{"id":129,"date":"2006-09-06T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rynosoft.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2008-04-14T20:47:46","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T03:47:46","slug":"vital-statistics-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/vital-statistics-71","title":{"rendered":"Vital Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, we celebrated the holiday with a day trip into the Columbia River Gorge<\/a> via the scenic Columbia River Highway<\/a>. In the morning, we played 10 holes of disc golf<\/a> at Dabney State Park<\/a>, fulfilling a promise I made to Graham way back in July. We skipped the final 8 holes to play in the Sandy River<\/a> for a few minutes before continuing on to Crown Point<\/a> and then Bridal Veil Falls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Bridal Veil, we had a delicious picnic lunch before embarking on the 2\/3-mile hike from the parking lot to the falls. Halfway down the steep, gravel-covered switchback trail, Tina fell flat on her ass and declined to continue, preferring to wait on a nearby bench for the boys and I to return. Yesterday, the doctor told her she had sprained her back and<\/strong> her ankle. We’ll know if she broke bones in her hand when the x-rays come back.<\/p>\n

We endured stop-and-go traffic on Interstate 84<\/a> on the way home but that barely diminished the great day I had driving the new Scion around the twists and turns of the winding CRH. I really love driving a stick shift. Except in stop-and-go traffic. Fortunately, the range of second gear on the Scion is pretty wide so it wasn’t that bad. The source of the traffic jam turned out to be a car that had rolled off the back of a truck.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning, I dragged myself out of bed so I could be fitted with a CPAP<\/a> machine, nasal mask and chin restraint. I was also instructed on the care and maintenance of the equipment, which is much more elaborate than I had suspected. Last night was my first night using the CPAP and it went pretty well. I think my mouth opened at about 4:00 am (Tina reported the time), but I awoke without my alarm feeling quite rested after 8 hours of sleep. I’ll let you know how future nights go.<\/p>\n

Today was the first day of school for our boys. They were both excited and happy to return to it. Thomas is in fifth grade and Graham is in a second\/third grade split class. This is Thomas’ last year at Margaret Scott<\/a>. Graham’s teacher this year is one Thomas had in second grade.<\/p>\n

Bike odometer:<\/strong> 118 miles
\nCurrent reading:<\/strong> The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell<\/a> by John Crawford, The Prince by Machiavelli<\/a>
\nRecent listening:<\/strong> Spillane<\/a> by John Zorn<\/a>, Coverville<\/a>
\nRecent viewing:<\/strong> Thief, Sportscenter, Pee Wee’s Playhouse
\nRecent playing:<\/strong> Zuma<\/a>
\nRecently accomplished:<\/strong> Cleared blackberry patch on the blind side of the house (with Graham’s help)
\nImperative To Do:<\/strong> Install network in Graham’s room, labels for my sister’s CDs, test drive new bike seats, bank
\nCool Video:<\/strong> When Spam Attacks<\/a> by my friend, Rob Marquardt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, we celebrated the holiday with a day trip into the Columbia River Gorge via the scenic Columbia River Highway. In the morning, we played 10 holes of disc golf at Dabney State Park, fulfilling a promise I made to Graham way back in July. We skipped the final 8 holes to play in … <\/p>\n

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