Spouse and I made our official debut today into Old Fartdom! We attended the 1:00pm seatingof the Christmas dinner put on by Los Alamos National Bank at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
The dinner was prime rib, baked potato, huge biscuit, asparagus and some kind of cheesecake. Spouse traded asparagus for my prime rib and I readily handed over the white flour biscuit. In addition to the the asparagus spears, I ate the baked potato with broccoli that I had brought from home and what was leftover of my breakfast smoothie (apple, persimmon, frozen blackberries, herbal tea and soy milk). (I had a tuna fish sandwich in a small cooler but wasn't brave enough to take it out as it stunk of raw onions. As soon as we returned home, I demolished that!) I took my piece of pie home to freeze for grandson when he comes over next week.
There was a live band. They only played one Christmas song, though, at the very end of the dinner. I guess it doesn't matter since I don't remember what it was although I sang along with it. The song I remember was Black Velvet. I really liked that one.
We sat at a table with 3 other hikers and a married couple - both 85 - who recently were moved to Los Alamos by their children.
LANB gave every guest a 2010 weekly datebook calendar as we exited the dining room. The bank puts on the free dinner every year and gives everyone a gift.
I did my four miles on Camp May Road. I didn't start until 3:30pm. There was so much downhill traffic that I wonder if Pajarito Mountain Ski Area has opened for the season. There was some uphill traffic as well and I wondered if the late starters were going up to see the sunset or for a very late afternoon cross country ski or snowshoe.
My GPS accurately measured the distance up Camp May Road. I had begun to lose faith in it when it seemed to mis-measure the distance on Dome Road the other day.
There is one area that I call Memorial Corner where I admired the the contrast of the dried, blond grass against the very white snow. As I walked downhill, I tried to verbalize in my mind what attracted my eyes to that scene but didn't succeed to my satisfaction. Was it the way the late afternoon light highlighted the grass from the south (wheatgrass planted after the Cerro Grande fire)? Was it the particular way the grass was grouped across the snow or the tilt of the hillside? On the way down I saw other blond grass on white snow but it didn't impact my eyes as much.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Pomegranate Party
Had a lovely snowshoe today on FR181 from the twin water tanks. When I started, I felt like pounding up the trail to work out some of my frustrations, due to cabin fever from the past few days of not getting out on the trail, but the up part quickly subdued me!
I enjoy breaking trail, though, if it's not too deep. My MSR Denali snowshoes are short and thus don't have much flotation so I flounder in deep snow. This was utterly perfect snow with a beautifully sunny day and blue skies. I was entranced by shadows cast on the snow by grass, pine needles and cones.
It was nice to have time today after the snowshoe to shop at Smith's. I bought olives, hummous, eggplant spread, frozen oj concentrate, bananas, green onions and pomegranates. After supper, I mushed my face in a pomegranate, greedily gulping crimson seeds - yum!
I enjoy breaking trail, though, if it's not too deep. My MSR Denali snowshoes are short and thus don't have much flotation so I flounder in deep snow. This was utterly perfect snow with a beautifully sunny day and blue skies. I was entranced by shadows cast on the snow by grass, pine needles and cones.
It was nice to have time today after the snowshoe to shop at Smith's. I bought olives, hummous, eggplant spread, frozen oj concentrate, bananas, green onions and pomegranates. After supper, I mushed my face in a pomegranate, greedily gulping crimson seeds - yum!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Frozen Steppes
It took me two hours (counting 3 bathroom stops - couldn't believe the library was open!) to walk 3 miles. It's not a pedestrian world out there. The sidewalks are piled high with snow, gusty winds blow more snow around, frostbite is a real possibility and non-icy spots are in short supply. Surprisingly, I saw more than a handful of people out walking, including one man walking his energetic, snow-loving dog!
I will skip the group snowshoe tomorrow at Cañada Bonita. Last year when I went, it was very windy as soon as we hit the meadow. I had enough wind tonight. Besides, I have to get up early Thursday and Friday so tomorrow is another slothful day of sleeping in!
I will skip the group snowshoe tomorrow at Cañada Bonita. Last year when I went, it was very windy as soon as we hit the meadow. I had enough wind tonight. Besides, I have to get up early Thursday and Friday so tomorrow is another slothful day of sleeping in!
