This weekend, we'll be heading up to Kernville for some whitewater rafting! It'll be Don's first experience, and aside from some baby rapids back when I was 11, it'll pretty much be my first real experience as well.
On the way, we'll stop by Murray Family Farms for some U-Pick fruit action! (EXCITED!) And we'll also play our fair share of restaurant roulette. (excited?? make that "nervous")
On Sunday, I'll drop off Don (armed with a footlong Subway) for his next week of hiking.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Hiker Feet
Don had been complaining about an awful callus on the side of his big toe that rubbed against the neighboring toe, thereby causing severe pain. I finally got around to looking at it. (I was supposed to soak his feet, then show him the miraculous uses of a pumice stone. But Don kept threatening to get out his knife and cut it off. AHK!)
The "thing" on his big toe wasn't so much a callus... it was a blister that Don had popped. But he hadn't removed the extra skin, and that skin had simply dried up and hardened. Kind of like a blister version of a scab??
Anyhow, after taking a look, I decided a pumice stone really wasn't the way to go. I just peeled it off. Oh, and by the way, I made sure he had showered before getting anywhere near his feet.
Don then mentioned how the area was still a bit rough, so I whipped out my handy dandy foot file - basically an emory board for feet. Don went to work and soon fell in love, declaring that he'd take it on the trail if it didn't weigh so much!
I noticed Don's feet are looking pretty ragged - very rough, with bits of dead skin hanging from his toes (former blisters). So I'll pack up the pedicure supplies and spend some time fixing his feet this weekend in Kernville...
The "thing" on his big toe wasn't so much a callus... it was a blister that Don had popped. But he hadn't removed the extra skin, and that skin had simply dried up and hardened. Kind of like a blister version of a scab??
Anyhow, after taking a look, I decided a pumice stone really wasn't the way to go. I just peeled it off. Oh, and by the way, I made sure he had showered before getting anywhere near his feet.
Don then mentioned how the area was still a bit rough, so I whipped out my handy dandy foot file - basically an emory board for feet. Don went to work and soon fell in love, declaring that he'd take it on the trail if it didn't weigh so much!
I noticed Don's feet are looking pretty ragged - very rough, with bits of dead skin hanging from his toes (former blisters). So I'll pack up the pedicure supplies and spend some time fixing his feet this weekend in Kernville...
Ahh, the great outdoors...
While out running errands one day, Don had to use the restroom - in other words, we'd have to find a store that had one. Don then mentioned one thing he missed about being on the trail - being able to pee pretty much anywhere as soon as the urge hits.
Hm.
Hm.
New phone, sort of
So a new phone did arrive in the mail, but not a new battery. der!
After a call to customer service, we found out that before we could get a new battery, we'd have to go back to the Verizon store to get the battery tested. Don went over the weekend, but after being told it would be a half hour wait, then waiting for 15 minutes and not seeing any progress in the line, he left.
Oh well, on the bright side, Don says one of the problems he'd been having with the old phone isn't happening anymore. (The old phone wouldn't charge when it was off.)
After a call to customer service, we found out that before we could get a new battery, we'd have to go back to the Verizon store to get the battery tested. Don went over the weekend, but after being told it would be a half hour wait, then waiting for 15 minutes and not seeing any progress in the line, he left.
Oh well, on the bright side, Don says one of the problems he'd been having with the old phone isn't happening anymore. (The old phone wouldn't charge when it was off.)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
OY VEH!
Well now I'm glad I didn't update this sooner!
In a previous post, I said that Don might have to call it quits in early/mid July.
Then, the new plan was that Don would stay at work for a second week, but NOT plan on coming back to work until he finished the hike *unless* his boss contacted me to tell him to come back sooner.
The latest plan is that Don will resume his hike this Sunday (after our whitewater rafting weekend), but just for a week. That way, he can do the segment from Mojave to Kennedy Meadows before it gets too hot. Then he's back to work until things start to "calm down" (i.e., indefinitely). He's hoping that he'll be able to make enough progress at work to start hiking again when my parents visit in early July.
If things go well at work, this might actually be for the best, since the Sierras are currently a bit too snowy. And as he also pointed out, now he'll be around for my birthday! In previous plans, he would have been completely out of contact (no phone reception).
By the way, Don apologized for being such a high maintenance husband. Hah!
In a previous post, I said that Don might have to call it quits in early/mid July.
Then, the new plan was that Don would stay at work for a second week, but NOT plan on coming back to work until he finished the hike *unless* his boss contacted me to tell him to come back sooner.
The latest plan is that Don will resume his hike this Sunday (after our whitewater rafting weekend), but just for a week. That way, he can do the segment from Mojave to Kennedy Meadows before it gets too hot. Then he's back to work until things start to "calm down" (i.e., indefinitely). He's hoping that he'll be able to make enough progress at work to start hiking again when my parents visit in early July.
If things go well at work, this might actually be for the best, since the Sierras are currently a bit too snowy. And as he also pointed out, now he'll be around for my birthday! In previous plans, he would have been completely out of contact (no phone reception).
By the way, Don apologized for being such a high maintenance husband. Hah!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Greener grass over there
On Wednesday, Don emailed:
I can't believe it's only my third day back at work. It seems SO long ago that I was on the trail. I must admit that work seems so much easier now, though. I get to sit on my butt all day, I stay clean, smell good (at least relatively so) and have as much water as I want. Seems so easy compared to lugging packs up and down mountains and through deserts. And I get paid too!
I replied:
hm. as someone who's been having to sit on my butt all day long for the past 7 years... i think getting to walk all day long sounds pretty nice. altho the smell and lack of showers would drive me nuts.
What do you think?
I can't believe it's only my third day back at work. It seems SO long ago that I was on the trail. I must admit that work seems so much easier now, though. I get to sit on my butt all day, I stay clean, smell good (at least relatively so) and have as much water as I want. Seems so easy compared to lugging packs up and down mountains and through deserts. And I get paid too!
I replied:
hm. as someone who's been having to sit on my butt all day long for the past 7 years... i think getting to walk all day long sounds pretty nice. altho the smell and lack of showers would drive me nuts.
What do you think?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Work Troubles
It's not lookin' good.
Don may have to stay another week, in addition to cutting his trip short. He's trying to get approval to continue the hike at least into the Sierras. If so, he's still be able to meet up with my family on our July roadtrip, but would probably have to head home with us, or maybe even catch a bus/train to get back to work sooner.
Stay tuned for updates... (Don may also post something to his Postholer journal once he figures out what's going on.)
Don may have to stay another week, in addition to cutting his trip short. He's trying to get approval to continue the hike at least into the Sierras. If so, he's still be able to meet up with my family on our July roadtrip, but would probably have to head home with us, or maybe even catch a bus/train to get back to work sooner.
Stay tuned for updates... (Don may also post something to his Postholer journal once he figures out what's going on.)
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