Urgent Care

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Had to stop at urgent care on Wednesday–sinus and ear pressure reached unbearable levels.

As I suspected: sinusitis secondary to the downhill from the flu.

Prescription filled, fluids added to both me and the tow vehicle, and back on the road toward the primary objective.

On the plus side, we’re now down at sea level and the pressure is quite high, but tolerable.

As an aside, the wind in eastern Washington today was so bad that we only made 160 miles on the tank; we usually make 275.

Also, I’d completely forgotten how astounding it is to see Mt. Rainer from waaay out on I-90 just outside of Spokane on a day as clear as this. Wish I’d had my faculties about me to have captured a vid or pic.

Ups and downs

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We’re halfway through Montana when we find out that i80 has reopened. Glad we headed north instead.

Got the wiring fixed this morning (Tuesday) before we departed, so it’s now charging. That’s good.

But now it’s not maintaining as much voltage as I’d expect with two house batteries. Maybe one’s bad and needs replacement. I’ll worry about it later.

Also noticed the left tire is unevenly worn. Badly. I put the new “spare” on service.

The bigger problem is, well, my ears. This flu-caused congestion isn’t clearing and we’ve been up and down from 7000 down now to 2500 ft…and the pressure is rather bad. So bad that when we stopped at Smelterville, ID to overnight, I had trouble seeing, my hearing dropped to almost nothing and now I’ve some real concerns about rupturing an eardrum if we descend much further. Oh, and now a possibility of an ear infection, too.

If the purpose of this trip were for any other reason, I’d have canceled it, but it’s significant enough to that I’m going to push through for Daisy to see her little brother.