Happy birthday to Jason, my oldest. He turned 45 today. Where does the time go? I trust he had a wonderful day celebrating and I look forward to celebrating with him when I get home.
We took a four hour hike this afternoon. Only walked a little over 4 miles but we climbed to the top of Eagle’s Cliff. It was rather steep and a hard climb for me. I would have never made it if Jim hadn’t been very patient and encouraging with me. I got nauseous and light headed at one point. Almost tossed my lunch. Coming down went much faster than going up. It was one of those hikes though where you have to concentrate with every step going up and down. I had to stop and rest many times going up but made it down with only one rest.
I thought I would have Jim go get the car when we got back on the road and still had a mile to go but I made it. Sometimes it helps to be stubborn.
It felt good to make it to the top of the mountain. I almost quit several times. I’m glad I didn’t as the view was incredible. It was worth the hard climb up.
Other than climb the mountain I haven’t done much today. Went to get fresh sheets for our bed and got extra towels for the guests we have coming in Friday night. A friend of Jim’s from church is bringing his young family out and Jim offered them to stay with us while they are in Estes. They will come in sometime late afternoon Friday and will probably leave Saturday morning. I’m glad we have the extra space and it will be put to good use.
I invited a friend and her husband to come out for a few days and they accepted my offer. It will be so good to have a woman to have a deep conversation with for several days. I think that is the thing I have missed the most during this shelter in place thing. They will be coming the 18th and will stay four or five nights.
Tomorrow we have a reservation at 3:00 to drive into RMNP. We like to park somewhere and walk out on the tundra. After the hike today I’m not sure how far I will be able to go. My legs are a bit rubbery tonight. Maybe they will recover in 24 hours and we can take a good long hike. I love Trail Ridge Road and would be content to just drive up to Grand Lake and back again.
Either tomorrow or Friday I need to do laundry and go to the grocery store. I will be cooking dinner for 6 Friday night, breakfast for 6 on Saturday and dinner for 7. At least I know what I am cooking which is the hardest part of the whole deal. I have a long list of things to get at the grocery store.
I’m working on the Hot Line tonight. Took one call and they disengaged quickly so am now waiting on my second call. We aren’t so busy tonight so am having to wait to get a texter.
Grateful for a long, hard hike today, grateful for Jim’s patience and encouragement during the hike, and grateful for rest time tonight.