Trip to the Adirondacks

Time to catch up. My blogging rhythm was interrupted when my folks came from Indiana for a week long visit. They wanted to celebrate my birthday with me because they couldn't believe they had a daughter that was so old. I had to laugh at that because I can't believe my parents are so old. At 89 and 91, they drove all the way from Indiana. Of course, when you do the math, you can see I'm getting up there as well. Ah...life is good.

Anyway, as part of our week I took two days off school and we drove to the Adirondacks to see the leaves. My mom and dad wanted to see them at peak and see them at peak is what we did. They were beautiful. Actually, the Adirondacks is 2-3 weeks ahead of us. I was pretty amazed.

We visited our old haunts - Old Forge, Inlet, Seventh Lake - and relived memories of camping on the shores of Seventh Lake as we posed, snapped photos and giggled.

Something we love to do is drive the back road from Old Forge to Inlet looking for deer. These days the road is paved smooth. There are beautiful homes everywhere. Civilization has come to what used to be such wilderness.

Well, when I thought my mom would be disappointed at not seeing any deer we came upon four of them not far from where we were staying. They walked up to our car and would have kissed my mom had she let them. That had to be the highlight of her trip.

Anyway, it's been a week since my folks were here. They drove all the way home to Indiana and snuggled back into their routine. Now my dad is in the hospital because he fell while shaving and broke his hip. Go figure. Sounds like he had a bout of vertigo and the vertigo won. So maybe the doctors can do the figuring and help him with that so the room doesn't become a fun house at the fair. Glad he didn't experience that vertigo thing while driving on his long trip.

I guess I put this out there because we never know how our lives can change in a week's time. We can so easily be thrown a curve and suddenly we're dealing with a whole new set of challenges. I thank the good Lord for everyday that I wake up to face the normal routines. No matter how easy or difficult those routines become, I know I am alive and well and happy in what I am doing.