Sometimes we get a Spring that sputters its way in from Winter.  This is one of those years.  It has been a long cold season with early snows in the first part of October.  We ran  in 5 inches of snow at the Kokanee Trail Runs and did the Chicken Dance in the snow at Camp Richardson’s Oktoberfest.  The worst part was that the early snows kept us off the mountain biking , hiking, running trails until the thaw.  We are all ready for Spring to really get here and stay.   The folks in the photo are enjoying a day of warmer weather while  fishing in Sawmill Pond.  AAhhh Tahoe.

We went to a very poor area in the north western part of Nicaragua called San Ramon and Bonete #7 (which is a word similar to borough) to serve the people, some of them had walked 6 hours to get there. I was told it would be hot, but it was HOT. The work was hard in hard in dirty, smelly places. We were able to provide basic medical services and the Tahoe dentist and I helped approximately two hundred people with pain relief (extractions) over four and a half days of clinics. It was a stretch for everyone and nerves were frayed at the end but I just had to think that I would be cool, comfy (with enough food to eat) at home soon but the Nicaraguans would still be right where we left them. I hope I don’t forget them and their conditions as I see how rich we are here. I am glad I had something to give to these people who gave me so much more than they know.