That's right I turned forty over the weekend!!!!!!!!! No big bash, no fan fare, more importantly NO sorrow. I hear so many people bitch about getting older. Sure I move a little slower ache, a bit more, and am getting some cool gray hair in my beard. I'd rather it come in on my head, maybe even up front. Oh well, what can you do? I will say that anything over twenty five for me is a bonus. There really isn't any good or logical reason I'm still above ground sucken down the O2. I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. Birthdays in general have really not been on the top of my list for good days in years past. When I turned twelve it was the last time I saw my father and head died the following month. Lots of years dwelling on that. Not this year. I spent the the weekend with my best friend. My wife!! We went to a wonderful dinner in downtown Redlands on Saturday night followed by a kick ass hike on Sunday (my actual b-day).
We got up slowly had some oatmeal and hit the trail at a reasonable 9:00am. Unfortunately I realized I forgot to lock the truck a mile into the hike and had to run back and lock it. So I got my run in. Shana kept going and I had to hustle to catch her. The day was beautiful. We hiked just short of high creek found a nice view and had a picnic. Nothing like some sandwiches, hot ramen noodles and tee on a chilly day. The snow was intermittent but we did put the crampons on the icy shady area on the decent. We were out six hours probably eight or ten miles and four to fivethousand feet of elevation gain and loss. Not bad for a Sunday.
