[chrisy]

Ha HA!

I just saw this! - maybe your exaggeration of my pace scared people off! Thanks so much for the post tho!

We do a lot of hiking (I do mild day hikes, John hikes big mountains) and I have many favorites.

One of my most most favorites hikes is really a stroll up Lyell Canyon, in the Tioga Pass area of Yosemite. You wander around through the woods, cross a creek or two, then I usually stop where the creek opens up to a long canyon - green meadow surrounded by mountains and forest. But the best part is, the creek "bends" here and cascades over, around and through boulders and fallen trees. Depending on the time of year, you can sometimes get to the "middle" by jumping from rock to rock and shinnying up dead tree trunks.

You've all seen this place in a couple of my avatars - the one with the mystery "blue bottle" which PinkGirl was convinced held something more than water...and more recently the rushing creek and what I call my "chi tree" because it is life that has sprung from solid rock. I go there to suck up as much of that energy as I can...

My second favorite walk was around in circles in Richmond VA...