Raining now with the gods bowling in the heavens (remember being told by your parents that God was bowling in heaven when it thundered?) If this so-called La Niña keeps up, I may have to build an ark! It's predicted to be cool and rainy the next few days.
Family went to Salman Ranch - bought back raspberries, raspberry jam and raspberry vinegar - yum!!
I walked on Route. Saw one aspen along the path that had turned golden. Others look in good condition but it's been so warm that they haven't turned yet. Felt so good to walk on the Route but I must admit that I was sluggish. Could never have done Aspen Vista Ridge Trail on Wednesday feeling like I did today. On the way down, heard paintballers shooting each other in the woods.
This morning made edamame hummous - 2 cups edamame, 4 T sesame paste (tahini), juice of two limes, 4 cloves garlic, dried parsley, cumin powder - whip it up in food processor. Such a lovely green color but I think chickpea hummous is better. If I made it again, I would halve the lime juice and garlic. I had half of the recipe this morning on jasmine brown rice.
Also made vanilla almond-date "milk" - 2 cups water, 1/2 cup whole, natural almonds, 4 pitted medjool dates, 1 t pure vanilla extract - grind almonds in blender, add rest of ingredients and whip it up - thick and luscious! I added an apple and frozen raspberries to a cup of the "milk" and it made the prettiest smoothie! This recipe was inspired by a recipe in the cookbook How it all Vegan except I used twice as much dates and added the vanilla extract.
WRSC hiking group walked part of Rio en Medio Trail yesterday, starting from En Medio village and going to the first waterfall for a little over 4 miles roundtrip and 700' elevation gain. Only 3 of us went to the waterfall - now I know who the tough ones are in the group! Many stream crossings but no one fell in - shucks!
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