1406 – Hiking Lime Ridge | Walk With Me
I’ll honor the Y’all Everybody Ethos and walk through my favorite hills while the sound of wind in the grass will whisk you off to dreamland.
This episode was recorded on location. It contains ambient noise (animal sounds, wind, car sounds, etc), and it may not be sleepy for all listeners.
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Episode 1406 – Hiking Lime Ridge | Walk With Me
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SCOOTER: Friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for the podcaster who’s here to take you on a walk and to barely talk about what he’s seeing, but just to talk to you, keep you company while you fall asleep. Welcome to Sleep With Me. This is a Walk With Me version of Sleep With Me where I’ll be outdoors on a trail walking. I just am finishing it up. So, I know it was a pretty quiet walk, but if bird sounds and rustling wind and kinda the sounds of me breathing while hiking and stuff…I do keep it all as sleepy as I can. But these…if you're new, welcome. But just for regular listeners, these on-location and in-the-real-world episodes, they tend to be a good example of how Sleep With Me works, that these are some people’s favorite episodes.
Almost like, man, if you could put twenty of these out a year or one out every week, they’d want that, and then there’s other listeners who skip these episodes. But we’ve tried to become more consistent of…that this recording…starting recording-wise in 2025…I wanted to start it in 2024, but that didn’t work out…recording them. So, maybe you're hearing this in 2026, even. But…yeah. So, hopefully we're releasing one or two of these a month, and hopefully when you're hearing this, we had hit all the goals we wanted to go to. But if not, just like this hike, I’m gonna plug along to keep putting you to sleep for as long as I can. If you're new to the show, this is supposed to be just a very beginning of an episode, but welcome to Sleep With Me. It’s a podcast to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep versus putting you to sleep.
So, what we got coming up is a long, meandering intro. It’ll probably be a little bit shorter tonight, like ten minutes, and then me kind of just walking on a trail talking to everybody. So, yeah, I’m really glad you're here. I work really hard. So do a team of people, 'cause we really hope we can keep you company and take your mind off of stuff and help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and if you are new or an occasional listener, don't worry about it, but if Sleep With Me makes your life better on a regular basis, we could always use your support, whether it’s supporting the show directly, supporting the sponsors, or supporting the show through the referral program. So, these are the ways, if Sleep With Me makes your life better on a regular basis, you could opt in. It’s like a invitation to be a part of the show being there for you and a lot of other people. So, thanks.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake.
It could be thoughts on your mind, thoughts that you're thinking about about the past, the present, the future…so, thoughts you're thinking about or thoughts that are thinking you, it could be feelings coming up for you related to those thoughts or feelings that are just there, it could be physical sensations, changes in time, temperature, routine, you could be going through something, in the middle of something, getting over something, preparing for something, anticipating something. I only laugh 'cause it’s like, boy, do I relate. You could…it could be changes in work schedule, guests, travel, mysterious…that’s…a lot of times for me, that’s what it is, and that’s what it was last night. It was mysterious. I said, huh.
Whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of it and keep you company so you could fall asleep. There’s a couple reasons I do that, right? There’s a couple reasons I make the show. One — this I kind of alluded to — is I know what it’s like for me when I can't sleep. I know what it was like for me when I was a kid and I couldn't sleep 'cause I was worried about school, and I know what it’s like for me as an adult and I can't sleep. Even when I practice a lot of the stuff that I know helps me most of the time, it doesn't help me all the time, or…and it’s…for me, it is trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, trouble waking up…whatever, tossing, turning, mind racing, all that stuff.
So, I know what it feels like for me, and so, the idea that I could help somebody that’s going through something I could relate to that’s not pleasant for me is important, right? It gives me actual, positive purpose to be in this world, to help you out, and that’s nice. But it also kinda connects us — and it may connect us in a indirect way — because I do feel for you, and I think I can relate to how it feels, right? Even if I can't relate to the details, I think I can relate to some of how…the feelings, and I can say, wow, I know what that’s like. It’s tough for me. It must be tough for you or however it feels for you. But there’s also a better piece of news, which is that there’s someone listening right now somewhere in the world that can relate to how you feel.
They've been through something similar, and they are more familiar with how you feel than I am, and they also…that person is a regular listener or they've been listening for a little while or they're just coming back after a break, and they're saying, oh, wow, I’m glad you're here because this podcast really helped me. I do know what that’s like, and I just want you to know Scooter’s speaking for me when he says I’m rooting for you. I hope this podcast can help you out so you get some relief, because I know what it’s like in the deep, dark night for them and for you. Beyond that, they also hope that you get to be a part of that, because it is this indirect, communal thing we get to experience with the podcast where you can be seen and you can see other people and you can root for them whether you could relate to directly how they feel or indirectly.
