Had a good time

We're back from Colorado and although not much skiing, we still had a good time. Val and I went to Lorrie and Craig's condo at Winter Park--arriving on President's day. Most of the people were leaving at the end of the day and the rest of the week was pretty deserted up there. On Tuesday we went to the slopes, got Val outfitted and in a class, and I went up to the slopes. We were worried about Val's knees and rightly so. After a while in a beginning class doing mostly snowplow, she had to stop. I think she would have been better off not taking the beginning class and maybe just playing around on her own since she has skied before. Anyway, my back was also giving me grief so I was happy to quit after 5 or 6 runs. The next two days up there were partly blizzard conditions and we stayed inside most of the time. Winds were up to 80 miles per hour and the power kept going off and on. On Friday, the day was nice and I went back up to the slopes and Val stayed in the condo. I skied for about 2.5 hours and then quit as the back was bothering again. On Saturday, we went to Denver and stayed with Joel and Judy Bedford and had a very nice dinner.

So even though we didn't do much, it was still nice to be there. I plan to go back next month with Craig's family, but still will not ski much. Now that I'm home, I decided to see someone about the back. I went to a neurologist this week and had an MRI. No report yet, but we shall see. I go back on March 20 to see him again. I have been putting this off for quite a while hoping the back will get better as it has in the past when it acts up. But this time it is more persistent and associated with clear nerve problems in my left leg.

Houston has had a very warm and wet start to the year. The drought is officially over here and the temperatures have frequently been in the mid 70's. Trees are leafing out or flowering and it really looks like spring. If you are growing tomatoes in this part the country, the plants should already be in the ground.