Showing posts with label rheumatoid arthritis high altitudes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rheumatoid arthritis high altitudes. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Up and Down in The Rocky Mountains


High in the Rocky Mountains along the Cache de Poudre River Valley many wonders await the visitor from Kansas.

Ox-eye daisies, which bloom in June back home, blooming along side goldenrod, which blooms in September at home…


Bones of trees decaying over many decades…


A glory of rose hips…


Lichens on age-old rocks…


Rushing water…


And towering rock heaps everywhere one turns…


I have enjoyed these sights and many more for thirty-eight years, but this year will be my last. High elevations and rheumatoid arthritis are incompatible. Every approaching storm  has nearly paralyzed me with pain. I don’t expect to pass this way again on my life's journey.

Copyright 2013 by Shirley Domer