Maybe mountains are not a good idea
Thinking of places to go this month and spend a little time, my first inclination is to head for the mountains, where it's cool, but I recall recently reading something about blood clot problems at high altitude. Since I have blood clots and nobody seems to know how they got there, I started having second thoughts about my high-altitude travels.
There was a lot written on the Internet about high-altitude effects on your blood and the risk of blood clots, but I don't recall reading very many that mentioned specific heights, and what they mean by "high-altitude." Living in Colorado, my definition of high-altitude has always been 10,000 feet or more, but some places on the Internet seem to think that 4000 feet is high-altitude. With the Denver area being around 5600 feet, maybe that qualifies as high-altitude?
Recommendations to help avoid blood clots at high altitude include drinking plenty of water, taking time to acclimatize to the altitude, and avoiding excessive exertion. I'm not sure how you manage that at high altitudes, but if you start feeling bad, consider coming down lower. There are other things to consider, and it's recommended to talk to your doctor before heading up to high altitudes.
This got me wondering, since the doctors can't tell me how I got blood clots, or when I got blood clots..... Have I been living with them for years, and only recently have they started causing problems? It would be nice to know, but it doesn't look like there's an answer forthcoming. But to be on the safe side, maybe I should stay away from any 10,000-foot altitude places until I can talk to a doctor about the situation.
Theboondork
Going for a walk at “Pete’s”, Pete’s is the name I gave to my property near 11 Mile Reservoir. Pete was my boss when I worked as a civilian at Homestead Air Force Base in Miami. Pete was also my best friend and owned the 40 acres next to mine. He passed away some years ago of a heart attack.
Colorado Fish and Game is preparing for a day of checking fishing licenses.
The American White Pelican. I never get a close-up picture of these birds at the 11-mile reservoir; this picture was taken a couple of hundred yards away because they tend to stay far away from anyone, and just like this picture, I never have my telephoto lens with me when there's a pelican in the area.
These are huge birds with wingspans of around 8 feet wide, which is even bigger than my favorite birds, the Sandhill Cranes, whose wingspan is around 6 feet wide.
I often see a flock of them with eight or ten birds in it at the 11-mile reservoir, but I never get a decent picture. Maybe if I go out to my property this month, I'll make a point of having a big lens on my camera to get a nice picture of these huge birds.