Hiking again! But no more skiing.

I went for my first walk in the canyons for several weeks after finally recovering from the cut on my left heel. Good to get some exercise again. Since I was partly laid up with the heel, I had the doctor cut out a small cyst on the 2nd toe of the other foot. Of course, both the heel cut, then the toe managed to get infected. I was on an antibiotic for the heel for a week, then 2 days after finishing that prescription the toe got infected. Another week on another antibiotic. But now (one day to go on 2nd antibiotic week) everything is fine. I saw the doctor on Friday to get stitches removed from the toe and he thinks both heel and toe are heeling normally.

Trails are in good shape. There are lots of deer tracks on the trails these days. There were also horse tracks(!) on my new trail, and they made a few deep holes where the trail has not compacted enough yet. I also see that the county crews have been using the new trail to pile up and burn much of the dead wood lying around in that part of the canyon. That sort of work might save the town from the next forest fire.

The ski hill closed for the season on Sunday, March 18 after quite a good year. Too bad I missed the last month of it. It was in over 70 degrees F for too many days here to keep any snow for long. The ski club is getting closer to getting snow-making equipment installed. Most of the approvals are done, water is available in Los Alamos Canyon, and estimates for the equipment and a holding pond on top of Pajarito Mountain will be coming in soon. Then all we will need is a gourmet restaurant on top of the mountain.