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  • Dreamdove
    Dreamdove Member Posts: 175 Member
    #22
    green50 said:

    Awesome Slickwilly
    That sounds great. Hopefully in a couple months I will go on my adventure. I have been sitting around in one of those blah moods, but your post is getting me motivated. Got chemo this week I guess thats why I am blah. It sounds really great what you did. Sometimes when we push ourselves it makes us a good tired and we sleep better. HOpe you don't have pain.
    Prayers and Hugs
    Sandy

    Still want to enjoy things
    Green, last summer I went on a little adventure and this summer I hope to also. Nothing too big or expensive. I always wanted to go on a "real" train trip, not one of those going from Milwaukee to Chicago or someplace like that. So my daughter and I went on the Amtrak to Denver. I also always wanted to eat in the dining car and that's what we did. We also sat in the viewing car and looked out those big windows at the scenery going by. Sure, we had to sleep in our seats and suffer some big delays in which the train just sat on the track for hours at a time (our train was delayed coming into Denver 11 hours.) Sure we weren't prepared for the air conditioning and didn't bring blankets or jackets along. Sure we ended up eating alot of salty snacks and longed for fruit but couldn't get any. But I will never regret the trip. So whatever I decide this year for another small trip, I'd like to do something I've always wanted to do. I know I definitely want to see the Grand Canyon someday but that is probably beyond my means right now. Doesn't mean I'm going to rule it out, though. It's something to dream about. I hope you can do your trip, Green.
  • blueroses
    blueroses Member Posts: 524
    #23
    slickwilly said:

    something simple
    Enjoying our life as best we can. Today I threw my pain into the wind. My cousin and I put on snowshoes and backpacks. We hiked through the woods and down a frozen river. We climbed up a rather large bank and found a place to sit. In the middle of spruce, birch and pine trees and on top of 3 feet of snow it was so quite you could hear your heartbeat. We gathered some birch bark and lit a fire using a flint. Not because we didn't have matches but because we enjoy the challenge. We had coffee and donuts in a place nobody else has proubly set foot on. I am sure my body will tell me later that I pushed things too far. But the pain will not take away the memory. It was awesome. Slickwilly

    You're My Hero Slick
    Wow, with all that pain you just went and did the trek. Fanfreakintastic. I nearly called the ambulance for myself just reading what you did. lol. I can't push myself that hard with strenuous things like climbing because of the old ticker but I do believe in what you are generally saying about pushing yourself if at all possible, just for the fun of it. It can be so healing. "The pain will not take away the memory" - true words to live by. Whose da man? You're da man. lol. Dreamdove also was talking about doing things she loved on this post, the train, ahhhhhh one of my favourites. When I moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia my daughter and I took the train there. The diningcar, the Dome Car for the scenery, the sound of the train on the tracks at night when you are in your compartment, the smell of the train, the rocking motion - man I love it. I would love to take the train from one coast of Canada to the other with one of my kids at some point. Just a little leary to do that right now with my heart sort of iffy but with the free health care in Canada if I ran into trouble I could get off anywhere at any hospital and be taken care of, or airlifted back here I guess. Sometimes we have to take those chances to do as Slick did, fight through our obstacles for the memories. It's so empowering. Great postings in this thread. Very inspiring. Plan that trip Dream, you deserve it. Hugs to all, Blueroses.
  • slickwilly
    slickwilly Member Posts: 334 Member
    #24
    blueroses said:

    You're My Hero Slick
    Wow, with all that pain you just went and did the trek. Fanfreakintastic. I nearly called the ambulance for myself just reading what you did. lol. I can't push myself that hard with strenuous things like climbing because of the old ticker but I do believe in what you are generally saying about pushing yourself if at all possible, just for the fun of it. It can be so healing. "The pain will not take away the memory" - true words to live by. Whose da man? You're da man. lol. Dreamdove also was talking about doing things she loved on this post, the train, ahhhhhh one of my favourites. When I moved from Ontario to Nova Scotia my daughter and I took the train there. The diningcar, the Dome Car for the scenery, the sound of the train on the tracks at night when you are in your compartment, the smell of the train, the rocking motion - man I love it. I would love to take the train from one coast of Canada to the other with one of my kids at some point. Just a little leary to do that right now with my heart sort of iffy but with the free health care in Canada if I ran into trouble I could get off anywhere at any hospital and be taken care of, or airlifted back here I guess. Sometimes we have to take those chances to do as Slick did, fight through our obstacles for the memories. It's so empowering. Great postings in this thread. Very inspiring. Plan that trip Dream, you deserve it. Hugs to all, Blueroses.

    keep trying
    Thanks Blueroses and Dreamdove for the support. I would also love to take a train trip. An old steam engine would be awesome. Last summer the wife and I spent a night at a lighthouse. Its a large museum with a bunch of display buildings. At midnight we were out walking around all by ourselves and we sat on a deck overlooking lake Superior. It was so relaxing and I love great lakes history. Blue I hope things are getting sorted out for you. If nothing else try to have a good weekend. I am sorry that your heart holds you back so much. I am glad all my internal organs are still working "knock on wood". Well on to the next adventure! Hugs to all. Slickwilly
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  • Pnktopaz10
    Pnktopaz10 Member Posts: 56
    #26
    Mini Vacations
    HI all
    I really like the idea of a mini vacation so I am going to go back to my home town in Illinois and see people I have not seen for a long time. I am not taking anything for grated any more. Slick you are awesome. I could just picture the peace and quiet you experienced. It must have been a great experience. It is funny that so many of us want to take train trips. I too want to take a ride where there is beautiful scenery and wide open spaces. Hubby may just like that! Hugs, Pnktopaz

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