look out, below

i'm feeling good today. positive. almost upbeat. i was thinking lots about our favorite place to go, acadia, and thinking about the hundreds of wonderful hiking and climbing trails available to us. i've got to get in shape so that we can do lots of them while on vacation in the fall. the one i'd really like to do is the precipice trail, which is a one-mile straight-up-the-side-of-a-cliff hike. they consider it a non-technical climb. it's that steep. you're basically hanging on to the oddly-placed metal rungs that are jutting out from the rock wall.


yup, there it is.

it's tough to do when you're in shape and small, but hauling my fat ass up there? no way. i want to do it, though. and if i train hard enough, maybe i can. perhaps not this fall, but maybe next fall.

now that it's staying light out later in the evening, we've gotta start hiking after work. even if we just go to kennedy park, or pleasant valley, or wherever, and try to do the more difficult trails within those parks.

god i love hiking. you sweat, and you get out of breath, and you're exhausted and bugs are biting you and it's hell on earth, but it's also so rewarding and amazing. one of my favorite things to do. for me, it's a spiritual experience.

so, it's time to lace up those new hiking boots and hit the trails. and hopefully that will help me shed some more of this weight.