Pentagenarians & Beyond: March 15, 2026
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Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
I'm back. Yesterday I planned to go to my parents in the afternoon, but when I was still finishing my breakfast, the power went out. Killing the chance of a workout, so I headed to K'zoo just after 9:00. Crazy thing is that Friday was incredibly windy and created some power outages. The nearest one a few miles from us. Yesterday morning, it was sunny, and calm and out goes the power. I think we got caught up in the repairs they were doing because we all just became a bigger outage area. They said 10:30 a.m. but restoration is pretty much never when they say it'll be the first time. At 10:30, within a minute, I got a message from the energy company saying they were extending the outage till 8pm and the neighbor saying the power was back on LOL DH got home 20 minutes later and confirmed it was back on.
I've been following various FB pages since 2017 for the UP. Weather, news, NMU, road conditions, and I have never seen as many warnings to people as there were for the blizzard they are having. First time in 24 years that the entire UP is under a blizzard warning. They told people go out Saturday, and get what you need till mid week and do not except for absolute emergency go anywhere. It could be 2-3' up to 4' some places. Hopefully everyone stays put and there are few if any people stranded.
Valerie glad you didn't lose power. Tornados are early this year.
Judy great news that your mammogram was good.
Diane Sue I hope your dog adjusts to the new things fairly quickly. Animals can be very routine oriented.
Carolyn there are so many things to do when people pass, and hard to track down all of them.
I've been following various FB pages since 2017 for the UP. Weather, news, NMU, road conditions, and I have never seen as many warnings to people as there were for the blizzard they are having. First time in 24 years that the entire UP is under a blizzard warning. They told people go out Saturday, and get what you need till mid week and do not except for absolute emergency go anywhere. It could be 2-3' up to 4' some places. Hopefully everyone stays put and there are few if any people stranded.
Valerie glad you didn't lose power. Tornados are early this year.
Judy great news that your mammogram was good.
Diane Sue I hope your dog adjusts to the new things fairly quickly. Animals can be very routine oriented.
Carolyn there are so many things to do when people pass, and hard to track down all of them.
I did my usual yoga/mobility today for 18 minutes.
Valerie, nice job with the park walk.
Diane Sue, great job with CDorner Kickboxing Cardio, Senior Shape Standing Abs with Standing Mobility Stretch, Senior Shape Dance Cardio and Upper Weights. Have you already moved out of your house?
Cathy, I’m glad that you made it back.
Hello to Judy.
Valerie, nice job with the park walk.
Diane Sue, great job with CDorner Kickboxing Cardio, Senior Shape Standing Abs with Standing Mobility Stretch, Senior Shape Dance Cardio and Upper Weights. Have you already moved out of your house?
Cathy, I’m glad that you made it back.
Hello to Judy.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
cathy the storm you are having probably started out in the pacific and hit us first. out here its referred to as an "atmospheric river", stream of moist air from the south pacific that dumps a lot of moisture along with wind. we had the intense winds and a lot of rain, but especially in the mountains it was all snow. we had an inch or two of snow but the mountains got up to 7 feet over a few days. not great for skiing because the roads were closed and power was out. lots of crashes and falling trees and avalanches. the interstate was closed most of the time for two days. then it moved on to the east dumping nastiness as it went. its back to normal here now. it was blizzard conditions in mountains during the storm with zero visibility. we just had the wind and a little snow. Hope you get thru it with minimal power loss. my friend in MSP is digging out right now.
both yesterday and today we did the park walk. its an hour 15 of pleasantly steep up and downhill walking. its really muddy right now so it reduces the population to almost no one. we heard a few people today but didnt see anyone else. Ive gotten to really enjoy this walk. its much better than pavement and we see and hear some nice birds. loons this morning and a brown creeper both days. towhees and flickers and pileated woodpeckers. its great until it gets too busy .
both yesterday and today we did the park walk. its an hour 15 of pleasantly steep up and downhill walking. its really muddy right now so it reduces the population to almost no one. we heard a few people today but didnt see anyone else. Ive gotten to really enjoy this walk. its much better than pavement and we see and hear some nice birds. loons this morning and a brown creeper both days. towhees and flickers and pileated woodpeckers. its great until it gets too busy .
irongrl
Cathlete
Yesterday our power was out so I didn't do a workout.
Today I did a 30-minute Peloton Power Zone Ride and 30 minutes of easy riding, watching YouTube.
Cathy-That is similar what happened to us. We made it all day and evening Friday and thought we would be ok, then the power went out after midnight. They gave us an estimated restoration of today after 3:30 but fortunately our power came back last night.
Carolyn-Great job with your yoga/mobility.
Valerie-Great job with your park walk.
Hi to Diane Sue
Today I did a 30-minute Peloton Power Zone Ride and 30 minutes of easy riding, watching YouTube.
Cathy-That is similar what happened to us. We made it all day and evening Friday and thought we would be ok, then the power went out after midnight. They gave us an estimated restoration of today after 3:30 but fortunately our power came back last night.
Carolyn-Great job with your yoga/mobility.
Valerie-Great job with your park walk.
Hi to Diane Sue