Got word the other day that a friend of my oldest was in a terrible car crash. Not something any mother wants to hear. It had sounded pretty bad and he was airlifted to a trauma center 3 hours away. Thankfully, now it looks like he will survive but he had to have hip surgery and not sure if he will need plastic surgery on his face. He went through the windshield at 80 miles an hour. Was not wearing a seat belt and it looks like alcohol was involved. I told my son to let this be a lesson to him and to his friends on what can happen when you drink and drive. They already have lost a couple of classmates in car crashes the last two years and several have been in accidents where alcohol was involved.
Decided to go to
the mountains for a hike with the family. Unfortunately, we didn't check the forecast before we left. The mountains were totally under fog and rain by the time we got up there. We had to head to lower elevations to escape it. We found a sliver of sun and were able to picnic and hike under dry conditions. We had a nice hike through the woods and we walked along a raging river that had flooded back in the fall so we saw the damaged that had been done to the banks, trees and roads.We were in our shorts but luckily brought some sweatshirts as the temperatures were in the 40's so quite chilly. Back at our house in the valley, 85 degrees. Despite the wrench in the weather, it was a fun and wonderful way to spend the last weekend with my boy before he leaves.
