Good Day! Bad, #!*@!ing expensive day!@#*!!!Dave Rivas and I busted out a 13 mile day hike up to the three waterfalls on Matillija Creek. It's a great hike which covers a variety of terrain and I always feel worked when I get back to the truck. I hit this trail at least five times a year, usually in the summer months due to the abundance of primo swimming holes. Today was made for speed with cool and clear conditions. Averaging 3.5 mph in a creekbed translates into an excellent workout.
Here's the expensive, jacked-up part. I fell off a boulder, eight feet down into a deep pool, got totally submerged. The tradjedy is that I had Ruth's digital camera in one pocket and my i-pod in another. The camera be dead. It is now an ex-camera. I'm holding out hope for the i-pod. The camera was older and wasn't working right all the time but I wasn't ready to replace it yet, though I already know which camera to buy: the Olympus Stylus. Compact, powerful, shock-resistant, and, best of all waterproof! Okay, I'm over it. Oh shit! I forgot to mention that my sunglasses are somewhere on the bottom of that icy pool! Now I'm over it...sort of. I keep telling myself it is all part of a grander purpose that I wasn't meant to comprehend. Maybe it's like paying your medical deductible for the year, only it's for replaceable material goods. Maybe it's a pricey reminder to pay attention when I'm STANDING ON THE EDGE OF A ROCK OVER A DEEP POOL OF ICE WATER!
Now I'm over it. I've been meaning to expound on the numerous qualities of this trail but I don't have the time right now. I'll blog it later. Tonight I've got to sleep. Ruth and I are leaving at 5AM for a day of snowboarding in Big Bear. We've got to be in good shape by the end of the month when we go to the real stuff in Colorado.