Evil
That's how I'm feeling now. I'm looking longingly at the Rio Grande beach photo on my desktop. I like bare ground and I don't like to shovel snow.
Spouse and did some snow clearing. Spouse swept off the cars and moved them to a side road. He cleared most of the driveway and the front porch area. The shovel he used, though, is the one for pushing light snow. This was no light snow. That shovel leaves a crust of snow everywhere which will turn to ice. We need to buy another scoop shovel because that's the best for a large snow dump.
I cleared the back porch and a path to the dish antenna. Then, out front, I finished the driveway on the other side of my car which was labor intensive because the shovelfuls of snow needed to be carried to the side-yard fence and flung over. My philosophy of snow removal is more Germanic than my spouse's. I enjoy the exercise of hauling the heavy shovelfuls of snow.
I always shovel clear a path for the mailman between houses and scrape down the front porch area. Can't have the postman breaking his/her neck.
On the sidewalk, I decided a one-shovel-wide-path was good enough. This is mainly because removing what the county snow plow put all alongside the sidewalk is more than even my Germanic roots allow me to endure!
The trash and recycle bins needed sweeping off and loosening from their snowy stranglehold. It was very satisfying to scrape the ice off the outside thermometer. Now we can see the temperature - 27 degrees. Maybe it was better to leave it obstructed? Ah, it's not that bad.
The next two days will be very cold which means we'll be living with the ice and snow for a while. As Mother Nature permits, I'll hack at the ice.
I wish we could clear our driveway like our neighbor across the street, a single woman who always scrapes her driveway clean clear down to the pavement. I notice, though, that today she only scraped clean a single car space for her boyfriend's car! She accomplished that this morning during the hellacious winds which probably explains the scaled back effort!
The evil part is that I'm going to go out to exercise soon - just walking around the downtown area - and I'm afraid of falling. I get evil if I can't exercise.
Spouse and did some snow clearing. Spouse swept off the cars and moved them to a side road. He cleared most of the driveway and the front porch area. The shovel he used, though, is the one for pushing light snow. This was no light snow. That shovel leaves a crust of snow everywhere which will turn to ice. We need to buy another scoop shovel because that's the best for a large snow dump.
I cleared the back porch and a path to the dish antenna. Then, out front, I finished the driveway on the other side of my car which was labor intensive because the shovelfuls of snow needed to be carried to the side-yard fence and flung over. My philosophy of snow removal is more Germanic than my spouse's. I enjoy the exercise of hauling the heavy shovelfuls of snow.
I always shovel clear a path for the mailman between houses and scrape down the front porch area. Can't have the postman breaking his/her neck.
On the sidewalk, I decided a one-shovel-wide-path was good enough. This is mainly because removing what the county snow plow put all alongside the sidewalk is more than even my Germanic roots allow me to endure!
The trash and recycle bins needed sweeping off and loosening from their snowy stranglehold. It was very satisfying to scrape the ice off the outside thermometer. Now we can see the temperature - 27 degrees. Maybe it was better to leave it obstructed? Ah, it's not that bad.
The next two days will be very cold which means we'll be living with the ice and snow for a while. As Mother Nature permits, I'll hack at the ice.
I wish we could clear our driveway like our neighbor across the street, a single woman who always scrapes her driveway clean clear down to the pavement. I notice, though, that today she only scraped clean a single car space for her boyfriend's car! She accomplished that this morning during the hellacious winds which probably explains the scaled back effort!
The evil part is that I'm going to go out to exercise soon - just walking around the downtown area - and I'm afraid of falling. I get evil if I can't exercise.
Even More Snow
Last night, after my walk, I broomed the snow off both cars and this morning, they each had as much more snow as before I swept them.
Lab was cancelled so I got to sleep in. I woke at 9am. Finished breakfast-lunch about an hour ago. (Let's just say that I don't approach it in a straight-line manner - I do other things in the process which extends everything. Actually, I was doing a lot of stalling in hopes that the hellacious winds would die down. They finally have.)
I have to go out soon to help with the snow shoveling. Spouse is anxious and isn't waiting for me to finish on the computer so he's headed out now to toss snow into the street which the county doesn't want us to do - in fact, business owners who plowed snow into the streets today were ordered to put it back on their property - the county is serious about this. I can't wait until grandson is older and stronger and hungrier to earn money!
