This week has turned into a slow week. I’d had it planned to be off this week for our annual Outlaws Run, but after getting news from my Manager at work that a fellow coworker (someone whom I interact with a lot) has Covid, I felt it best to not go on the run, stay home and get tested ( got tested this past Sunday).
Really bummed to be missing Outlaws Run this year, but it’s the better thing to do.
So in the mean time, have been catching up on rest, chores around the apartment, planning next yeas trips and trying to get our trip to Iceland from 2017 re-edited for the blog. Fun to go back through those images, feel like we only touched the surface of what Iceland has to offer ( like any place I’m able to explore, I always want to get back to see more of it).
Hope to get up to the cabin later in the week….
A few teaser pics from our Iceland trip back in 2017…
Glacier Lagoon.
Myvatn
NW Fjords.
Porsmork Valley.
The NW Fjords and Porsmork Valley were my favorite areas we visited.
Last weekend I headed out for a few days to enjoy the fall colors. Work was kind enough to let me switch some days around so I’d have a three day weekend. Aside from photographing the fall colors, I wanted to get out of town and celebrate my two year anniversary for Open Heart Surgery.
In the spring of 2018 I ended up getting Sepsis infection ( thought I had the flu) and spent three weeks in the Hospital at Porter. We never did find the cause but the source was my VSD ( small hole between two chambers of my heart) that I’ve had my whole life. After recovering from the Sepsis infection the doctors wanted the VSD closed. I was able to get in with Children’s Hospital in Denver ( I’ve had the VSD since birth, and one of my best friends is a Pediatric Cardiologist there) and had the surgery in October of 2018. Pre-op was on a Monday, Surgery Tuesday and I was home Friday. Still amazes me.
So, knowing I had a long weekend thanks to work, I headed out to celebrate two years post Open Heart Surgery doing the things I love. I headed down to Kebler Pass and Lost Lake. Both places I had never been. It was crowded, everybody else out enjoying the fall colors just like me, but man the Aspens on Kebler Pass are amazing and somehow I lucked out ad got a camp spot at Lost Lake campground. Perfect. There was a nice three mile hike from the campground that I got out on Friday. A most wonderful outing and seem to be more at peace with my Open Heart Surgery:).
Along Kebler Pass, just outside of Crested Butte.
Bliss:). I was heading to camp when I looked up the hill from the road and saw this scene. Seemed like every time I went around a corner, the Aspens were better than the last.
Lost Lake and East Beckwith Mountain.
Some fine evening views.
Got up early Friday morning to catch the sunrise. Some perfect Fall color!
I wasn’t the only one up for the morning light.
Morning reflections.
Watched a Bald Eagle fly around the lake for a bit while taking this pic:).
After the sunrise, and a nap, went out for a late morning 3 mile hike. Felt good to stretch the legs after driving all day yesterday.
Some great views while looking back down at camp.
Dollar Lake.
Yours’s truly and a celebratory toast to two years post Open Heart Surgery.
Aspen views.
Some fine Aspen vistas!
Along the Kebler Pass road making my way back to camp.
