First Hike

Zayne did amazing on her first hikes with her new heart.  She actually went uphill on her own 2 legs (with some help on the really steep sections).  She made it to the waterfall (Treasure Falls at the bottom of Wolf Creek Pass) and enjoyed the spray from the falls.  She ran down the entire path to go back to the car and asked if she could hike back to the falls.  The next day, an uphill (are there any other kinds of hikes in Colorado) hike to Opal Lake challenged the muscles in her legs.  We took lots of rests, but the distant thunder made me want to get to the lake at a quicker pace.  She walked about 1/2 way until I put her in the backpack and continued the trudge while carrying nearly 50 lbs.  She better start hiking on her own more, because I can’t handle the pack getting much heavier.  I keep telling Zayne that I hope I don’t drop her when taking the pack on and off.

Even though Zayne is not allowed to swim (incision is still healing), she thoroughly enjoyed wading in the Pagosa River holding a bindweed flower and her ‘fishing stick’.  She even got to touch some hot spring water along the river, but seemed to prefer cold water.

Back home, Zayne is still a bundle of energy and walked around Golden showing off her new ‘Recycled Parts Inside’ t-shirt.