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Posted by: Dan @ 10:58 pm
Yesterday, Father’s Day, I drove over the pass to Sandy’s hometown of Ellensburg to spend the day with her parents, as I did on Mother’s Day last month. I didn’t tell them I was coming, as usual, but thought I would make the day even more special by hiking up Manastash Ridge, a popular local hike, before I saw them. Sandy, her father and I made this steep hike last year in April for her dad’s birthday (see April ‘06 archive for photos) and I of course had not been back to the ridge since.
As I hiked the steep trail to the top of the ridge, memories of that special day just over a year ago when we were here came flooding back… Sandy was so strong that day, reaching the top of the ridge long before her dad and I… and I remember my hope and faith being strengthened… knowing she would be alright if she could make this strenuous of a hike. But less than two weeks later we were returning to Stanford for her 2nd surgery.
So yesterday I returned to the ridge by myself…. and called Sandy’s dad from the top to wish him a Happy Father’s day and tell them where I was, and would soon stop by to see them after I hiked back down… and told them part of what I wrote in the logbook at the top… “Father’s Day… hiked in honor of my father-in-law Eric Beardsley, and in memory of his daughter Sandy, the love of my life… who died last August after a courageous fight with cancer… LiveStrong…”
Good night,
Dan