My car sits in repose again today in the driveway. Maybe tomorrow I'll get out. Thursday, I have to drive to Albuquerque for a doctor appointment so no choice there.
My walk will probably be in the downtown area late this afternoon before everything refreezes.
Lab was cancelled so I got to sleep in. I woke at 9am. Finished breakfast-lunch about an hour ago. (Let's just say that I don't approach it in a straight-line manner - I do other things in the process which extends everything. Actually, I was doing a lot of stalling in hopes that the hellacious winds would die down. They finally have.)
I have to go out soon to help with the snow shoveling. Spouse is anxious and isn't waiting for me to finish on the computer so he's headed out now to toss snow into the street which the county doesn't want us to do - in fact, business owners who plowed snow into the streets today were ordered to put it back on their property - the county is serious about this. I can't wait until grandson is older and stronger and hungrier to earn money!
My car sits in repose again today in the driveway. Maybe tomorrow I'll get out. Thursday, I have to drive to Albuquerque for a doctor appointment so no choice there.
My walk will probably be in the downtown area late this afternoon before everything refreezes.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Lots of Snow
In defense of my slothfulness of sleeping in so late this morning, I went to bed around midnight but couldn't go to sleep immediately.
After doing two loads of laundry, spending too much time on the computer and not finishing breakfast-lunch until almost 2:30pm, I finally went out to the library around 4pm. The whole process of going to the library, spending some time there picking out books and walking back got me home after 6pm.
After a brief pit stop, I finished my 4 miles by walking to the Los Alamos Airport and back. I wish the airplane mechanic didn't have to burn his stinky, black smoke-belching coal fire to warm his mechanic shed. It's really yucky when you breathe it in!
The English librarian said that where she comes from, San Antonio, TX, it only snows about every 10 years. She also misses her garage. I sympathize with her because I too would like a garage and I'm getting less and less enchanted by snow shoveling. Also, I fear slipping on ice a lot more now in the winters. Getting soft in me old age, I am!
I didn't finish supper until a little before 8:30pm. Ah, the wages of a slothful lifestyle are so harsh! No, really, I'd better get up at a decent time tomorrow to help spouse with the snow shoveling and digging out the cars.
Where's a really good place to live where it only snows every ten years??
After doing two loads of laundry, spending too much time on the computer and not finishing breakfast-lunch until almost 2:30pm, I finally went out to the library around 4pm. The whole process of going to the library, spending some time there picking out books and walking back got me home after 6pm.
After a brief pit stop, I finished my 4 miles by walking to the Los Alamos Airport and back. I wish the airplane mechanic didn't have to burn his stinky, black smoke-belching coal fire to warm his mechanic shed. It's really yucky when you breathe it in!
The English librarian said that where she comes from, San Antonio, TX, it only snows about every 10 years. She also misses her garage. I sympathize with her because I too would like a garage and I'm getting less and less enchanted by snow shoveling. Also, I fear slipping on ice a lot more now in the winters. Getting soft in me old age, I am!
I didn't finish supper until a little before 8:30pm. Ah, the wages of a slothful lifestyle are so harsh! No, really, I'd better get up at a decent time tomorrow to help spouse with the snow shoveling and digging out the cars.
Where's a really good place to live where it only snows every ten years??
Hmmm...
Sleeping until 10:15 am is a bit excessive but I suppose my body needed the sleep. So much for getting an early start and going out for a walk before the snow comes! I'll be lucky to get done with breakfast-lunch before noon!
Rockettes turned out to be pretty boring so we didn't watch them.
Left side back of my neck was so sore last night but feels great this morning. My neck tends to get sore on the left side in the evening but feels fine in the morning.
Forgot to mention that on yesterday evening's walk, I tripped and fell. I was walking on the Mesa Trail on the strip of dirt away from the canyon-edge to avoid the snow (and possible ice) on the asphalted path. It's hard to describe what I tripped on but there are display panels like on a fit trail and I tripped on the edging around one of the displays. I went down fast - no question of staying upright - and caught myself on my left hip and arms, maybe grazing my knees. It was a very soft landing. I was lucky!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Blah
Tonight, I still have to read some newspapers, do my lower leg exercises, finish the last few pages of Walking Nature Home (by Susan J. Tweit - a great book that I enjoyed a lot), do my stretches, and check my email. I did my 4 miles at dusk on the Mesa Trail and back and forth to the airport. With 5 shirts and a jacket, I was toasty warm!
