I listened briefly to a CBC program today driving back from Bannock Point with Abby – about a woman who runs. A lot. And why does she run? “It stops the thoughts.”

I think that’s a big part of the reason I hike. And walk.

It stops the thoughts.

Out there I find a beauty that takes me completely out of myself. Out there it’s safe to be vulnerable. Nature never reacts. She just is. She absorbs everything and is kind.

Tomorrow – Kuskanax.