CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Valkyrie]

4 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

[Marty]

5 hours ago, Marty said:

And I did actually spend a week trekking in the Andes in Peru the following year (2015), culminating with a visit to Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, he was unable to arrange time off work, so couldn't join the party I was travelling with. 

Here's a couple of photos from that Inca Trail trek I went on back in 2015.

This first one shows yours truly stood at the highest point of the trek, a mountain pass called Salkantay Pass, which is 4,630 metres (15,190 feet) above sea level:

 

This next one shows the view from that pass of Salkantay Mountain itself, which rises to 6,271 metres (20,574 feet) above sea level.

And, no, we didn't actually climb to the top of that mountain!

But we had camped the night before under its shadow at 3,800 metres (12,467 feet). That was a cold night's camp. The small stream that we camped beside would apparently freeze overnight every night, and only thaw out again as the day progressed. That meant we had to collect water before we went to bed, so we could make hot drinks in the morning.

We saw (and heard) several spectacular avalanches from the campsite. We were far enough away from the mountain slopes to not be in any danger from them, however.

Who knows? Perhaps at some later date I might delight you with some of my photographs from Machu Picchu itself...

Edited January 22, 2021 by Marty
Tidying up

[Valkyrie]

I was only able to tolerate my APAP mask for about an hour last night.  I had issues with how the mask fit, despite it fitting properly during the set up call.    I'll play around with it today and see if I can get it to fit better.  

Good news from the dentist... everything is healing nicely.  He said there was a night and day difference between now and when he first saw me.  So now we'll get a proper cleaning scheduled, some more x-rays, and get me on a maintenance schedule now. 

[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

Here's a couple of photos from that Inca Trail trek I went on back in 2015.

This first one shows yours truly stood at the highest point of the trek, a mountain pass called Salkantay Pass, which is 4,630 metres (15,190 feet) above sea level:

 

This next one shows the view from that pass of Salkantay Mountain itself, which rises to 6,271 metres (20,574 feet) above sea level.

And, no, we didn't actually climb to the top of that mountain!

But we had camped the night before under its shadow at 3,800 metres (12,467 feet). That was a cold night's camp. The small stream that we camped beside would apparently freeze overnight every night, and only thaw out again as the day progressed. That meant we had to collect water before we went to bed, so we could make hot drinks in the morning.

We saw (and heard) several spectacular avalanches from the campsite. We were far enough away from the mountain slopes to be in any danger from them, however.

Who knows? Perhaps at some later date I might delight you with some of my photographs from Machu Picchu itself...

 Please do

[Marty]

14 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

Congratulations to the pair of you!

 

[Marty]

5 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I was only able to tolerate my APAP mask for about an hour last night.  I had issues with how the mask fit, despite it fitting properly during the set up call.    I'll play around with it today and see if I can get it to fit better.  

Good news from the dentist... everything is healing nicely.  He said there was a night and day difference between now and when he first saw me.  So now we'll get a proper cleaning scheduled, some more x-rays, and get me on a maintenance schedule now. 

Great news on the dental front, Val!

Hopefully you'll get the mask fitting properly. If not, maybe try searching for YouTube videos showing how they should be fitted. I often find instructional videos online that I didn't expect would be there at all.  

❤️

[Valkyrie]

14 minutes ago, Marty said:

Great news on the dental front, Val!

Hopefully you'll get the mask fitting properly. If not, maybe try searching for YouTube videos showing how they should be fitted. I often find instructional videos online that I didn't expect would be there at all.  

❤️

 I'll definitely do that, although the straps that need to be tightened don't look to have a mechanism to do so.  So I may have to get creative.  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie said:

 I'll definitely do that, although the straps that need to be tightened don't look to have a mechanism to do so.  So I may have to get creative.  

Just don't get that creative that you break it.

[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

Just don't get that creative that you break it.

They're stretchy fabric, so I'd have to be pretty damn creative to break that   

[Headstall]

56 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

Congratulations to you both!  

[Marty]

I'm afraid I've no photographs of my work on the two sheds from today.

But don't panic! I do have photos from the past week to use for my monochrome challenge. I just need to look through them all first, and choose one to edit.

Again, I didn't get as much done outside today as I would have liked. Partly because of periodic rain showers, and partly because the temperature hardly rose above freezing all day, which necessitated frequent trips back inside to try and get some feeling back in my cold hands (yes, I was wearing gloves).

The main news is that most of the top half of the left hand gable wall of the sheds has now collapsed. When I was finally coming inside for the evening my hands were too cold to operate my camera phone, so I'll try and take a photo or two in the morning

[Page Scrawler]

6 hours ago, Marty said:

So has Drew dropped you as an honorary member of his Glitterati?

An honor I could do without. 

 

6 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

This is for Page

Mackinac Island, Michigan

That restaurant on the right has excellent burgers. 

 

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

Happy Anniversary, Albert. 

[Marty]

23 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

7 hours ago, Marty said:

So has Drew dropped you as an honorary member of his Glitterati?

An honor I could do without. 

Aw, come on now, Page! Show at least a modicum of compassion!

The poor wee scrote's going to be heartbroken when he reads that.  

 

[Page Scrawler]

He knows I wouldn't trade him for any other sassy, delusional tyrant in the world. 

[Albert1434]

Page that you associate with delusional tyrants is quite shocking

[Albert1434]

Who knows what you might do next

[Page Scrawler]

5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Page that you associate with delusional tyrants is quite shocking

He only thinks he's a tyrant. That's where the delusion plays in. 

[Marty]

Interesting titbit of information...

(Which may interest the likes of @Timothy M. and @Drew Espinosa)

Yesterday was the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century.  

 

[Edited because I originally thought today was the 21st]

 

 

Edited January 22, 2021 by Marty
Stupidity

[dughlas]

6 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

That's right Dughlas hope your well today.

Greetings Albert. Most of the day went reasonably well but in the last hour the throbbing has begun behind my left eye. Fortunately I have no plans but for a quiet evening.

[dughlas]

6 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hi, dugh and Mum.  

Greetings bro

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

Congrats! If I'd known I'd have baked you a cake. Instead you get ...

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

Here's a couple of photos from that Inca Trail trek I went on back in 2015.

This first one shows yours truly stood at the highest point of the trek, a mountain pass called Salkantay Pass, which is 4,630 metres (15,190 feet) above sea level:

Was that firm grip of the post to help you remain upright.? You look a bit tuckered.

[Page Scrawler]

14 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Greetings bro

Hey, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.  *scratches Thistle on his belly*

[Marty]

44 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Was that firm grip of the post to help you remain upright.? You look a bit tuckered.

I was more than just a bit, tuckered, bro!

The previous day had taken a lot out of me. And there was another 12 mile walk to the next campsite. Admittedly all downhill. But I was that tired that one of the guides threw me up onto the back of a horse for the last mile...

 

[Bucket1]

5 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Today is Steve and Mine 45th wedding anniversary!

Congrats