Ep 65 Sensory Strides: Colorado, Pikes Peak, Manitou Incline, Grandbaby, Lunge Challenge, Geocaching, Vernon County Parks

<p>Quote “Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.” Martin Delany</p> <p>Welcome to the Sensory Strides podcast.  Observations of the world through activity, reading, listening, and everything else.</p> <p>Welcome to season 5!</p> <p>During our break I became a Grandma!  I’ve had the opportunity to spend time babysitting while my daughter was finally able to finish her clinical rotation for her RN degree.  I love spending time with my granddaughter and have even gotten her out on some walks with me.</p> <p>Most of this winter, I hibernated.  My husband and I were pretty good about getting some good long walks in, but once the cold really hit those walks went away.  I have been working to get back into the habit of walking, but my schedule has not been cooperative.</p> <p>While looking forward to goals for this year, I realized I need to do different exercises as it is likely my goals will include some vertical hiking.  I have been doing a 30 day lunge challenge in April.</p> <p>This past weekend I did some geocaching with a local student.  We are working together to create some geocaching tips and tricks to support a geocaching challenge the county park group has put together.  We visited some of the caches to identify and take pictures for tips that could help new cachers be successful.  While climbing some of the trails I could really feel the muscle fatigue from that lunge series which reinforced the need to focus on uphill hiking.</p> <p>That gets back to the possible goals for this year.  My husband and I are headed to Colorado in June.  There are two things I am considering.  The hike up Pikes Peak and the Manitou Incline.  Both are super challenging on their own, but add in the elevation and they are even more difficult.  I am confident my husband and I could do a 13 mile hill climb over an entire day in Wisconsin, but add in the extra elevation and no bail out options and I’m not s