ton of gauze and cotton stuffing.  When the pain killers wear off, it feels like a big toe broken in two places, which is exactly what it is.  Green gauze was for St. Patrick's day.

4 1/2 months out is the last photo.  Middle toes starting to straighten out.  Range of motion is very good up, still working on the downward motion.  Final judgement will be at the 6 month point.  At least it doesn't hurt when shower water hits it anymore. (Just took my sock off so ignore the ankle marks)