This time I will spare you the photo of my x-ray. After two days of climbing up and down narrow slippery trails, ravines, etc., I managed to slip on some gravel not 20 yards from our truck, fall with my left foot underneath me, and fracture my fibula. All this while in the isolated community of Hydesville, CA with my airplane and father-in-law with me, and contemplating how to get all of us back. My foot was stabilized by the local emergency room, and my good friend flew a flight instructor up to accompany me back to the Bay Area. I am learning several things that I did not know before. 1) It is stupid to put off going to the emergency room when you suspect your leg is broken. 2) Crutches are incredibly inconvenient. 3) Health care today is certainly not about the convenience or needs of the patient. 4) Safeway's shop-on-line service does not really guarantee delivery on the same day you shop if you finish before 9:30. 5) Shopping in an electric cart is a pain. 6) Carrying groceries with crutches is nearly impossible. 7) I have an incredible network of people who want to help me; so I need to lighten up and demonstrate the dignity of being in need, and letting them help me. (Boy! Is that tough for an independent cuss like me?) 8) I need to get a personal locater beacon if I am to continue solo wilderness trekking.