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Got the call that you never want to get this past Sunday: dad’s wife called me frantic that he was passed out without a pulse on the side of Triple Falls in DuPont State Forest, Rangers doing CPR on him. 15-20 minutes later, got the call that they were calling it.
Add to that being Father’s Day and his wedding anniversary.
61 years old and in OK-ish health...we’ve all got a gut we could stand to lose, right? Combined with a relatively strenuous hike (anyone who’s done the Hooker Falls parking area up to Triple Falls knows you get some blood pumping by the time you reach the stairs), Doc says he was a prime candidate for a heart attack and/or stroke. Now I get to check that box of “family history of heart problems.”
Really weird to think he’s gone...like he’s sitting somewhere over in the mountains, waiting to be picked up, aggravated that he was left up there.
Boys are taking it pretty hard. With each new family member that arrives in town it picks the scab off the wound with new sorrow and tears.
Might be good news for the sale types on the forums: dad never met a yard sale he didn’t like. There’s a house full of stuff that might need to be fire-sale’ed.
Add to that being Father’s Day and his wedding anniversary.
61 years old and in OK-ish health...we’ve all got a gut we could stand to lose, right? Combined with a relatively strenuous hike (anyone who’s done the Hooker Falls parking area up to Triple Falls knows you get some blood pumping by the time you reach the stairs), Doc says he was a prime candidate for a heart attack and/or stroke. Now I get to check that box of “family history of heart problems.”
Really weird to think he’s gone...like he’s sitting somewhere over in the mountains, waiting to be picked up, aggravated that he was left up there.
Boys are taking it pretty hard. With each new family member that arrives in town it picks the scab off the wound with new sorrow and tears.
Might be good news for the sale types on the forums: dad never met a yard sale he didn’t like. There’s a house full of stuff that might need to be fire-sale’ed.
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