Because I won't fly, we drove to OH-PA. Being next to big semi trucks, sometimes hauling double trailers, is not fun. We made it to Canton, OH in 2 1/2 days but took 3 1/2 days to drive back from Harrisburg, PA. We don't plan to drive back East again as it's too hard and takes up too much time. I still won't fly but I'll enjoy shorter driving trips in the Southwest.
Was fun walking with sister and brother in OH! They are both good walkers. Lots of fun to visit peppy 95 year old woman in Richville who lived across the street from us when we were growing up. Siblings and I visited our 88 year old aunt who doesn't feel so well lately and another aunt, with dementia, in her late 70's. In Harrisburg, spouse and I visited his 88 year old aunt. She has health problems too but seems more cheerful.
I made quinoa muffins with ground up pumpkin seeds this afternoon. Yesterday, I had accidentally added cayenne pepper to some roasted pumpkin seeds. The quinoa helped to dilute the hot pepper but the muffins are still hot but taste delicious to me. I meant to season the pumpkin seeds with chili powder - dum, de, dum, dum!!
At MPL's used book store today, I found Craig Martin's Los Alamos Area Mountain Bike Trails. I had recently taken it out of the library and then felt sorry I had sold my copy; how opportune to find a used copy! It provides the key to much of the hiking in the Jemez like the Peralta Road area. He didn't include everything in that book in his later Los Alamos Trails books. It was only $3 - I was happy to find it!
For first walk in the woods since returning home, I chose FR181/American Springs Road. Billowing storm clouds were overhead and thunder rumbled occasionally but it never rained even though it did in town as I discovered on the drive back home. The road is usually deserted but I saw wood gatherers and campers. Saw loads of yarrow and yellow clover. The yellow flowers of summer are coming on - black eyed Susan, golden eye, New Mexico Senecio, a yellow, wild aster. Veronica is rampantly growing in runoff from American Springs. Its blue flower has some similarity to forget-me-nots. Roses are now faded pink in color as summer wanes on. To make up for that, raspberries are ripening.