We just returned from a ten-day, mostly delightful trip to visit the Colorado/Montana Websters. It turns out that driving 1,500 miles in two days is more challenging than it used to be. My lower back definitely thought that I had overdone it. It probably didn’t help that I had tweaked it working in the garden just days before our trip. Despite that, we managed to get in several walks/hikes with all the Websters on our stay.
We started by visiting Logan at Montana State College, spending the day eating, hiking, touring the campus, and meeting his girlfriend for the first time. All in all, we couldn’t have asked for a better day. Thankfully, Logan chose a hike in the Triple Tree Ranch that wasn’t too demanding, while still offering some beautiful views and beautiful flowers, like this Poison Camas,
this Yellow Salsify,
and this Columbine.
Turns out you see more flowers when you pause to catch you breath regularly.
I caught up most of the time, but I definitely could have used a little more oxygen on our walk, not unexpected since we were hiking at 5,000 feet elevation. Hard to believe twenty years ago I was carrying Logan or Zoe in a backpack at this altitude.