Elevator Friday - Thunder Creek, Saskatchewan

From Dale Redekopp.

Random post

I have two legal appointments coming up and I get to meet another rehabilitation specialist for an all day session to see what I can and cannot do. The place that is doing my upcoming assessment wants three sets of questionnaires filed out. Never mind that they are vague and there does not seem to be a definitive answer. My lawyer wants some paperwork. Two insurance companies want updates. I filed disability forms with the federal government months ago and I think that disappeared into a black hole. My advice to anyone is not to get horribly injured. You get to avoid a lot of appointments and paperwork. 

Next time I will wait for the spring before I get any more road trip ideas

Took an overnight trip to visit a friend in Medicine Hat. Except for an extended hospital stay I have not been anywhere overnight since February 16, 2024. I wanted to see if I had the strength and stamina to do it and be able to navigate a hotel well enough.

I made a stop in Oyen to meet a friend on the way to Medicine Hat. I needed to use the restroom at the fast food place and was told the one in the building was not available due to some work being done and there was a temporary setup in an ATCO trailer. I have to move across the parking lot on crutches, avoiding icy patches, and then up two stairs on a steel staircase. One of my crutches slipped on the stair and I narrowly avoided a bad fall. I tweaked my back and left leg a bit and had to dig into my pain medication that night.

Good visit in Medicine Hat. Some people you do not see often enough.

This morning I woke up in Medicine Hat to a snowstorm. It looked to be about two inches of snow where no snow and ice existed the day before. Everything had been bare, if I saw snow in the forecast I would not have made the trip. The joys of Alberta weather. Plows were out and sanding was being done. I asked someone from the front desk help me to my car so I did not slip on crutches on the snow and take another spill.

An hour outside Medicine Hat the weather cleared and it was smooth sailing all the way home.

The Historical Bowden Bridge

A beautiful 3-arch bowstring bridge near Borden, Saskatchewan.  

Now closed to vehicular traffic, many come to fish or simply enjoy the walk across this handsome historical rainbow arch bridge.    

For the first time ever I was able to just enjoy it with no snow on the ground. Yay!

Michael Truman

Past Presence Website

Leftover summer photo

Draft post from months ago that got missed.

Elevator Friday - Stavely, Alberta

From Dale Redekopp.

Cpt Mo Wednesday

Back at it

After five days of horrible back pain I am finally able to move around. I managed to get to my physiotherapy appointment today and the therapy helped. Time to start getting on the recovery regimen again. 

Not the auspicious start to the year I hoped for

I did a little exercising during the last day of the year. Yesterday I woke up in agonizing back pain barely able to move. Today is ever so slightly better. Not the start to 2026 I had in mind.