Ah, yes, this aging process thing! Well, so far have not needed the hip surgery .... but for sure, I do not wade like I did so many years back. I try and think knee deep and try to avoid those real rocky places, especially the slippery ones! Once upon a time I might well have survived (in fact I have) one of those "slip, boom, ahhhh" ordeals - but the older one gets the harder we fall. Be careful.