Well actually, you don't have to love it, and frankly I didn't love it yesterday. Here is my math equation for the week: high altitude + lungs and blood used to low altitude + hiking up hill = perpetually out of breath! We had a day off and decided that we would hike up to Rainbow Lake, it is about a four mile hike there and that means it is a four mile hike back. The way up I was out of breath for two and a half hours and the way down my feet and knee hurt. But boy was the view at the lake beautiful (the picture above is there). We ate lunch and spent about an hour relaxing and reading. I was sore today, which is to be expected when you get to be my age! And even though it was hard going up and painful going down, on Monday we are planning to go 3 miles farther than Rainbow Lake, up to Eagle Point (14 miles round trip). I know it sounds crazy, but I have to peak a mountain (even if it isn't a fourteener, that's colorado lingo for a mountain between 14,000-14,999ft, try to use it in a sentence today, it's pretty fun to say!).
On a different note, our retreaters came this evening, it is a Men's Golf Retreat, so pretty much we are KP because none of us golf. I am sure it will be fun to eat meals with the guys and hear stories about their lives. There was a group that drove 500 miles to be here this weekend, that is what I call a desire to retreat into the mountains and a dedication to golf!
I am feeling blessed this week!
p.s. thank you for all the comments you are posting, I love to read them and it makes me smile to know that people are actually reading my blog!
1 comment:
yes, because you are SO old! ha!
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