Alan and I attended the Sika Show at Mystery Creek over the weekend. On the way to Ohaupo we visited the Piripiri Cave. It’s labelled as a 5 minutes walk but of course took me much longer. I was having a medium/low muscle strength day so Alan had to help me with all the steps, slopes etc. He went to the bottom of the cave, but that was a stairway too far for me! The cave was well worth the trek though.
Next we headed to Marokopa Falls, which is a 10 minute walk, but took me about double that each way. By the time we got back to the truck I was completely out of muscle strength! The falls were bigger and more impressive than we’d imagined and, much to our surprise, we saw three people stripped to their undies climb right down and go for a swim. No thanks…
At the Sika Show Alan got a couple of things he’s been wanting, encouraged by me. Life’s short and unpredictable – tomorrow is never promised to us. I want us both to do the things we want to while we can.
I appreciate that, despite being very fit and able, Alan will go at my speed so I get to do stuff with him despite my lack of capacity. He’s happy to lend me a hand, even when it basically means hauling me up the steps. It means a lot, but I do worry about holding him back. That’s one of the reasons I encourage him to go hunting and so on as much as he wants. Balance…
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