I'm in love with the change of seasons. I get bored easily as a season wears on and on. Too much of anything is boring but at a season's beginning, with its promise of what's to come, I'm excited. Fall is coming on in northern New Mexico with all its yellow - billows of sunflowers and barrels of chamisa and the promise of hillsides soon to be festooned with golden aspens. I can't wait!
I did intervals on the Canyon Rim Trail today and am continually amazed at how well used that trail is. Apparently there was a crying need in Los Alamos for a paved trail for people who prefer that to walking on the uneven surface of a dirt trail. Some scoffed at the cost of the pedestrian bridge on the Canyon Rim Trail and called it the bridge to nowhere. Not hardly! It's enabling many to have an enjoyable outdoor experience. Build a trail and people will have fun!
I recently watched an episode of the Dr. Oz show in which he revealed that his colonoscopy showed he had an adenomatous polyp which is a type that can turn into cancer. I thought it was very brave for him to reveal this because some will say that eating healthy, exercising and staying slim didn't do Dr. Mehmet Oz any good since he developed this precancerous polyp despite his healthy lifestyle. I disagree. Maybe these measures aren't an ironclad guarantee of good health but I'd rather hedge my bets by practicing a healthy habits than by following the Standard American Diet (SAD) and being a couch potato. Long live Dr. Oz!!