ROAD TRIP TO REHAB
Road Trip to Rehab… This past year has been extremely challenging, personally, with medical issues looming in my mind as well as keeping up with my Bike the West events… Recalling early last year, being told by my cardiologist not to elevate my heart rate with No Skiing, No Biking, No Working out and basically No Life… But, I heeded the warnings… I did ski, but half the days and half the number runs I normally ski – just cruising blue runs… It was extremely hard not to ride my bike or hike in the summer months… I did get out a do some fishing, but limitedly… Well, I’m pleased to say that after a series of three surgeries, from end of June through end of October, to correct aneurysms and re-plumb both my legs and repairing the aortic aneurysm, I have a new lease on life and hoping within a few months to get back to my normal active outdoor lifestyle… Unfortunately, it is taking longer than I imagined, to get my legs in shape as I still suffer fatigued buttocks / gluts when walking any distance, but have found, it is easier for me to be sliding on skis, than to walk. For the past 18 years, I look forward to my NASJA (North American Snowsports Journalist Association) Western Winter Summit Meeting as a kick off, with old friend and ski buddy, Dan Giesin, to our annual road trip incorporating the meeting with another 2 weeks of travel to other resorts… The NASJA Western Winter Summit meeting was scheduled for January 27 – 31, 2019 for Salt Lake City with skiing the resorts in both Little & Big Cottonwood Canyons… Here is the account of my Road Trip to Rehab. Saturday: January 26, 2019: Blue Skies and Sunshine predicted this day as I prepared and posted my Lake Tahoe Mountain Resort Report on my www.bikeandskitahoe.com website… All resorts were open with snow depth bases ranging from 40 to 100”. This will change immensely by the time I get back… Dan had to take care of some business that morning and was driving up from his home in Marin County that afternoon, so I continued to prepare and pack for the 17-day road trip… I had the Subaru serviced a week before, knowing that I would be putting at least 3000 miles on the road and gassed up and pre-packed the...
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