Friday, June 11, 2010

The Ground I Walk On

I've been working out.....



Okay, so that's not me....just checking to see if you were reading.

Well, I have a new hobby-thing to do-activity. I've been hiking. You know, HIKING, usually meaning walking along on an incline - incline meaning "up". The "up" part was what I forgot about when I decided to do this. See? "Up".


And that's pretty much the way it was.....that might be what I wished I looked like in hiking gear but............this would be me, below on the left, and remind me NEVER to wear light grey because I look like a moving sofa. But I did it! I did it! More than six miles. Three - UP - a lovely break at the top - and three down, at night, in the dark, with a flashlight, not even my own because my batteries went dead and thank God for Cat hauing me up the hill and Audrey at night with her light. (What's that? Snakes?)

Seriously, this is not a big deal for most people but given my - well, you know, there are things, and then there's.....never mind....(although my near month of power walking with a coach - Hi Grace! - had helped tremendously), my backpack with the bottle of wine in it (never volunteer the wine, volunteer the cheese and the crackers or the marshmallows) and the water bottle, etc., I huffed and puffed along and I did it!

Here's a hint of the view........and isn't that something? So, no jewelry this post, and no food. Just the beautiful California hills and valleys.....and me......doing an easier version this Sunday and then another very sweaty one next week and onward - and upward - which is good, because it takes the stress away from all that has been going on this past month. Hiking. My mother is looking down on me and laughing, but I did it, and I intend to do it again, and again......


Happy health!

Namaste'