Egg drop soup
Sweet and sour chicken with vegetables and fried rice
Fortune cookie and orange for dessert.
What a good day today. I walked this morning at Palmer Park and then this afternoon to the mailbox. Tonight we went out to dinner which wasn't a great thing to do but the up side of it is that I really couldn't eat much. I got water and jasmine tea to drink, no soda. I thought that I really wanted to go out for dinner and get Chinese food but it turns out that I just didn't enjoy it that much. The food was great but I just didn't enjoy eating something that heavy on the stomach. That's a good thing. It'll make me think twice about eating out again. I'm still not sure what to do for meals but I know that I will eventually. Anyway, we had a nice time at dinner (even if they did give us WAY TOO MUCH food!) and I'm glad that I had more leftovers than food that I ate.
This thing looked like some kind of weed but the flowers on it were gorgeous.
This is the tunnel under 30th Street that leads from the parking area to the Foothills Trail in Garden of the Gods.
After dinner we drove over to 30th Street so I could check out the trail that goes from the little bridge over to the Garden of the Gods entrance. It's about a mile trail. There were beautiful flowers there. The tunnel under the road is charming. And of course the Garden itself is just so beautiful. I walked down the path to the tunnel and it was quite a steep part of the trail. The uphill got me pretty good but I could do it. Two weeks ago I never would have been able to walk that little bit of trail.
This is my favorite view of the Garden.
We caught the Garden at the perfect time of day. Just unbelievable. From Garden of the Gods we drove up Austin Bluffs to Stetson Hills and we drove by the High Chaparral Open Area. Know that I know where it is I'll stop by there and see if there are any trails. Then from there we went over to Lowe's. David wanted to walk around over there (he's such a guy). So I got a lot of walking in today. I'm still looking forward to walking in the morning too. The best part of the drive was the yellow flowers across Marksheffel.
Overall it was a great day. I'm really happy that I can walk as much as I have been walking. It's funny though how little things still wind me but as long as I can walk in the mornings I'm happy.
I don't want to forget the best part of our adventure tonight. We stopped at the Trading Post so I could get a free trails map of Garden of the Gods. They had they most scrumptious looking fudge that you could imagine. They even had my favorite - Tiger Butter! I realized that I didn't have my wallet with me so I couldn't get any. Then I remembered that I had cash in my pocket. I was so tempted to get some fudge but I walked out with just the trails map. No fudge. I am so proud of myself. One day eating fudge won't be a big deal and will be a nice treat but now is not the time.
We also stopped at the Visitor's Center because I knew they had a different trails map over there. Of course the maps were upstairs. I considered the elevator for a split second and then decided that a walk up the stairs would be good for me. I made it up without much effort. Man, that felt good.
Things are definitely changing for me. My back still feels okay and I'm still up for walking in the morning. If I find out that I've overdone it tonight when I go to walk tomorrow I'll just ease up on the walk some. I think I'll try to go up to the overlook tomorrow to add in some time to the walk (if I'm up to it). Plus, it's just such a beautiful view from there.
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