What would it be like to live a thousand years?

That's the time from the Dark Ages till now. You'd have over 10 modern lifetimes. You'd have to work for how many of those years? Could you not work them? You could be a fireman, policeman, ballerina, doctor, lawyer, engineer (both train and civil), sailor, teacher and whatever else. What if all you could be was a ditch digger? Could you be a ditch digger for a thousand years? Could you make lattes or bus tables for a thousand years? Everyone you talk to, "I know, I know, I know." What would it be like to be 800 and be dating someone 200? Would science stagnate because everyone has all of their good ideas in their 20's? What if Octo-Mom wanted to have even more babies? What would we do with all those people?

Snow is melting fast

I've been sick most of April so my hikes have been limited. Last weekend we went along highway 49 to the Cronan Ranch area. We didn't end up hiking there, but just down the road from there at another entrance to the river hosted by the socialist Bureau of Land Management. It was a great time to hike here. The weather was still cool and there were plenty of wildflowers. Later it will be baking, crowded, ticks will be about, and the grass will turn to prickly weeds that get in the dog's ears.

This weekend we went up Highway 50 to Icehouse road. We hiked along the Granite Springs road for a bit. The snow is melting fast, fast, fast and water is pouring off the hills. We tossed snowballs in the stream and watched the water eat it up.

Today we went again and I tried to find a part of the Pony Express trail that is marked on my shiny new map. I found what might be the trail but it was just a forest service road and it was pretty hot so we headed up to Union Valley reservoir. We ended up hiking along a thumb near the dam and then coming back along an old logging road. Commando had quite a good time chasing some waves. I discovered that some of the bank is made of sticky, slippery mud. I also picked off another tick. I hate ticks.

Felt better today and I hope this cold and sinus infection is finally gone so I can really hike.