It has been a long time since I last posted here and so much has changed in our world. My wife has been declared disabled because of the damage done to her wrists from the carpal tunnel surgery. We have sold our home in Wi, purchased a motor home which is now our home and begun traveling. After I got off ropinaral I quit having the sleep attacks and am much more like my oldself. I can drive alert and comfortable but when I get tired I quit, take a break or take a nap. This has been the most difficult and wonderful adventure in our lives. Tonight we are in Missoula Mt at a KOA campground that we will spend the summer working at, if we can make it. It shouldn't be to tough we will work 3 days a week, the same 3 so we get the same time off. Sounds like I will do some light maintenance and my big job will be leading campers to their camp sites. This is for us a real once in a life chance.
My pd has been fairly slow in progression but we all know that can change but while I can we have to do this. Every financial decision I have ever made has come back to bite me in the ass but this one is different, it was a decision made because if we don't do it know we may never be able to. Getting the logistics of meds has been a real challenge, but for the most part have figured it out. To under take this together now is the right time. I do not want to look back and say,"ya know we should have when we had the chance".
Our trip to Mt from Wi was unbelievable. We went through Sioux Falls Sd to Rapid City Sd. From there we went to the Little Big Horn in Mt, then to Yellowstone National Park where we spent 4 days seeing as much as we could, to leaving the west entrance to Yellowstone to drive up hwy 191 to Big Sky Mt and on into Missoula. We have seen some of the most beautiful sites this country has to offer. This disease really sucks but to have let it rob us of this chance would have been a true travesty. These physical problems will one day bring us down, but not easily and not with out a fight. I am feeling up right now and I know I will feel down in the future, but for as long as we can we will make the best of what we have and continue on this quest. I have no idea how far or how long we can do this, we plan our trips based on 200 miles a day when traveling, if we do better great if not so well, what the heck. Through the woodworking and what ever else has happened we try to keep moving forward, it doesn't always work that way but we try. If my mental state continues to deteriorate, which has been fairly slow at least one of us will have great memories, and I will have them for as long as possible. I do have a facebook page called "a parkie in the forest" that I try to update daily with pictures if anyone want to follow our journey. Please join us for the ups and downs. I have recieved so much from this place that I would like to give back what ever I can.
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