Author: Steve

Fall does not wait until October to happen in the high country. The
campground cottonwoods are hurrying to be first to turn.

The job in Glenwood Springs is done… almost done. Two follow-up items.
Tomorrow, a new job in Carbondale. We continue to stay in Basalt. The
daily commute changes from twenty miles each way to ten miles each way. Life on the road.

You have probably been wondering to yourselves “When is Steve going to send
more sunset pictures?” I know you’re just wondering it quietly to
yourselves, because no one has actually said it out loud. Well, the wait is over. We get sunsets in Basalt too.

I don’t understand my knee. It started hurting in November. We’ve tried
several things to fix it, but nothing has worked for very long. We’ve tried
anti-inflammatories. We’ve bought new shoes. We’ve had a couple surgical
solutions offered but have avoided them. As recently as Bend Oregon, less
than a month ago, it still hurt every day when I ran. Since then, it has
hardly hurt at all. I’ve been careful to walk more than run. Bicycling
seems to aggravate it more than walking. Nature’s most perfect exercise,
racquetball doesn’t hurt it at all. I don’t know why it quit hurting. I don’t know if it’s completely through
or not, but I have been able to run/walk every day for the last week with no
discomfort. I don’t run very far, just a mile or two before I switch back
to walking. I don’t understand my knee… but I like what it’s doing.

Colorado Rocky Mountain summer weather; eighties during the day, forties at
night.
Discovered an interesting fact. The bathroom sink in the hallway has the
usual overflow port at the top front, so if you fill up the sink for the cat
to drink from, because he likes to drink from his mountain lake, and forget
to turn the water off, it just runs out the overflow until you remember. If you fill the sink up in the bathroom, you’d better keep an eye on it,
because it does not have an overflow.