10.5 miles on JRP. It was a bit nippy out there. The first 5 miles I felt fine but then the wind started to pick up and my hands got very cold. 21 degrees + 10 mph wind = 10 degrees with the windchill = I needed warmer gear than I had on. Tomorrow night we head south to warmer weather. We hope to spend one day at Disney Land but unfortunately this is not a pleasure trip. My wife's grandmother died. She was in a somewhat bizarre and tragic accident. She was run over... by her neighbor... in a wheelchair. Grandma tried to hold the door open for the neighbor but the neighbor lost control of the chair and knocked her over. Then the neighbor panicked and couldn't stop the thing, running Grandma over from toes to neck. Those electric chairs can be heavy. Grandma had compression fractures in her spine and I know not what else. Grandma was 92 and had a living will that said I'm ready to go so no life support, and a week or two after the accident she went. Could we all be so lucky as to live such a long, and from what I could see, happy and fulfilled life. So tomorrow after school we head south so my gentile kids can sing "Families Can Be Together Forever." :) :( What a long strange trip this wonderful life is.
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