It could be someone on the other side of the world from you or right around the corner that you're sending positive thoughts of caring to. I know I’m a person that can be cynical, but I know it’s true and I know it means something to the listeners that get to experience that on both sides or have been on both sides of it…or even if the show doesn't work out for you to know that even if you don’t ever listen to this podcast again, there’s someone that’s sharing our space that does care. Again, it’s a different kind of caring. It’s indirect, but it’s real. So, that’s one of the reasons I make the show.
The other reason is because I’ve been there in the deep, dark night, toss…like I said, and so, I know what it’s like to live my life without the sleep I need, to dread bedtime, and I think you deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is more manageable, so that you could be out there in the world and a little bit more present for your day tomorrow and that you don’t have to dread bedtime, that bedtime could be something you look forward to or at least feel neutral about and that that’s a little bit nicer place to be, right, than struggling to get to sleep. So, right now I’m kind of going through this tunnel right now. We just passed some traffic. We are hiking. So, welcome to Sleep With Me. It’s a podcast where I send my voice across the deep, dark night.
I use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, and superfluous tangents. I go off topic, I get mixed up and talk and go on tangents and stuff like that, all to keep you company and take your mind off of stuff so you could fall asleep. Yeah, I’m gonna be here for about a hour. My voice is not traditionally soothing, and the idea of going on a hike or a walk with someone may not be traditionally the idea of soothing, but it’s something we’ve discovered works for the people it works for. I guess that’s the first thing, is like, when you first get here, on your first couple episodes…I’m just opening a gate here as I go through the gate. When you first get here, you might be wondering, is the show for me? I thought this was a bed…I was looking for something to put me to sleep, and you're just talking about nothing.
So, if you get here and you're skeptical or doubtful or confused or you're wondering if the show’s gonna help you out, that’s a pretty common reaction. Alls I can say is give the show a few tries and see how it goes, 'cause that’s most regular listeners’ reaction, was like, it took two or three tries ‘til I realized, oh, yeah, you're just walking around talking about almost nothing. Not quite nothing, but almost nothing. Huh. Okay. On the third try I just kinda woke up in the morning. I didn’t even realize I stopped listening to you. So, it does take some getting used to. If you never get used to the show or you decide…or you already know right now that I’m not for you, I would say try another episode other than these on-location ones. But if you already know or you've listened for a while and you're like, you know what?
This isn't for me anymore, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou is a website I made. So, there’s other sleep podcasts on there and sleepy stuff so you could find something that helps you fall asleep, 'cause whether this show works for you or not, everything else I said is still true. You still deserve a bedtime where you could get the rest you need so your life is a little bit better tomorrow, or you get the rest you need on a regular basis and you could be out there flourishing in the world. The other thing about the show is that it’s a podcast you kinda just barely listen to, like background noise that you could kinda pay attention to, like TV on in the other room, like a show streaming under your pillow, or like talking to a friend who goes on tangents and who doesn't really care if you listen to them or not.
You're like…you call them and you're like, hey, could you just tell me about your day? I’m in bed getting comfortable. I’m gonna try to sleep. There’s something soothing about listening to you and also having permission not to pay attention. But the thing is, you can listen to me but you don’t need to listen to me. So, it’s a little bit like a out-of-focus picture. So, that’s…it’s a podcast you don’t really listen to, it’s also a podcast that doesn't exactly put you to sleep. I’ve been making the show since 2013, and this is a sleep podcast but it’s…there’s no pressure to fall asleep with the show. There’s a reason the episodes are around an hour, over an hour, ideally.
With these on-location episodes, it tends to be less predictable, but…and…'cause there’s no pressure to fall asleep, and there’s 600+ episodes you could listen to, right, whenever you need them so that you don’t have to think about…oh, I gotta be asleep in twenty minutes or whatever. I’m here to keep you company whether you're awake or asleep. There’s people who are listening who can't sleep at all, and I’m here to the very end whether you're awake or asleep, right? Yeah, that’s what my job is. My job is to be your bore-friend, your bore-bae, your bore-sib, your bore-bud, your neigh-bore, your bore-bie, your Boris Borlaf, your boreman, your bores, your best bore-friend f’eva, to keep you company while you fall asleep, to distract you versus telling you to fall…whatever.
I’m here to, yeah, just hang out with you while you fall asleep and to be here. Yeah, 'cause there’s people…I think I said that, people who can't fall asleep or who need a break during the day and listen. I’m here to the very end for everybody. So, those are a couple things to know. The only other thing I like to run through is the structure of the show, 'cause the structure of the show is very deliberate and it’s kinda been…kind of evolved over the years of the podcast, but it pretty much stays the same. It’s designed so the show can benefit the most amount of people it can, but it is adaptable. So, the show starts off with a greeting; friends beyond the binary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, so you feel seen and welcomed in and you say, yeah, I could check that show out and see how it goes.
