At Becky’s house.
It’s a busy time
When we’re here in Colorado. Kids. Grandkids. Doctors. Dentist. Work. Trampoline. Becky and Brian got an above ground swimming pool. Christie, Kyle, and Cameron stayed a few extra days after the reunion.
We saw the Cardiologist for our follow-up checkup. We’re released from all restrictions. A perfectly positive outcome. Then, our annual checkup with the Optometrist. Annie went in with us and entertained them.
John the Hydrohot guy came by and gave our hot water and furnace system its annual service. Richard the mobile repair guy knocked a few items off our repair list for us.
Osprey.
St Vrain State Park
It’s all over now
Everyone went their way this morning. While we were at the reunion, I was taking the medicine, Effient, I was supposed to take for my heart. It was awful. Three days of side-effects and I knew I was not going to be able to survive that medicine for an entire year. We called the cardiologist and got switched to Plavix. I’m not a fan of Plavix, but two days into it and life is considerably better. On the way back over Berthoud Pass, we stopped for lunch, got out, and walked around. There is a Continental Divide trail that starts in New Mexico and goes north through Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. It crosses the road at Berthoud Pass. We walked on it a little and it felt good. Maybe I should hike the Continental Divide Trail. For now, I’ll continue to take it easy on exercise until the femoral artery finishes healing up. The bird list from Snow Mountain Ranch.
| Mallard |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Killdeer |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
| Rufous Hummingbird |
| Northern Flicker |
| Black-billed Magpie |
| American Crow |
| Tree Swallow |
| Violet-green Swallow |
| Cliff Swallow |
| Mountain Bluebird |
| American Robin |
| Song Sparrow |
| Lincoln’s Sparrow |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Pine Siskin |
I’m not sick tonight
I don’t deserve to not be sick tonight after what I ate for lunch and Mexican food for dinner and leftover brownies and cheesecake at 10 pm. I am really really full though.
Shots of the reunion cabin.
