Steve and Judy's Travels!

  There is nothing wrong about oatmeal.  It’s just me and the goofy way I metabolize carbohydrates.  I don’t do it very well.   The Leaf Bug; that was Teigan’s.  I got to take pictures as she was letting it go in the raspberry bushes.  Leaf Bugs really like to eat raspberry leaves.     Monday We’ve been in Colorado for a month.  Had a nice long visit with the kids.  Not nearly long enough.  But time to move on anyway.   North up Interstate 25.  Across the state line to Wyoming.  The road got smoother.  Traffic dissipated.  Wide-open rolling grasslands.  Love that drive through Wyoming.   Stopped for the night at Wheatland; elevation 4,750 feet.  Cold at night; in the thirties.  The air won’t hold much moisture here.  Dry skin.  We mean to find some humidity.   Dinner and a visit with Bill and Marge.  Friends for over forty years.   5,530 miles since Port Aransas.     Tuesday Rolled down Highway 26, diagonally southeast through Wyoming and Nebraska, through Torrington and Scottsbluff, to Ogallala.  Saw a bald eagle on the way.  Weather front coming in.  Windy today.  Looks like three days of rougher weather coming up.   Elevation 3,200 feet.  A little warmer.  The air should be able to hold a little more moisture here.   5,750 miles.   Life on the road.    

  Given my heart history, I have to remain constantly aware of my energy level.  That’s my early indicator of redeveloping heart issues.  If my capacity starts a steady decline, that means it’s time for another visit to the Cath Lab to open up the blood flow to my heart again.  We expect it to happen; we just don’t know when.   We’re watching for patterns.  A change in energy for one day is not a big deal.  A decline over time is.  For the last couple weeks, walks were getting tougher and slower.  Clearly, something was going on.  I was almost ready to trigger the cardiology visit and change our schedule to accommodate hospitalization and recuperation, when a coincidence struck me.  For the last few weeks I’ve been eating oatmeal again after a several-year hiatus.  I love oatmeal.  I don’t remember why I stopped eating it in the first place.   But the onset of my energy decline coincided with my resumption of daily oatmeal.  I eliminated the oatmeal from my diet.  I feel great again.   You just never know.