On May the 4th 2022 I took my new knee out for a walk.
Even though it had been a long cold winter I was surprised to see that Star Lake was still frozen over as I turned down the road to the Trampers trail.
Snow was still hiding in the shade on the trail and in patches along my hike.
The sun of spring still had not brought out the buds on the trees or caused the grass to green but gave hope as I positioned myself to enjoy its warmth.
Patience is what I was being told to practice with my knee replacement recovery and also the recapture of summer. By May 14 2022 I could detect that spring could be delayed but not stopped.
I could no longer hold out my want to test my new knee in the water. The air temperature was a record setting 88 and the water temperature was a not so inviting 58 degrees when I entered Bass Lake. As I was getting my fins on two loons popped up out of the water to welcome me back and then disappeared below the surface of the water.
I endured for forty minutes in the brisk water my hands and feet throbbing from the chill of the water while my shoulders began to burn from the heat of the sun.
Like the plats on land the plants in the water were starting to reach for the warmth of the sun and as I photo’d them a sun fish checked me out from above and I made it from here there here
