Today was the Veteran Stand Down event in Aberdeen. The South Shore Mall was alive with community spirit and the outpouring of appreciation these folks have for their veterans. Barb set up a terrific table representing the Grays Harbor Brain Injury Support Group and we had many opportunities to meet people and connect with vets. (more…)
We’ve been here a few days and I it’s time to catch you up on the happenings of late. Fri 10/23 As always, our love of adventure set the tone for an enjoyable three and a half hour drive from Seattle to Ocean City. I’ve never been to Grays Harbor and was certainly looking forward (more…)
Fall is settling in all around us. The days are still warm and the nights are getting cooler. We have a great furnace in r-Destiny and it takes the morning chill off while coffee is perking on the stove. To be honest, we’d gotten so accustomed to automatic drip coffee that we almost forgot how (more…)
Our travels in July taught us we packed too much into r-Destiny. The overall weight was good, but we just had too much stuff. August was focused on storing the rest of our stuff from the house and adding the “extras” from our pod. Needless to say, a week at Dash Point for the Western (more…)
Penny & I are about to set off on our full-time adventures across Washington State starting with a week at the Eastern WA TBI Camp at North Lake Skookum. Our r-pod, lovingly named r-Destiny, is packed and ready to roll. We’ve practiced pulling the trailer and even parking it. Parking needs some more practice, but (more…)
Brain injury is not an event or an outcome. It is the start of an often misdiagnosed, misunderstood, under-funded neurological disease. Individuals who sustain brain injuries must have timely access to expert trauma care, specialized rehabilitation, lifelong disease management and individualized services, and supports in order to live healthy, independent and satisfying lives. When someone (more…)
