Going Solo

Today it was just me out on the trail.   Candy and Pebbles were ready to take a break for the day.   I logged 5.3/Miles on my hike this morning.   I left early and it was a great day/morning to be out.  Didn't see to many other people and pretty much had the trail to myself.  Up to 39/Miles, ready to step it up this next week.

This is my route that I took today.  Hope the weather continues to hold.

You've Got Mail

We had to go to the post office today as Candy had a small package she needed to mail.   So for our hike today we decided we walk to the post office and back.  We ended up with a little over 4.5/Miles.  Most of it was trail, but we covered a lot of sidewalk today as well.  We had a great time and Pebbles was excited to be out.  With today's distance I logged 33.7/Miles for the week.  Hopefully I can step it up next week.

I may have said this already, but I can't believe the weather we are having.   Today it was in the 60's and looks like it will be all next week as well.  

Another Apple Update

Seems like every other week I am updating my apple devices. It takes like forever to get them updated.   My iPhone has been going for about 30 minutes and still not done.  I am sure I will have to do my iPad next.   I did this just a couple of weeks ago.

I am sure that when I reboot my laptop I will have several windows updates to do. 

Get in the Groove

For this old man I have had a pretty decent week.   I am talking about getting my ass out and walking daily.  I started on Sunday, daylight savings day.  Got up early  and got a couple of miles in. 

Then I walked to work and back everyday this week, except for Thursday when I did the treadmill.  Got up and 5:00 AM and have gotten up just as early every day this week.   I have manged to get 29.2 Miles in this week.   I have to say it feels pretty good to be back in the groove.

All the miles I am tracking are from my Garmin that I use.  It goes on my wrist like a watch.  I am able to track my routes, distance, elevation and more.   I only use it when I head out for my hikes, so I don't track every step when using the ftibit.  I can load my routes into google earth and see where I have been.

Don't Jinx It.....

Well I have managed to get 15/Miles in over the last three days.  Walked to work both Monday/Tuesday and got out on Sunday as well.   Just have to keep after it.   It has been nice as Candy is on-board and has gone with me everyday.  Our dog Pebbles is super happy about this.  Just say the word walk and she is bouncing off the walls.

Back Home

I had to go look at the calendar to see what I have been up to since my last post.   Well one week, I was in Las Vegas and the following week I was in NY/NJ.  Traveling for business and trying to make the most of it.

I went and looked at my pictures taken since my last post and this is what I found.  Glad to be home for a couple of weeks.

I think between the last three weekends we have probably bagged over thirty large contractor sized trash bags of leafs.  I will say it looks pretty good around here.  Or at least for today, by next weekend many more will have blown in.

We did get a new bed. It was delivered last week while I was gone. I am pretty happy and have slept great the last two days.   Hope it holds up.

The weather here has been great.   We really need some moisture, but the temperatures have been in the 30's at night and 60/70's during the day.  We got out today and did a little of 3.5 Miles.  It was a great morning to be out.   we left the house at 7 AM and it was 42 outside.  We warmed up quickly once we started walking.

Already have my hiking clothes out for tomorrow and my backpack has my work clothes in it.   I have to get back out.

I cooked up and awesome dinner this evening.  I made baked chicken thighs, acorn squash, steamed cauliflower with cheese.   It all tasted awesome.   I included a pear and apple sliced up for something sweet.    

Sweet

It has been an awesome weekend.   On Saturday we went out and played some Frisbee golf.   We only played 14 holes, but had a blast.  It was just Candy and I and we drug Pebbles along with us.   As always she had a great time.  We grabbed a late lunch and then headed home.

This morning I woke to the smell of bacon.   Candy cooked up some bacon and eggs for breakfast.   That was a nice surprise. 

After breakfast I headed over to the shop and detailed my truck and got it all cleaned up from my camping trip.   I washed, vacuumed and wiped down the seats, doors and dash.  It looks great.

We spent the rest of the day working in the back yard.  I think we filled 7 contractor size trash bags.   We cleaned up all the leafs, mowed and did some cutting back of the summer flowers.  Candy got all the flower pots cleaned up.  Unfortunately this will be the first of several times that we will need to pick up leafs.

I dug my clothes out for tomorrow, so should be all set to walk to work. 

Kitty, Kitty

I am not sure how it happen or what came over us, but we now have a cat into the mix of our already crazy animal circus.  His name is Brooks and he came from the humane society.   Brooks is two years old.   We have had him a week now.  He spends most of his time in the basement to keep away from the dogs.

Today was the first day that we have taken him outside.   We had to keep the dogs in the house as I am sure that Pebbles would have chased him all over the yard.

We have mice outside.  This comes from having bird feeders.  The birds knock a bunch of feed on the ground and then mice show up to eat.   I am sure that Brooks will catch a few.

First thing he did when getting out in the yard he rolled in the dirt.  He did this several times.  Guessing he was trying to get the pound smell off of him.

In the woods

Oh man the last few days have been a blast for me.   I actually did take some time off and went camping.   I left the house on Thursday around noon and headed up to Leadville.   I found a camping spot, which wasn't hard as there was no one around.   The camping area said it was closed.   What that means is that none of the utilities were working and that the trash dumpsters were locked up.  So you have to carry out what you carry in.

I found a great place along the creek and just down the road from the lake.    Pebbles and I got out and started unloading the truck.   We set up the tent first and then blew up the air mattress and got the sleeping bags out.


Once the tent and sleeping area was all setup I moved to getting out my chair and fishing equipment.    Pebbles and I walked the stream and I fished along the way.   Didn't catch anything but we had fun.

After all this work it was time for a beer.   I sat my chair up in the sun and kicked back and just listened the birds.   A little later I dug out some fire wood and got a fire going.   As the sun was going down it was starting to get cold quick.

Once we had the fire going I started wrapping some potato's in tin foil.  Once I had some coals from the fire I dropped the potato's into the coals to cook.   I dug out my skillet and cooked up a couple of pork chops to go along.

After dinner I cleaned up and finished off my third beer.   It was cold so moved into the tent.  Pebbles was snuggled up with me and I watched a movie on my iPad.   Fell asleep shortly after starting the moving.

The weather was great.  It was in the mid 50's both days.   The morning was a different story.   When I got up on Friday and checked the temperature it was 32.

The following are some more pictures that I took.

Burgers

For a Monday it was a decent day.  I didn't walk but worked out this evening on the floor.  So I did do something.

Candy made up some hamburger patties and we threw them on the grill.  It was quick and easy, had some lettuce and sliced a tomato.  Had some chips and a glass of tea to go along.   Good stuff.

I have been toying with the idea of going camping at the end of the week.  I just don't know if I can take the time.  Plus I need to move my ass and get my shit together.   I was thinking about going Thursday morning and go up towards Leadville.   We will see but I am running out of time.