Today was such an ordinary day compared to yesterday's 7 mile adventure - down the Blue Dot to the Rio Grande, south on the River Trail, up the Red Dot, 1/2 mile on Piedra Loop to a short connector trail starting at La Senda Road and back on the White Rock Rim Trail. I drove home in the dark. Not easy when you're blinded by headlights of oncoming cars. I'd like to do all the rest of the hikes down to and along the Rio one day. We'll see how much snow comes in with the predicted winter storm.
I did go worship today at the altar of Walmart and Vitamin Cottage - always enjoyable. I love to buy healthy foods at Vitamin Cottage.
I bought a case of Charmin Basic toilet paper at Walmart - it's the only Charmin that doesn't clog our toilet. I bought ammonia with the intention of stripping the very slippery laundry room floor (still a hazard from waxing it lo so many years ago). If I could strip the wax, I wouldn't need the obnoxious throw rugs which are now themselves becoming slippery as they lose their non-slip backing. I remember, though, the last time I used straight ammonia for stripping floor wax (more than 30 years ago when we were starving students living in the mobile home in Gainesville, Florida) I damaged my lungs so much that I got bad bronchitis for many a winter. I'm re-thinking the ammonia idea and will check Metzger's Hardware tomorrow for non-ammonia floor stripping products.
I also bought a Black and Decker blender. It's made in China. The instruction manual says variously don't run it for more than 2 minutes and don't run it for more than 1 1/2 minutes. Lord only knows which time is correct. Then it says in one place use Pulse for 5 seconds, says 10 second somewhere else and 2 minutes in another place. Bologna - 5 seconds sounds about right!
I will cancel the Thursday appointment to have the chimney sweep look at the woodburning stove. Since I wiped it down with plain water, it makes no smells. I can take care of replacing the kaowool blanket and broken brick by replacing them myself or have the chimney sweep do it next summer. I'm going to call Big Jo's Hardware (don't you just love hardware stores??) to see if they stock the stove parts since they are a Quadra Fire dealer.
Christmas lights are on in the big living room, spouse is happily laying on the couch enjoying the fire and Cold Case. At 9pm, he'll turn on the Rockettes Christmas special on PBS. Life is good.
Today was such an ordinary day compared to yesterday's 7 mile adventure - down the Blue Dot to the Rio Grande, south on the River Trail, up the Red Dot, 1/2 mile on Piedra Loop to a short connector trail starting at La Senda Road and back on the White Rock Rim Trail. I drove home in the dark. Not easy when you're blinded by headlights of oncoming cars. I'd like to do all the rest of the hikes down to and along the Rio one day. We'll see how much snow comes in with the predicted winter storm.
I did go worship today at the altar of Walmart and Vitamin Cottage - always enjoyable. I love to buy healthy foods at Vitamin Cottage.
I bought a case of Charmin Basic toilet paper at Walmart - it's the only Charmin that doesn't clog our toilet. I bought ammonia with the intention of stripping the very slippery laundry room floor (still a hazard from waxing it lo so many years ago). If I could strip the wax, I wouldn't need the obnoxious throw rugs which are now themselves becoming slippery as they lose their non-slip backing. I remember, though, the last time I used straight ammonia for stripping floor wax (more than 30 years ago when we were starving students living in the mobile home in Gainesville, Florida) I damaged my lungs so much that I got bad bronchitis for many a winter. I'm re-thinking the ammonia idea and will check Metzger's Hardware tomorrow for non-ammonia floor stripping products.
I also bought a Black and Decker blender. It's made in China. The instruction manual says variously don't run it for more than 2 minutes and don't run it for more than 1 1/2 minutes. Lord only knows which time is correct. Then it says in one place use Pulse for 5 seconds, says 10 second somewhere else and 2 minutes in another place. Bologna - 5 seconds sounds about right!
I will cancel the Thursday appointment to have the chimney sweep look at the woodburning stove. Since I wiped it down with plain water, it makes no smells. I can take care of replacing the kaowool blanket and broken brick by replacing them myself or have the chimney sweep do it next summer. I'm going to call Big Jo's Hardware (don't you just love hardware stores??) to see if they stock the stove parts since they are a Quadra Fire dealer.