Then there’s support so that people that are occasional listeners, people that aren't in a position to support the show, people that prefer not to support the show, they can still listen, too, or people that are just going through some hard time. So, the support part of the show, the sponsor stuff and the people that support the show directly, that benefits everybody, but those are the people…you know, only if the podcast makes your life better on a regular basis. That’s what that part’s for. Then, separate from the support, is a show within a show, the intro, which goes on and on and on for ten to twenty minutes, which we're in now. The intro’s meant to explain what the podcast is but also to ease you into bedtime. So, it is like the main hang time of the podcast, right?
It follows a familiar structure every time and it goes on for like, ten to fifteen minutes so you could listen to it as you're getting ready for bed, as you're winding down, as you're doing some chill activity or you're in bed getting comfortable. While there is a percentage of people that fall asleep during the intro, it’s a pretty small percentage. There’s also a story-only version of the show, Bedtime Stories from Sleep With Me, or on Sleep With Me+ it’s just called Story Only that has story-only versions of the show without the intro. But for most people, the intro is part of their wind down, not falling asleep, right? So, yeah, that’s the intro, right? It goes on and on and on to ease you into bedtime. Then after the intro is support, and then after the support I’ll be on this hike.
The good news is most of the hike was not as windy as it is during the intro, and it’s good that it’s, I guess, a little bit windy during the intro, which I happened to record after the hike, so I knew the hike I went on. But yeah, I’m going on a hike. It’s about…I think it’s about a mile, a mile and a half. Yeah, all told, we’ll be here a little bit…around a hour, maybe over an hour. I don't know. Yeah, if you prefer something without ads, you could get that on Sleep With Me+ or through the referral program on our show. But yeah, this show is kinda meant to, I don't know, help you fall asleep or to ease…if you can't sleep, I’m here to be here as something mild and nice to get you through the deep, dark night, and ideally then you just stop listening and it works. So, I’m really glad you're here. I work really hard. I yearn and strive.
I really want to help you fall asleep. I really hope we can, or ease some suffering in the deep, dark night. So, thank you so much for coming by, and if you decide this podcast regularly makes your life better, regularly improves your sleep, your wellness, your way of life, I’d invite you to support the show back and become a part of this thing being sustainable, and these are the ways you could do that. Thanks so much.
Alright everybody, this is Scoots, and this is a episode of Walk With Me. I’m walking, and just to set things up, the…I’m out on the trail. This is one of these…I don't know what the episode will be like 'cause I just hit Record. But I’m on a trail walking that’s…was a big part of my life for two to three years. But sometimes two to three years could be pretty formative years, and these were 'cause this was the two to three years…I guess it was the three years my daughter was in high school, and I would drive her to high school. So, I guess this will have a personal-essay element to it. I’m outdoors hiking. There is some birds. If you really listen and…well, I don't…I think you can hear it under my voice. There’s two or three background noises, which is wind, which can be pretty strong in May.
This is only a bonus episode, but there’s also wind going through grass, dry grass. You can hear it right now. Then there’s also the hum of a major road. It’s not a highway, but it’s a road that moves like a highway that’s…oh wait, is there a Highway 2? It was two major roads. Or, no, that’s only one. That’s the same road. That’s nearby. So, yeah, so, a couple background noises along with a few birds, and we will get a couple of…what do you call it? Different environments if we have time. I don't know…so, I’ve never hiked this trail. I have jogged it very slowly or ran and walked or jogged and walked, and this is…phew, what’s the name of this area called? It’ll…I’ll remember. I don't remember right now. It’s adjacent to Mount Diablo. Probably the trail systems connect, 'cause you can go under Ygnacio Valley Boulevard.
So, it’s in the Concord, Walnut Creek area of the far…what I would call the Far East Bay. You could call it the East Bay. It is springtime, which means the grass is already dry, 'cause I guess it’s…well, I guess almost June. So, at some point it’ll be summer. This episode does have a couple…does it have two companion pieces? I’m asking myself even though I don't have the answers. I wish Ray or someone else was with me. But it…the companion piece, one, would be For the Love of Hills, and I don't know if that’s the only one I did or if I did another one. So, it may have one companion piece called For the Love of Hills, but it may have a second companion piece about hills, 'cause I’m not sure if I recorded one or two.
The first episode is about these grassy hills and my…originally my observations from afar, 'cause I thought they were…at a distance, if you're not from California or Northern California, they look almost like hills of sand, and they will be…and just a few months ago they were very green and verdant, but now they are not. They're dry, grassy hills, and they have a beautiful sound to them, which I know I’m…[inaudible] audio, so I know it’s on there. If you're listening on Sleep With Me+, what we’ll try depending on the time…and this is one of these hard-out times I have, 'cause I’m in-between two performances of a play my daughter’s in called After the In-Between. I said to myself, Scoots, what a great opportunity. You got about…just under two hours, and you could go and get a hike in and see if it’s recordable.
