A Last Minute Road Trip

Ken and I decided to take a road trip before my immunity falls too low from this round of chemo.  So we took off on Monday to go to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.  It has been a great trip so far.  A little cold - but it is beautiful.  And not very many people visiting the parks this time of year.

One of the things that chemo drugs mess with in your body is the digestive system.  After both treatments, I have been very careful of what and how much I eat.  I decided on Tuesday that I was doing fine and would like to have some Mexican food.  Big mistake!!  I was pretty miserable all afternoon and stayed in the hotel room.  I think I learned my lesson.  Too much, too spicy, too soon!

We spent Monday afternoon and Tuesday in Grand Teton.  Then we spent all day today in Yellowstone.  Ken has taken some beautiful pictures of mountains, lakes, waterfalls, elk, and bison.  I'll have to post some of them when we get home.  I did take these pictures with my phone.  We were lucky when we got to Old Faithful.  We only had to wait about 5 minutes before it erupted.

I can really tell that I don't have the same amount of energy as usual.  I keep thinking I can do things as normal, then I take a short hike and realize that I get tired so fast.  The hike to the Lower Falls in that first picture was down 300 steps.  Going down was fine, but boy did I have to take my time going back up!