Joe and I headed off on another daycation with the goal of making it to the Snowy Range Road in the Medicine Bow Mountain Range near the border of Wyoming and Colorado. We were taking Nephi, Hanna and Joanna Williams along with us for what was our last daycation together before they moved back to Utah. This road had only been open for about six weeks because of the excessive amounts of snow it received even during the spring. So, we expected to see lots and lots of snow. We saw snow, but not lots of it, but enough to make snowballs still during the month of August.
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| Nephi and Joanna enjoying the soft green grass before lunch. |
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| The view by our picnic table. |
Our day changed dramatically though when Joe got out of the car at the picnic area and passed out and fell on the ground. Then he almost did the same thing sitting on the picnic bench. I took his bllod sugar and the readings were incredibly too high. After giving him some insulin and eating our lunch, the same thing almost happened again. It was then that I decided that it was time to get to a hospital - some 40+ miles away in Laramie.
I put the hazard lights on and off we went. As soon as I had phone service, I called 911 and they sent a deputy and an ambulance our way where they eventually met us. Joe was then transported to the hospital where they kept him for a little while after doing blood tests and putting fluid into him. Fortunately, he didn't stay long and they had no reason for the passing out and the high blood sugar. But after getting something to eat, we all headed back home.
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| I love this picture! The moon was so gigantic that night. |
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