What I'm doing on my summer vacation

I know everyone is supposed to stay home these days, but evidently my doctors miss me and truly want to see me. So I’ve been on a doctor tour. Colonoscopy, mammogram, pap smear, and bone density test – and every one came back exactly as one would hope! To have them all behind me and the results so good is a wonderful feeling. 

To celebrate this successful doctor tour Nick and I took a trek into the mountains yesterday. We had a peaceful morning. We sat on this lovely little deck on the water and read for a while. 

Then we hiked near a small water falls. I didn’t give Nick the chance to murder me on this one as he’s tried to do on other hikes. I went as far as I was comfortable, but when we got to stairs steeper than this, no hand rail and they were wet to boot, I decided I’d seen everything I needed to see on that hike and told Nick to proceed without me. 

I was in a pretty spot and I didn’t mind waiting a bit. He was back before long with some good pictures. I enjoyed looking at them more than I would have enjoyed an ambulance ride had I decided to go with him. But we saw some pretty things.

The best thing we saw was a mother deer and the tiniest little spotted baby standing in a small meadow near the road. I wasn’t able to get my own picture but it was lovely.

I was pleased to see that most of the people we encountered along the trail wore mask. Many like us, pulled them down for easier breathing as we hiked, but pulled them back on if we approached people.

We finished off the day back home with a nap and a swim about the time the sun went down. I’ll be very happy when it’s safe enough that no one needs to quarantine, but for me, it’s not been too bad.