I'm a morning person. I'm that guy that most of you hate. I wake up early even on vacation. And I'm cheerful, perky, and happy to be alive to face another day! Of course, early for me on vacation has been 10:30 AM while Tony, my friend whose house we're visiting for the week (well, his parents' house while his dad is in Mexico), sleeps until 2 or 3 PM. Last night, because I didn't take a nap yesterday, I went to bed at midnight. I read a little before dozing off, but not much.
So this morning I arose at 9:30 AM after lying awake and reading a bit of the history of the area, put on a pot of coffee (I'm on cup three now) and went out on the deck to feel and breathe the cool, fresh mountain air! John Denver was right. It is "almost heaven."
I'm trying to decide how I'll work out today. Yesterday morning, I hiked up to the summit of the mountain. We're really high on Cabin Mountain, so the hike to the summit is literally about 20 minutes, if that. However, it's 20 minutes of a fairly steep, uphill climb. So, it's definitely a work out and I was doing it just for that, so I pushed myself hard. From the summit, you can turn 360 degrees and take in the beauty down in the valley (valley so lo ow. . .). It's stunning.
I may do that again this morning, but it's a little overcast and I'm not sure I'll get the view I had yesterday. It is a good workout, though.
I am such a city boy! I was scared the whole way up to the summit yesterday that I was going to stumble onto a black bear who would see my fat ass as a juicy snack. And the high altitude had me so winded, I'd have probably had to just accept that fate! Thankfully, that didn't happen, but it is going through my mind as I try to decide whether to do it again this morning. I've yet to see a bear (and I've been here three or four times now), but there are pictures here of bears and their cubs in the yard and even on the deck in back of the house. I don't want to be sitting out there when the next one arrives, or the world will truly be my bathroom. . . .
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