wildflowerz

Hike #2,354. Nah, I exaggerate. I have been doing a ton amount of hiking lately, though. If I'm ever missing, look for me on the way up to some mountain, dry heaving. Or maybe on the way down, falling from having tripped on my own feet.

My friend Tiffany, little Benson, and I braved the heat and hiked up Arroyo Seco. It actually wasn't bad considering it was cloudy a part of the way up and shady on most parts. I've been through hotter hikes which makes me wonder why I do such things to myself. The trails are shared with mountain bikers and with some being narrow, I'd panic a little when I would hear one coming, but they'd always warn us when there was another trailing behind them. At some point, we stopped to rest amidst some tall grass and we startled a guy. He fell off his bike, but he was a trooper about it despite the bruised ego. Everyone was polite and friendly nonetheless.

I've never gone mountain biking, but like so many other things, I'd like to try it sometime.

a place to belong

aside from going downhill on a bicycle, I also enjoy driving up to 90 mph on the highway when the coast is clear.
I just imagine Senna and how it would have felt like to be on the passenger's seat while he drove.

I need to learn to drive a stick.

l'été est arrivé

summer's here and i've got the outdoors on my mind. not that there aren't things to do in the wintertime... i'd like to try snowboarding/skiing some time. my friends always brag about how much fun it is. as long as there's a low chance of avalanches, i'm up for it.

in the meantime, i'll make the most of the daylight lasting longer. i'm still in the middle of the city, but pocketed within it are glimpses of nature, wondermous nature to trample on. i mean, hike... on. it's an odd notion, though, for "nature" to be in the midst of a concrete jungle. it feels superficial, but at the least, i have a place to get away to in a short amount of time.