Too much hiking!

Well, over the past few days, I've hiked about 30 miles. And now, my knee is causing me problems again. Whats up with that? Am I getting old? I got caught in the rain the last mile today with the dog, so we ran back to the car. Which just made the pain worse. I've tried ice, took a hot bath, have been popping tons of tylenol and motrin, and the pain still isn't budging. So I just took 50mg of benadryl, hoping that it will make me sleepy enough to fall asleep and forget about the pain until the morning.

So I've been to the Jordan River Valley, some new places in the Pigeon River, and out to the Pine Baron where I normally ski. I did take pictures, but they are in the camera, still in my backpack on the dining room table. And I'm lying in bed. So, I'll get to those another day. The leaves were definitely past their peak, but it is always nice to just be outside.

Funny story about my trip on Friday. I went to the Pigeon River with a fellow hiker, and I guess Dad was in my neighborhood so he stopped by the house. I leave my garage unlocked, good to know for all you potential burglars, so when he found the car, both bikes, and the kayaks in the garage and the fact that I didn't answer the phone or the door, I guess that made him panic. So he called Mom, who came over with the spare key to my house, and they didn't find me in the house. They called me several times on the cell phone, which we didn't have service where we were hiking, so they got no answer. My brother said they were really panicking, but they won't let me in on all the details. In fact they didn't even tell me they busted into the house, until I asked them about it because all of the bedroom doors in the house were closed. It all makes me laugh, in a few days I'll start making fun of them for freaking out like they did. For now I'll give them some time to recover. I wonder how much longer they would have waited until they called the police......