Note from Stacey

Rhona and I got out in nature today at Waterdog Lake. It was relaxing and peaceful. The hike is only about one mile, but we took a little side trail along the lake looking for mushrooms and other edible plants. Instead, we came across some cattails and poison oak, but no mushrooms. Later, I climbed with Greg and Debbie. It was great climbing with new friends, but it wasn’t a good climbing day for me. I could not even do the start of the 5.11a I’ve been working on this month, and had to give up on a 5.10d before I got to top. Maybe I didn’t warm up enough, or eat enough… Tomorrow, I go to the doctor, and also have a PFT (pulmonary function test) plus possibly an octreotide shot. It will be a long morning at the hospital, but hopefully everything will be okay. Stacey, from Belmont