Land of green mists and vibrant melancholy

[atheisticdryad]

I'm in Ireland. It is overcast, cool and rainy (perfect Julie weather). We are going to walk along the cliffs at Wicklow Bay today. I'm feeling much better...for the moment, anyway

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[ptownhiker]

It sounds like loads of fun. Jodi and I will be hiking in Maine at the end of June (in Acadia), and I can't wait.

When my muscles are sore from walking or climbing a mountain, the world seems more real. The soreness provides a tactile situation that isn't present in the "artificial world" of modern living.

[atheisticdryad]

Yes!!! That's it exactly. To feel my body in such an emphatic way, and to become aware of muscles I didn't know I had, forces a primal reality which often becomes numbed in the unsensual, technologized world of modern civilization.

I'm happy for you that you're hiking in Maine! I want to hear (and see) all about it...

[fixitup]

Hope the rest of your trip goes well. I didn't know you live in Reston.

[atheisticdryad]

The rest of my trip was magnificent! We took an even longer hike on Saturday...12 miles of hiking, much of it uphill. I was in the zone...all I could think about was putting one foot in front of the other, and there was no space left in my mind for clutter or brooding thoughts. I was there, in the moment, almost entirely. And I was building yet more muscles!

Hope your trip is wonderful...