Christmas lights are on in the big living room, spouse is happily laying on the couch enjoying the fire and Cold Case. At 9pm, he'll turn on the Rockettes Christmas special on PBS. Life is good.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Burnt Mesa Eagle Traps
Went to the Eagle Traps with two friends today. One led the hike and did an excellent job finding all 3 eagle traps. It was a beautiful day. Not quite warm enough for Indian Summer but definitely dominated by high pressure that kept it clear and cloudless.
The trick to finding the eagle traps is to start walking south from the large Indian ruin on the right toward Boundary peak and a tall, majestic ponderosa. The Indian ruin is shortly after you come up out of a gambel oak-filled swale. Ignore the first Indian ruin after the swale that you'll see on your left.
When you get to the edge of Burnt Mesa, you can either stick close to the edge or walk the crown of the mesa. You'll see Escobas Mesa on your right and a canyon on your left that starts out shallow but deepens. There is a deeper canyon between Burnt and Escobas Mesas.
On the way over to the edge of Burnt Mesa, we saw 2 skinny looking coyotes - not close up but from a distance. They walked away and at a right angle to our line of travel.
I had put waypoints in for the eagle traps and tried a go-to for the first one but that wasn't helpful because the arrow pointed away from the mesa edge. Maybe I input a number wrong. It didn't matter, though, because the leader spotted the first eagle trap. It was where the cliffs end and then you can easily walk down onto the shelf below the mesa's ridgeline. It's right before there is a small uphill and at a point where a trodden trail appears. The other two eagle traps weren't far after that. We went up the hill and followed the mesa a little further where it got rocky and was close to but not at the end.
The first eagle trap is shallow compared to the two near the end. Those two would require a ladder or rope to get out of.
That morning, the two friends had told me that the 4T's hiking group would also be going to the eagle traps but starting a half hour after us. When we three got there first, we sat in the sun and enjoyed the view. Then, one of us with very sharp hearing could hear hikers's voices far off. As they got closer, I gave a pathetic yodel to hail the leader but they didn't hear me. There were nine of them. Six of their number had gone all the way out on the main Burnt Mesa Trail. They passed around baked treats and chatted for a while but didn't have lunch.
We all started back together but we three hung behind. We saw the leader took off from the 4T's group to go down the main Burnt Mesa Trail. I walked all the way back with my two friends, said goodbye and then took off on the main trail again to meet the leader as she came back. On the way there, I saw a group of 4 deer browsing. At first they looked right at me and I stood still to watch them. But then, I saw their eyes were riveted by something coming behind me so I looked back and sure enough, there was a female jogger flying down the trail!
I met the leader at about the 2 mile point and we walked back together. I showed her the old CCC dam off the trail. I wanted to show that to the other two friends but one of them has a hip problem and it would have been hard for her. Her limit is about 6 miles before her hip starts talking to her. She's a very good hiker otherwise.
Afterwards, I sat in my car and ate a light lunch, enjoying the autumn orange grasslands made even deeper orange by the low hanging afternoon sun.
The trick to finding the eagle traps is to start walking south from the large Indian ruin on the right toward Boundary peak and a tall, majestic ponderosa. The Indian ruin is shortly after you come up out of a gambel oak-filled swale. Ignore the first Indian ruin after the swale that you'll see on your left.
When you get to the edge of Burnt Mesa, you can either stick close to the edge or walk the crown of the mesa. You'll see Escobas Mesa on your right and a canyon on your left that starts out shallow but deepens. There is a deeper canyon between Burnt and Escobas Mesas.
On the way over to the edge of Burnt Mesa, we saw 2 skinny looking coyotes - not close up but from a distance. They walked away and at a right angle to our line of travel.
I had put waypoints in for the eagle traps and tried a go-to for the first one but that wasn't helpful because the arrow pointed away from the mesa edge. Maybe I input a number wrong. It didn't matter, though, because the leader spotted the first eagle trap. It was where the cliffs end and then you can easily walk down onto the shelf below the mesa's ridgeline. It's right before there is a small uphill and at a point where a trodden trail appears. The other two eagle traps weren't far after that. We went up the hill and followed the mesa a little further where it got rocky and was close to but not at the end.
The first eagle trap is shallow compared to the two near the end. Those two would require a ladder or rope to get out of.
