Normally, I would agree with Falcon... You can slack off after you are dead.

But it is easy to go hard all the time when you feel good. For the first time in my young mid-50s life, I just went through a time that I didn't feel good. It was nothing major, just one thing after another (pulled calf muscle (twice), the flu (I think?-which I never catch) and some other stuff which you don't want to hear about...

We've all heard it said a million times before... Your health is everything. It's true and it is easy to take for granted when you always feel good. My grandfather always said getting older wasn't for sissies... (don't entend to offend any sissies).

I missed all but one day of the deer muzzleloader season and the first 3 days of the elk gun season. I finally felt good enough to get back out there yesterday. Walked 2 miles in at 9,500 feet. I huffed and puffed more than normal since I haven't done much in about a month, but it felt great. Beautiful country and great excersize.

But true to my luck lately, the only elk I saw were standing near my truck after dark. But who cares? Just getting back out there was my little victory.