Pizza Bob wrote:Pete,
I taught my kids to x-country ski when they were old enough, and I'm more than willing
to give it a try with you when you get old enough too!
That would be very kind of you. If it looks like I'm too spastic/uncoordinated, I won't torture you I'll give up and snowshoe! The first thing I need to do is find out about the boots I have. A blister is not an option for me. The last time I wore them, I got small blisters on the tops of my middle two toes. I think because they're too small, but could have been "bad technique" related I'm told as well.
The pesky health issue is disconcerting, to say the least. I suspect there are a fair number of us
looking forward to your showing us Dragon's Tail, Shangri-La, and Angel's Wing
in the future. We'll need you in a state of good repair for that, so please make
your health the first priority.
Thanks for that endorsement! Yeah, I need to watch what I do a bit more carefully. I can't do at 68 what I could at 58. It sucks. That said...
I'm not letting whatever this is intimidate me with regard to how I spend my "fun time". I have some script anti nausea tabs now which were a huge help in the ER(IV there)
Not much to do about the "chills" but have enough warm blankets available. I wouldn't want to have an episode on a cold night at say MOK. But then I'll have my ResQ Beacon so Two Bear can find me if it gets really life threatening bad....which these things have not been so far.
I bought T-shirt summer of 2002 when I moved here. Showed a hiker on the back with the following on it
You can get eaten by a bear and die.
You can fall off a cliff and die...or
You can fall off the couch and die
HIKE MONTANA
Soooooo...regarding my episodes....
I'm just going to do what I can do...one day at a time. Every day's a new day.
A lot of folks didn't wake up this morning. I did. So thank God
I'm good to go one more time!
I'm liking this winter so far.
This is what winter should be like: cold and snow (16F as I type), but not too much of either, and moderate winds.
Of course it never quite works that way does it?
It looks like another long "inversion" forecast for the Flathead Valley. Might last for a week with Lows in single digits F and Highs teens to low 20's....with the usual low stratus cloud bank and freezing fog. That grim weather doesn't bother me too much since wind is almost non existent. Whole different deal when the wind gets up.
later
pete