At the end of my Perimeter Trail walk, I walked the steep, dirt road up to the Knife-edge trailhead just to see what was up. I'd like to do a reenactment of the Knife-edge trek one day. I'd also like to explore the old roads off the Perimeter Trail again. A tree, small enough possibly to move, fell over the last few yards of the Knife-edge access road.
The 1 1/2 hour this morning included stretches as well as resistance work. I watched the Today show while I worked out.
Another crummy thing about the New Balance 908's is that my right knee did some complaining but my knees behaved perfectly with the Tevas. It's true that this knee yammering happened as I was going down the steep downhill from the Knife-edge trailhead.
Today I went to Metzgers to look at extension ladders thinking that if perhaps I could buy a longer, more solid extension ladder, I could get on the roof. Well, forget about it - they cost over $200. A sales clerk at Metzgers gave me the name of Joe Hurtado when I asked about roofers to repair a small leak but I couldn't find his license on the Construction Industries Division website for NM.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Perimeter Trail Walk
Here's an excerpt from an email yesterday to my sister:
Grandson and daughter were over here tonight for supper. Daughter took home some for son in law since he works until 8:30pm. We had lamb kebabs, roasted vegetables, corn on the cob, canned sweet potatoes, and salad. Grandson had an adventure this afternoon. Daughter had sent the Y after school program an email saying that grandson wouldn't go to the program on Friday, the last day of school. There was a mix up because they sent him straight home after school on the bus today when he was supposed to stay at the after school program. The neighbors told him his Mom was at work so he walked there, less than 1/2 mile, and pops in saying "Hi, Mom!", scaring daughter half to death because she thought he was safely ensconced in Y camp! She brought him over here and he quietly watched TV while I worked on getting the dinner ready. He told us that he waited until 4 cars passed to cross the street. Daughter's going to show him how he can cross at the light in the future.
I forgot to mention that Sunday night I went to bed around 1am and my bladder woke me up at 7:30am. Last night I went to bed past 12:30am and my bladder/alarm clock woke me at 8am.
I am so tempted to hike with the LL group tomorrow just for some company but driving an hour each way doesn't sound like what I really want to do. I wonder if there's a hiking group on Wednesday that hikes locally?
I walked part of the south portion of the Perimeter Trail today, starting at Pajarito Canyon/Nail Trail Trailhead. The only person I saw was a bicyclist. I started around 1:45pm. There were still orange pin flags and some plastic flagging up to mark the return route of the 50 mile Jemez Mountain Trail Run. I walked over to FR181 and turned around.
The south portion of the Perimeter Trail is really lovely in the part west and uphill of Valle Canyon. The sides of the hill going out of Valle Canyon had lots of valerian, red columbine, fresh green moss, white violets, and white flowered wild strawberry. Then when you top out, you walk through a forest of tall, widely spaced ponderosa pines and masses of yellow golden pea - really beautiful! I got back to my car just before 4pm.
Now for some foot bitching: I tried out the New Balance 908 today and it wasn't good. I experimented with not using the Hapad Comf Orthotic insoles and my right heel slid around a lot and caused some pain plus, there isn't enough room for my right big toe (the one that's trying hard to become a bunion). I really missed the freedom for my toes of the Tevas and how the ankle strap on the Tevas keeps my ankle in place. My foot felt perfect after yesterday's walk in the Tevas. Problem is that I'm afraid of killing myself in the Tevas because if the open toes catch on a branch, I'm dead. I put the Tevas on when I got back to the car and they felt so indescribably, deliciously comfortable and soothing to my feet!
During my walk, big, dark bottomed clouds rolled on by overhead, with mostly sunshine and some wind that helped to cool me.
The bank clock said 85 degrees and it's 80 degrees in the house. Ah, to have the luxury of retreating to higher, cooler climes!! : )
Oh, I did 1 1/2 hours of upper and lower body resistance work this morning before breakfast. My left buttock is sore even though I'm stretching it with a lot of different stretches. It mostly behaved on the walk today.
Grandson and daughter were over here tonight for supper. Daughter took home some for son in law since he works until 8:30pm. We had lamb kebabs, roasted vegetables, corn on the cob, canned sweet potatoes, and salad. Grandson had an adventure this afternoon. Daughter had sent the Y after school program an email saying that grandson wouldn't go to the program on Friday, the last day of school. There was a mix up because they sent him straight home after school on the bus today when he was supposed to stay at the after school program. The neighbors told him his Mom was at work so he walked there, less than 1/2 mile, and pops in saying "Hi, Mom!", scaring daughter half to death because she thought he was safely ensconced in Y camp! She brought him over here and he quietly watched TV while I worked on getting the dinner ready. He told us that he waited until 4 cars passed to cross the street. Daughter's going to show him how he can cross at the light in the future.
I forgot to mention that Sunday night I went to bed around 1am and my bladder woke me up at 7:30am. Last night I went to bed past 12:30am and my bladder/alarm clock woke me at 8am.
I am so tempted to hike with the LL group tomorrow just for some company but driving an hour each way doesn't sound like what I really want to do. I wonder if there's a hiking group on Wednesday that hikes locally?
I walked part of the south portion of the Perimeter Trail today, starting at Pajarito Canyon/Nail Trail Trailhead. The only person I saw was a bicyclist. I started around 1:45pm. There were still orange pin flags and some plastic flagging up to mark the return route of the 50 mile Jemez Mountain Trail Run. I walked over to FR181 and turned around.
The south portion of the Perimeter Trail is really lovely in the part west and uphill of Valle Canyon. The sides of the hill going out of Valle Canyon had lots of valerian, red columbine, fresh green moss, white violets, and white flowered wild strawberry. Then when you top out, you walk through a forest of tall, widely spaced ponderosa pines and masses of yellow golden pea - really beautiful! I got back to my car just before 4pm.
Now for some foot bitching: I tried out the New Balance 908 today and it wasn't good. I experimented with not using the Hapad Comf Orthotic insoles and my right heel slid around a lot and caused some pain plus, there isn't enough room for my right big toe (the one that's trying hard to become a bunion). I really missed the freedom for my toes of the Tevas and how the ankle strap on the Tevas keeps my ankle in place. My foot felt perfect after yesterday's walk in the Tevas. Problem is that I'm afraid of killing myself in the Tevas because if the open toes catch on a branch, I'm dead. I put the Tevas on when I got back to the car and they felt so indescribably, deliciously comfortable and soothing to my feet!
During my walk, big, dark bottomed clouds rolled on by overhead, with mostly sunshine and some wind that helped to cool me.
The bank clock said 85 degrees and it's 80 degrees in the house. Ah, to have the luxury of retreating to higher, cooler climes!! : )
Oh, I did 1 1/2 hours of upper and lower body resistance work this morning before breakfast. My left buttock is sore even though I'm stretching it with a lot of different stretches. It mostly behaved on the walk today.
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