Day 43, May 6, 2020 a Visit to Lost Marbles Ranch!

Last night we were treated to a most beautiful moon.  My friend from Truckee Kai Amundsen tells me it is called The Flower Moon which is the last super moon of 2020. 

This morning it was up and at em and ready for my 9:15 zoom workout with Michelle.  Talk about clutzy.  I am so uncoordinated.  The best part was running around the chair in the middle of the deck for aerobic exercise.  I swear, I don't know where this girl comes up with her ideas but she keeps it fresh every class!!  This time she incorporated a chair into the workout -- and don't think that the chair was to let us sit down on the job.  Not hardly.

While I was working out on the deck, my dog Ceilidh took off again.  She was gone for another two hours and when she came back this time her face had blood on it.  It was not her blood.  I am hoping that she didn't get into somebody's chicken coop -- probably just a rodent (I hope).  She is tied up now and won't be getting a free rein for awhile. 

We took a little side trip to visit some friends who live up here in the Sierra Valley.  Their home is on 20 acres and they call it "Lost Marbles Ranch."  We did a little outside, social distancing visiting which included homemade margaritas and got a tour of the ranch.  They use the awesome, huge barn to rent out for wedding and extravaganzas -- even concerts.  They have done a great job of restoring the old barn and property.  Too much work for me, that's for sure.

One more thing I wanted to share here.  On my Camino last year, I walked with a lot of people but I really only connected with 3-4 of them.  When I got back home, I emailed Roza from the Netherlands and she responded.  A couple of weeks later and then again a month later I tried to engage her again, to no avail.  She is my age (72) and while we were walking, towards the end, she became kind of sick.  I feared the worst for Roza but had no way of knowing.  Yesterday I tried to reach her again and lo and behold this morning there was an email from Roza explaining that she was sorry she hadn't responded but, in fact, she had been at death's door from COVID19.  She has been home 4 weeks now from a 3 week stay in the hospital where she had been intubated.  She is mending slowly - as anyone who is 72 and survived that virus would be.  I am so grateful for this wonderful outcome.  The grim reaper has been cheated!!

Here is a picture of Roza and me at Finesterra - what a wonderful woman she is!