I was cheerfully and energetically walking with my dog, Bruno, on Sunday morning (9/10). The weather was cool and overcast, almost foggy. We both had spirit and liveliness in our quick walking pace. The evergreen pines were impressive borders to our morning jaunt, and many deciduous shrubs and trees added a few autumn colors to delight our views.
Suddenly, a large black cat jumped out from some shrubs and scrambled directly in front of our path. Bruno, predictably, lunged in pursuit of his longstanding DNA enemy. I gathered my strength and balance and controlled his aggressiveness via the leash. We walked another ten feet. Then Bruno suddenly turned in front of me and ran into my legs. I quickly lost my balance and fell forward on to the asphalt street.
I injured my left knee, right hand, right shoulder, and overall sense of well-being. Blood dripped from my hand and bruised knee. I slowly assessed the damage, and gradually returned to standing, supported by my cane. We slowly and carefully walked back home.
Karen helped me bandage and treat my wounds. I applied ice to my bruised knee. I rested and hoped for the best.
I had a scheduled a yurt camping trip to Pacific Beach State Park on the Southwestern Washington Pacific coast, from 9/11-9/14. I was quite disappointed that I could not go camping because of my leg injuries from the Sunday fall. I lost the $150.00 I had spent on the Yurt reservations.
Now, for three days, I have been sitting, resting, doing some gentle massage and rehab movements for my bruised knee, icing, and reading.
Multiple injuries to my right hand, and arthritis, have resulted in permanent impairment, pain, and weakness in my dominant right hand.
Injuries to my legs have resulted in fewer problems and more rapid recovery.
I've been reading many books on 20th Century history. I particularly enjoyed "The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails" by Sarah Bakewell. The extreme challenges and choices of Europeans living from 1910-1960 are very disturbing to read about. Bakewell tells the story via the lives of many French and German intellectuals of that era. Eric Hobsbawn's "The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991" chronicles the influences of socialism, fascism, communism, capitalism, and the devastating Wars, and the Cold War, during that time period.
I had anticipated adding reports, photographs, and poems about my yurt camping trip to Pacific Beach after I returned on Thursday (9/14).
In the remaining three months ahead in 2023, I have scheduled Yurt camping beach trips to Nehalem Bay, Grayland, and Cape Lookout. Each month, I yurt camp four days and three nights at a State Park along the ocean shores. Hopefully, I will be physically able to enjoy these local adventures and retreats to the Pacific Coast in 2023 and 2024.
Memories of Pacific Coast Places: Highway 101 and 1
Reports from Yurt Camping Retreats at the Ocean from 2021
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