Leon Turnbull Photography

This is another shot of mighty Palouse Falls from back in December.

I am currently out of commission for awhile. Injured. On the shelf. I had a great plan for a sunrise hike last Saturday. The conditions were perfect for the shot I had envisioned (and it did involve a waterfall). It would have been glorious. It is just too bad that I could not (physically) even get out of bed on Saturday.

I woke up Friday morning feeling good, eating breakfast, and getting ready to go to work. And then I somehow tweaked my back very badly. I’m not even sure how, exactly. I must have just bent over or something and the back went out. If you have done that before, then you know how painful it is. This has happened to me before, but my back has been excellent for well over a year now. But recently, I have been on a mission to lose weight, and jogging regularly. I think it must have been weakened from my jog on Thursday. That is the only thing I can think of.

So much for my hiking plans on Saturday. I spent the entire weekend laying down on the couch, watching the Olympics. If you are going to tweak your back, then I definitely recommend doing it during the Olympics! I watched a lot of curling for sure (and I enjoyed it too!). And I watched Canada lose to the USA in hockey (argh!).

Anyway, the back is much better now, but I won’t be jogging for awhile. I can walk and hike, though, and I think I’ll actually be able to get back out hiking next Saturday. I went for a 1 hour hike after work on Monday, and I felt very good, so it is definitely getting better.

In the meantime, enjoy this shot of Palouse Falls at sunset from my archives. I was on the shelf (literally) for this shot as well. It is a terribly long drop to the bottom, and I was standing right on the edge. Just don’t look down.