Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Creature Comforts

Comfort, it turns out, is a relative term. 

Normally, all sorts of things disturb my comfort. The dog is taking up space and I feel squished on the couch. The sun has been shining for too long in Portland and my head hurts. The opening music for Freaks and Geeks is unbearably loud on Netflix. 

But this afternoon, when we had gone a couple miles, we realized we were relatively comfortable. Our hip flexors are tight, our shoulders are achy, shirts are damp, one of us has blisters on our poor pinkie toes. But all in all? Relatively? Comfortable. 


Taking the pack off for a little snack break, of course, is even more comfortable.


It's not so bad getting through a few aches and pains when this is what's waiting around the corner. 


Hiking through the wooded areas is great, but I love breaking out into these sunny meadows. 

Another 11 miles today. Most of them comfortable. 

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