Still alive

Haven't been in the bloggin mood as of late. Too busy having fun in the sun mostly in Mazama since that seems to be where the sun is.

Been hiking quite a bit nothing too difficult but they have all been beautiful. I love the N Casacdes more and more and there is still so much to do and see. Tried mountain biking a few times. My new bike is sweet but I just don't have the stability right now and my back gets tired after about 1 hour. My sis and her husband came up from Durango and put the hurt on. They are so fricken fit. We had a blast hanging out. I get to see them again this Friday when I fly back to Aspen for our family reunion. Should be a good time seeing all the cousins back at the ranch. I still miss the Aspen ranch it was a kids paradise it is a very special place for all of us and it will be great to go back. Just wish I could bring my girls and Reid, way too expensive though. :(

I come back and start my count down to surgery. I made the decision to go this rout since nothing else seems to be making me better. The Doc is confident that I will get some relief but the recovery will be slow. 1 year is his estimation before I am back to really riding and hopefully racing. At this point just being abel to do anything without being in pain woudl be nice. I am pretty nervous, I don't know how bad the first part of recovery will be but he said 6 weeks before I can even start back to PT. Ugg, I hope it all goes OK.