Thanksgiving Travel
Note to self: you ain't as young as you once were, and you cannot carry on like you once could without adverse side effects. I'm not talking about going out carousing either. Simple things like getting up early and driving for hours now exhaust me like they never did before.
Woke up before 6am day before yesterday and got on the road at 7:15am, only 15 minutes past when I'd hoped. Even splitting up the driving, I felt pretty tired when we landed in Willows, CA at 5:30pm. Got up early again yesterday to make it to the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge by dawn. 'Twas fine, and pretty, with loud honks and distant swirls of Snow Geese, but not the spectacular sights I've experienced at times previously. Managed to fit in a bonus Colusa Wildlife Refuge visit as well. Same situation, with additional amusement of trying to figure out what kind of white birds those were just a bit far away to tell easily by the naked eye, only to discover - when I remembered the binoculars in the glove box - they were decoys set up over towards the hunting side of the area. Hee!
Anyway, made it to the 'rents' casa before rush hour traffic got too nasty. Had a fine visit and dinner, then went to bed at a reasonable hour. Today's mellow and mostly quiet. Feeling worn out, although will try to rally for dinner w/friends this evening.
I guess being 15 years older does make a difference. No more solo Toad Rips from Santa Monica to Yelm, WA - with overnight in Redding, CA - every couple of months for me. Back then they barely fazed me. *sigh* This entry was originally posted at https://mlerules.dreamwidth.org/1166896.html. You can comment here (or there using OpenID.)
Woke up before 6am day before yesterday and got on the road at 7:15am, only 15 minutes past when I'd hoped. Even splitting up the driving, I felt pretty tired when we landed in Willows, CA at 5:30pm. Got up early again yesterday to make it to the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge by dawn. 'Twas fine, and pretty, with loud honks and distant swirls of Snow Geese, but not the spectacular sights I've experienced at times previously. Managed to fit in a bonus Colusa Wildlife Refuge visit as well. Same situation, with additional amusement of trying to figure out what kind of white birds those were just a bit far away to tell easily by the naked eye, only to discover - when I remembered the binoculars in the glove box - they were decoys set up over towards the hunting side of the area. Hee!
Anyway, made it to the 'rents' casa before rush hour traffic got too nasty. Had a fine visit and dinner, then went to bed at a reasonable hour. Today's mellow and mostly quiet. Feeling worn out, although will try to rally for dinner w/friends this evening.
I guess being 15 years older does make a difference. No more solo Toad Rips from Santa Monica to Yelm, WA - with overnight in Redding, CA - every couple of months for me. Back then they barely fazed me. *sigh* This entry was originally posted at https://mlerules.dreamwidth.org/1166896.html. You can comment here (or there using OpenID.)