I'm going to keep this short because I am currently in the process of trying to recover from a series of relapses regarding my back. It all started about three and a half weeks ago while hiking and biking at Mammoth Mountain. I thought I had recovered and was ready to head to Redwood National Park the day after the Fourth of July when my back went out again...but...this time...I suffered some of the worst back spasm ever and was bed ridden up until the day before yesterday. The bummer of it all is that I have had to cancel and put on hold all my vacation plans with my two sons....bummer... we have all been stuck in the house suffering from severe cabin fever for the past ten days watching alot of t.v...another bummer....good news...I am up walking again but I need to be careful because I don't want to have another relapse which would probably end any hope of getting away for the rest of the summer.