Hands Up

Originally uploaded by cogdogblog.

For New Year’s Day I tried to get off the year to a good start by a hike– with some 30 friends from our UU congregation, we enjoyed a beatuful hike at Spur Cross Ranch Park, north of Cave Creek. 12 of us us did the “long” hike up the Tortuga trail, climbing maybe 700 feet to a view of Elephant Mountain, before dropping back down to Cave Creek. The trail back on the Metate Trail provided views of some of the biggest, most charismatic saguaro cacti anywhere.

It was a glorious, beautiful, post card Arizona Day. My left leg cooperated somewhat, no more or less pain that it’s been ther last 3 weeks. Mentally, though, I was sprinting.

Did you know... "118,000 (15.1%) American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 20 years or older have diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes). Taking into account population age differences, American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.2 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites." (from ADA)
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