mid-week meanderings

 The weather has really been spoiling my hiking plans lately. Two weekends in a row that I haven't been able to get out. Rain is forecast again this weekend. I really should go get a pass for the fitness center, they have punch-card pass 10 visits for $30, that's a discount off the daily rate of $5 per visit and would be cheaper than a monthly membership of $33. The punch card for now is my best option as I would only use it when the weather is too bad to go hiking.  If I could get motivated to go after work, the monthly membership might be worth it, but at this time I just don't think I would go. 

I did get to thinking this week about my plans to do Machu Picchu before I retire. I'm thinking that since I don't get to work out daily it might be a bit much to take on at this time and I should wait until after I retire so I can work out daily before I attempt it. But of course if I put it off by 6 months, I would probably need to delay EBC by that length of time too. Luckily I don't need to make a decision anytime soon and can see how my hiking goes in Cloudcroft this Spring and Colorado this Autumn, I did surprise myself on my birthday hikes by doing better than expected. So I'll just see how things go. 

My daily morning workouts have been really good this week and I have not had any knee pain. Could it be the worst is behind me??? Maybe the rest from hiking the past two weeks helped. 

So this week is half over and Superbowl weekend is nearly here! With the game on Sunday it falls in my  "meat free" week so I'm thinking vegetarian nachos and a ice cold Guinness for the game. I will make an exception and have cheese on my nachos, but I usually try to eat a strictly plant-based diet every other week. The opposite weeks I will have fish once, and another meat once and then mostly meat free the rest of the meals. I might have a soup with a meat broth or eat leftovers from the meat meal. But I do keep my meat portions small. I have also started paying more attention to the source of the food I eat. I think that is as important as what I eat. I need to get my garden planned pretty soon and maybe try growing more than tomatoes and peppers. I do like homegrown tomatoes though and peppers grow very well in our climate here. But I need a variety of veggies.  I guess I need to have a think!

Hoping for a rain free weekend next week. My daughter wants to join me on a day hike back to Colorado Bend State Park - wish us luck!