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We rode our regular trail this morning for an hour and 20 minutes. have not seen any mergansers like we saw last year. the swifts that nest in our chimney have started flying. they left about a week ago but come back several times during the day and at night for a while until they are...

Did my large shopping run to Costco early today. then did some garden work, dropped primary ballots off at the PO and two series of stretches before and after shopping then did half of stacked upper body and another set of stretches. it was better than my try at stacked upper body a...

We rode the trail this morning as planned. 15 miles an hour 15 minutes. i at least didn't get any soreness from Stacked upper body yesterday. a good reminder. use it or lose it. weather here has moderated so high will be about 80. too hot for me but not complaining. i never like hot...

I did stacked upper body kinda/sorta. 10 min on the bike to start. I havent done any weights in a few weeks so i found a few things harder than expected. i always find curls harder than they should be. a good reminder that i need to do this or something similar 2-3 times a week or my...

I probably overdid the walking over the weekend but what really did me in was the PT session on monday. I did the exercises, but it irritated, really irritated !! something in my lower hip area. today it is finally feeling better. almost 4 days. Im icing it a lot, not doing much, and...

carolyn its crazy!. i used this doctor who is part of the group who did my back surgery for labs late last year and all was fine . i didnt change anything. the group who i use for most things just decided not to acknowledge orders from outside their group. I'm medicare plus...

I went to PT today and explained about the hip issues. she had me do a bunch of specific exercises, a lot of them , and one in particular made it hurt. a simple move . i got more sore as the day went on and ended up with an ice pack on and sitting most of the day. Our guests left this...

did another 3 hour hike today. this is along the shore but a lot of up and down and yes, my poor hip is not happy. it distracts me from my back. i am starting to sound like a whining crank but thi is not sore muscles. hopefully something fixable if it can be identified. i am sure...

did a state park hike/walk with our family today, 2.5 hours . park was extremely busy but walking gets away from most of the people, found them a bald eagle nest with a about to fledge eaglet. also did PT . my hip is really bothering. doing another hike tomorrow. see PT monday...

Cathy my friend in MSP had pictures of the air there. it looked horrendous. I hope yours is not that bad!. we are so far lucky with smoke. its just luck. we got a little rain yesterday. its cloudy this morning but it will change to dry and sunny again. next week will be hotter. we had...

We fit in a trail ride this morning even with the rain predictions. 1 hr 20 minutes on a very uncrowded trail. we were the only car in the parking lot when we got done. it was cloudy, nice for a change, and now we have some actual rain with mild thunder and lightning. we seldom get...

I was totally surprised no one rents to kids. i started thinking about liability issues and maybe its just too risky for a shop owner. DH and I have rented bikes a few yrs ago in AZ and im sure there were release forms but it wasn't terribly expensive and we had a great time. helmets...

Yesterday i had a pretty intense PT session. today I did PT before we left, and then we rode the trail. 1 hr 20 minutes. then repeated pt later. we are getting ready for a family visit this friday thru sunday. they are packing a lot into a short visit. our niece her husband and their...

thought we would ride this morning but neither of us felt like moving fast so we didn't. maybe tomorrow instead after I go to PT. ended up doing some serious gardening and weeding. thats never ending. is this a portable AC for an apartment? I would say a huge YES. if you at...

We are a little bit isolated here. have had coyote families in the past but a lot of neighbors have chickens and other livestock and love LOVE the deer so dispatch coyotes quickly. there is a single one around here but seems to focus on mice and not bother much else. i am still...

Carolyn it was on a shoulder of mt baker, one of the big cascade volcanos. its like Rainier, Adams, Mt shuksan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Baker weve done this route many times. goes up to about 5100 feet and then circles a part of the mountain. Baker is about 11,000 feet so we...

We did a hike yesterday, long for me these days. about 7-8 miles with fair elevation gain and loss. did it with some friends. sore today! getting better as i walk around. didnt get home until 5:30 or so. our resident deer and her two fawns were lying on the grass outside the garden like...

Carolyn i regret we didnt get a trail cam long ago. we never tried hard enough and there is a lot to see with persistence. I went back to PT this morning for another series of work on my back/hip/neck, going once a week to try and loosen up some very tight muscles. cant fix it...

Judy its always nice when things come back on sooner than expected. must be rough without the AC. Cathy we have never seen the cougar, only on the camera. some neighbors have seen him but rarely. he and the other animals go up and down the old road, an unofficial connecting route...

good morning. the fireworks were awful as expected. no good surprises. we both took sleeping meds, ear plugs and got thru it. this is not a beautiful display, just brain numbing noise. we rode the trail this morning for 15 miles and 1 hr 15 minutes. weather is very pleasant ...