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October 17, 2004
A series of unfortunate events...
Those who know me well know that rousing me from sleep was the thirteenth Herculean task. I think that accomplishment set the tone for the rest of the day. Even though I was able to get up fairly easily and headed to breakfast, which wasn't the most disappointing today (blueberries!)... a good start couldn't make up for last night.
It was lightly raining on and off, but we decided to check out the marathon anyway. Oh, we knew the runners would run. Something really stopping couldn't stop them. I guess that's how athletes are. You certainly won't find me running in the rain, and that's probably why I'm not an athlete. So whether the marathon was on or not wasn't the question... but whether we would be standing out in the elements to lay hands on their athletic bodies was.
Of course, my party of four didn't really get that far. We had barely made it out of Heartwood when we realized I had a flat.
We changed it and realized the donut was flat.
We went back to Heartwood, tracked down someone in Maintenance, used their compressor to fill it, and headed down the mountain.
Then we got lost.
Several times, in several ways. The hand drawn map we had was not helpful. No one in the car had much of a sense of geography. We stopped and asked directions a couple times.
Finally we arrived, trekked down to the finish area, and looked for our organizer and fellow students. Of course they weren't there. They had arrived, dealt with the weather as long as they could, and hauled ass long before we ever showed up.
Pfft.
We figured we were out in the middle of nowhere in Humboldt County anyway, we might as well do something "local"... stopped at Myers Flat for food and got pizza. It made Kala sick and she threw up in their bathroom.
Good things: the redwoods were beautiful; we wandered around Garberville for a bit, even though most things were closed; I wasn't depending on this event for homework, so I don't have to scramble to find sessions to do tonight.
Posted by Josh A. at October 17, 2004 05:10 PM