The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

Sean wanted to paddle Eklutna Lakeside trail. I thought I would just do Twin Peaks (been there, done that). Sean suggested biking Autumn's bike (way better than mine!) and then hiking bold ridge, so that is what I did! 5 mile bike ride, 6 mile hike, followed by a 5 mile bike ride. I was please as punch with this method. I could cover so many more miles so quickly. Sean paddled the entire length of the lake and back. Here's our day:

I was supposed to have my surgery to repair my broken clavicle on Jun 17th. On Jun 16th, my surgeon calls me at home and asks me, did you get your COVID test done? Yes. Did they give you the results? NO (starting to get worried). Well, I have news. Your 14 day culture came back positive for an infection called P. acnes. Instead of having surgery tomorrow, you will be admitted to the hospital and I don't know for how long. So on Jun 17th, I went to the hospital and was admitted. I was extremely thankful that I still had my port. Basically what was needed is intravenous antibiotics. So, I was able to be discharged, but I have to go to the hospital every day for six weeks to get my antibiotics through my port. That leads me to this hike...... I got done with my antibiotics about 1 pm and because this was the fifth day, they deaccessed my port. It felt like freedom and I knew I wanted to hike because my pack would be comfortable, but only for this 24 hour ...