Now that I am finished wearing the Holter Monitor, I'm really looking forward to a long soak in my tub --- with my Mother's Day gift. Ahhh...... I'll be a happy hippy, for sure!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thankful Thursday
Now that I am finished wearing the Holter Monitor, I'm really looking forward to a long soak in my tub --- with my Mother's Day gift. Ahhh...... I'll be a happy hippy, for sure!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Saturday hike
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."
~ Herman Melville
~ Herman Melville
We got up this morning and decided it was the perfect day for a hike. We've had almost winter weather for the past week so we wanted to take advantage of the sun.
We headed out on Midland, which is the road across the river from us. Fortunately, one of the two bridges across is right by our home. I thought I would take DH on the Red Mountain Trail that I had hiked on this past winter with my hiking buddy. (Who, by the way, is spending this month hiking across the state of New Mexico!) A very nice lady was gardening in her yard near the start of the trail and pointed us in the general direction. However, a few minutes later when things didn't look familiar to me we asked some young mountain bikers if we were headed correctly, and they told us we weren't.
Fearing that we'd get into something we might regret, I thought it prudent to just forget about this hike and head back to town until I got a map. The nice lady from earlier asked us if we'd found the trail and when we said, "No," she proceeded to take us to the trailhead herself! A little hiking angel. And, by the way, the part she took us on turned out to be the steepest of the whole trail. What a sweet lady.
A sweet sign on a bench we passed.
Near the start of the trail.
The usual warning sign. Today, even more important:
The bears are back!
Beautiful views and a little stream.
The area we were hiking was burned in a terrible fire about nine years ago but is coming back to life. Most, if not all, of the trees were destroyed, and what remains are charred.
Made it back home before the afternoon thunderstorm!
We headed out on Midland, which is the road across the river from us. Fortunately, one of the two bridges across is right by our home. I thought I would take DH on the Red Mountain Trail that I had hiked on this past winter with my hiking buddy. (Who, by the way, is spending this month hiking across the state of New Mexico!) A very nice lady was gardening in her yard near the start of the trail and pointed us in the general direction. However, a few minutes later when things didn't look familiar to me we asked some young mountain bikers if we were headed correctly, and they told us we weren't.
Fearing that we'd get into something we might regret, I thought it prudent to just forget about this hike and head back to town until I got a map. The nice lady from earlier asked us if we'd found the trail and when we said, "No," she proceeded to take us to the trailhead herself! A little hiking angel. And, by the way, the part she took us on turned out to be the steepest of the whole trail. What a sweet lady.
A sweet sign on a bench we passed.
Near the start of the trail.
The usual warning sign. Today, even more important:The bears are back!
Beautiful views and a little stream.
The area we were hiking was burned in a terrible fire about nine years ago but is coming back to life. Most, if not all, of the trees were destroyed, and what remains are charred.Made it back home before the afternoon thunderstorm!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Live right now
The secret of health for both mind and bodyis not to mourn for the past,
worry about the future,
or anticipate troubles,
but to live in the present moment,
wisely and earnestly.
~Buddha~
Monday, May 2, 2011
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