That morning, the two friends had told me that the 4T's hiking group would also be going to the eagle traps but starting a half hour after us. When we three got there first, we sat in the sun and enjoyed the view. Then, one of us with very sharp hearing could hear hikers's voices far off. As they got closer, I gave a pathetic yodel to hail the leader but they didn't hear me. There were nine of them. Six of their number had gone all the way out on the main Burnt Mesa Trail. They passed around baked treats and chatted for a while but didn't have lunch.
We all started back together but we three hung behind. We saw the leader took off from the 4T's group to go down the main Burnt Mesa Trail. I walked all the way back with my two friends, said goodbye and then took off on the main trail again to meet the leader as she came back. On the way there, I saw a group of 4 deer browsing. At first they looked right at me and I stood still to watch them. But then, I saw their eyes were riveted by something coming behind me so I looked back and sure enough, there was a female jogger flying down the trail!
I met the leader at about the 2 mile point and we walked back together. I showed her the old CCC dam off the trail. I wanted to show that to the other two friends but one of them has a hip problem and it would have been hard for her. Her limit is about 6 miles before her hip starts talking to her. She's a very good hiker otherwise.
Afterwards, I sat in my car and ate a light lunch, enjoying the autumn orange grasslands made even deeper orange by the low hanging afternoon sun.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sawyer Mesa to Ponderosa Campground
Did this 9 mile hike today with 7 other hikers. We got to the Bandelier boundary amazingly fast but I was one of the slower ones because when I got to the lunch stop, I only had time to eat a muffin that a friend gave to me. I got a lot of miles out of that muffin though!
Craig Martin's Los Alamos Trails says the trail that continues from Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) into Bandelier National Monument, jumping off from Sawyer Mesa FR 187, is faint but it isn't anymore. It's well cairned and has had some work done on it to make it easy to follow. The trail is called the Alamo Springs Trail 114.
I was unable to find it just now in the list of SFNF trails and the sitewide search function for their website wasn't working right. Searching Bandelier's website turned up no information either.
I felt like storming up out of Frijoles Canyon today because I wanted to go my own speed. I did but then I came back and walked with the last hiker.
Going down Upper Crossing, we met a lone woman hiker who had gone all the way to Stone Lions that morning from Ponderosa Campground. She looked like a very fit hiker.
I had to hurry back to town after the hike to drop off and pick up materials at the library, return a borrowed Ortho book about flooring options to Finishing Touch, pack up my supper at home and take it over to daughter's so she could go into work around 3pm to finish up some tasks.
Grandson had a relapse. At 3am this morning, his 101 degree fever came back. Daughter took him to doctor's office today and they prescribed antibiotics because of his croupy cough. His oxygenation was good so no chest x-ray was needed. Swine flu is going around and he can't seem to shake the fever but otherwise seems in great spirits! We'll reschedule the Rancho de Chimayo lunch for next weekend.
I left daughter's after 6pm and on the way home, I dropped off some items at Casa Mesita for daughter and am now finishing up two loads of laundry and running the dishwasher - busy day!
Craig Martin's Los Alamos Trails says the trail that continues from Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) into Bandelier National Monument, jumping off from Sawyer Mesa FR 187, is faint but it isn't anymore. It's well cairned and has had some work done on it to make it easy to follow. The trail is called the Alamo Springs Trail 114.
I was unable to find it just now in the list of SFNF trails and the sitewide search function for their website wasn't working right. Searching Bandelier's website turned up no information either.
I felt like storming up out of Frijoles Canyon today because I wanted to go my own speed. I did but then I came back and walked with the last hiker.
Going down Upper Crossing, we met a lone woman hiker who had gone all the way to Stone Lions that morning from Ponderosa Campground. She looked like a very fit hiker.
I had to hurry back to town after the hike to drop off and pick up materials at the library, return a borrowed Ortho book about flooring options to Finishing Touch, pack up my supper at home and take it over to daughter's so she could go into work around 3pm to finish up some tasks.
Grandson had a relapse. At 3am this morning, his 101 degree fever came back. Daughter took him to doctor's office today and they prescribed antibiotics because of his croupy cough. His oxygenation was good so no chest x-ray was needed. Swine flu is going around and he can't seem to shake the fever but otherwise seems in great spirits! We'll reschedule the Rancho de Chimayo lunch for next weekend.
I left daughter's after 6pm and on the way home, I dropped off some items at Casa Mesita for daughter and am now finishing up two loads of laundry and running the dishwasher - busy day!
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