December 2, 2008

The puppies left last week.  I miss them, their energy, their cuteness, their enthusiasm, and of course, their puppy breath!  Hopefully, they will each get adopted to a loving home.

I've been taking walks around here and discovered some horses close by.  I can't figure out how to get to the place where I can actually hike.  It looks close, but I can't find a way to get there.  "Ya can't get there from here!"  I think ya can, I just haven't found it yet.

Last Wednesday, I went to Albertson's Market to meet up with "Durango Seniors Outdoors" to go on a four mile walk by the river.  I must have been in the wrong place, cause I never found them.  But, I decided to go by myself.  It's a very nice paved walkway that follows the Animas River.  I walked and walked and walked, and finally decided to turn around, thankfully.  I didn't get that much farther when I discovered blisters on both heels!  Bummer!  It was hard getting the rest of the way back, but I managed.  I passed some seniors on the way out, and I think that was them.  But, they were walking very fast, and I was glad that I didn't find them!  Especially because of the blisters!

I've been trying to work my way up to the four miles, so I can go the next time, but tomorrow is Wednesday, and I'm not quite ready, so I'll wait another week.  Whatever.

I received an email listing the upcoming outings.  Would you believe they are mostly too much for me?  Snowshoeing five miles?  I don't think so.  Hopefully, I'll find some activities that I can do!  Boy, I'm in a seniors group and still can't keep up!  That is just totally embarrassing.

Yesterday, I went on an adventure.  When I lived here before, thirty years ago, there was a road that I named "Epitome Road."  I went on it first with my Mom, when she drove out here with me.  It was all farms and ranches.  While we were driving, we had to stop for a herd of sheep to cross the road.  The reason I named it "Epitome Road" is because it was the epitome of why I moved to Durango.  That was thirty years ago.

Back to yesterday . . . I had no idea what I would find on the road.  Condominiums?  Malls?  Housing complexes?  I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.  It was the best.  I saw so many horses just in the first couple miles of the road.  The farms and ranches are mostly still there.  I saw some new/newer houses, but there weren't that many, and they were far apart.  Toward the end of the road, where it connects to a major highway, it was a little more populated than it used to be, but all in all, it was still a wonderful road, and will keep its name, "Epitome Road."

I know I need to take some pictures.  I'll do that soon.