Festival weekend, precip event for visitors. Feb left like a lion prepping March’s lion entrance. Today’s forecast calls for several inches of snow later today and into evening, next day is sunny and upper 40s. Snow has short shelf life here, however its cycle is completed as wet dirt. Patience.
Doug, Leia, Swift the dog, and I hiked out Mescal area Monday noon enjoying sunshine and just sweater layer. We hiked a mix of system trails and cross country. The system trails had muddy spots that we left shallow prints on. We encountered 2 mtn bikers slithering along leaving a continuous track over our spaced foot prints. Hiker feet leave notice which seems to be more acceptable than mtn bike track. Traces will be worn and weathered away after maybe a week of nice weather and travelers.
Aging is accepting you are no longer the tail wagging the dog. Younger people have problems we say. Memory recall when our parents did their thing to us. We have become our parents. Those younger people: when will they behave as we expect them to be like us?
Read an article on aging grouped by generation name and age range. Age 72 up is named Silent Generation. Stating that us Boomers are silent?
Spent $107 for propane last month, its energy fuels the refrigerator which is always running, the 2 burner strove used for cooking Bfast and dinner, and during the cold the heater. March will be less as increasing temps and longer sunny days for solar gain. During the cold I burn just about a gallon a day. I refilled 7 times. Tank holds 5.6 gal when empty. Yesterday was nice, the forecast for today is for chilly, windy, rain turning to snow. I considered the effect of nasty weather on the yard attendant filling my tank today when refill would have been needed in nasty weather.
PT on my tennis elbow is ameliorating pain and regaining strength. Yesterday was CT of my heart to learn conditions of arteries feeding it. I read the recent blood cholesterol values, my total is 5 points above normal, the ratio of HDL to good is 3.5, the number the better, 3.19 considered very good. Studied blood pressure figuring that condition is “isolated systemic hypertension” which cause lightheadedness after light activity. This seems to fit my riding as I become winded shortly after starting but a time goes on shortness is replaced by normal panting. Hence why I prefer to not stop. It’s true, I read it on the web.
So, just hanging inside warmer than outside comfort(?) inside my van parked at Cultural Park, quartering wind pushing the right nose of van, sprinkles on the windshield are not head on. Heat temperature drops the further away from the outlet. The study is chilly while the kitchen is pleasant. Heat loss too great for 6,500btu heater.
Anyway, what will be will be. May trails dry quickly.