Also, another test we're trying to do is…which maybe you're already aware of, 'cause I do things pretty far out. We're also trying to get video of this stuff. Cool. So, what, where, when, why? Why is this important? I gotta get up this hill, to be honest, first. There’s a little bit of a climb. I’m trying to do things slowly, 'cause I know these on-location episodes aren't for any…everybody, and I can't adjust the podcast based on everybody’s feedback. But when I run short of breath, it does impact some people. But…so, I’m trying to go slower. But it is a incline, so I’m not gonna be able to like, totally avoid that.
Fortunately, I just don’t have the luxury…and it’s really hard for me to not record and be like, okay, I’ll just pause while I’m walking up the hill and not record, 'cause my brain is always running, and one of the secrets of making a sleep podcast that today’s a pretty good example of is always be recording. So, that’s what I’m trying to do. Normally I’d be…depending on how often I was running this, I’d be…I would do some mild intervals. Normally this isn't…oh, I didn’t start my watch to see…check the distance or anything, but…oh, cool, I forgot; we get to go under the road here. So, that’s exciting.
Alright, so, we have reached a pinnacle here, and I am gonna change hands, 'cause I have one pole and then one selfie stick that I use to kinda keep testing out different…the best way to get a walking episode without me…a kind of appeal to be…I don't know, Sleep With Me sensibility. So…and without the video taking away from the audio at all, 'cause we haven't released any video yet. But as I learned with ‘always be recording’, it’s like, one day we may release a video and one day we may not, and that’s fine, too. So, yeah, we're out here on the trail. Why is this trail important to me?
Well, it’s important for a couple reasons. It’s part of my daughter’s journey through high school, and now that this episode will be released after…well, I don't know what the future holds, but the current plan future would be for me to move away from the bay. My daughter’s going to school somewhere away from the bay, and so, this is somewhat of a swan song and a collection of stuff for super-engaged listeners to have. I don't know, to take you in places that I’ve been before or take you in a little bit more depth now that I’m not here…okay, so, I was saying…we had troop Scouts, I think. So, I had to cut around them. But so, yeah, now that I don't live here, I’d be a little more comfortable kinda disclosing more details and stuff. I almost had the name of the…where we are, and now I forgot it again.
It’s like three words; one word is related to rocks in some way, but it’s not like rock, I think. Lime? Lime Ridge Open Space? I think that’s what it’s called, or Lime Ridge…I think that’s what it is, Lime Ridge Open Space. So, that’s where I am. So, why is this thing important to me and why is it interesting? Well, thus far, it’s kind of a somewhat-mundane hike. We are gonna go under this major road that you can hear the thing. I forgot that there was…where you go under the road and the trail continues. Yeah, now I got another incline. So, it’s better for me to just talk about…I can't focus on all the things. I think I get less out of breath when I just ramble instead of focusing on a topic. So, yeah, we’ve got…actually, I’m surprised; there’s some nice bush coverage on the roadside.
So, we're not really getting blared by the road, even though you can hear that it does have pretty robust traffic. I think it connects Walnut Creek to Concord or Concord to the next round of suburbs on the other side of this open space, which I’m not 100% sure what they're called. But yeah, hopefully we’ll cover some interesting things and some life lessons. You are hearing some live sounds of me opening a gate and closing it behind me, 'cause this is a place where cattle friends live, as well, though I didn’t see any today…or maybe just cow friends. So, now you're gonna hear a echo, which is pretty cool, and interestingly enough, my daughter’s playing a character named Echo in the play. So, that’s funny. Not Echo from the myths but inspired by the myths, 'cause the other character’s not Narcissus.
Also interesting that it’s a piece of post-earthly and earthly fiction, and the playwright was at the play last night. I could try to link to that stuff since my memory can't retain too much of those details. But only today they give a post-play talk, or talk-back, they call it. But I thought of my question today, which is…which you can't ask. I guess I could e-mail her. But…of like, what post-earthly fiction…is there any post-earthly fiction that really inspired you, and if so, what is it? ‘Cause that interests me to hear other people’s inspirations. So, yeah, now we're going up a nice, meandering trail. Now we have not just grass but a secondary type of plant that is also dried out. So, maybe another type of grass.
Again, at some point this video, if it’s getting recorded, which I could double-check, is like…might be out there somewhere. So, you could see what the grass is for yourself, or the plants. This trail that I’m going up, it does kind of follow the water drainage, or one of the drainage things, so when it’s raining…this trail isn't the primary point of drainage, but there is some green still where there’s still water kinda draining. So, that’s cool. Yeah, some good bird sounds…there’s a lot of hiking you could do here and then in Mount Diablo. I had discovered, as I spent more and more time out here, this was my main trail. How many times did I run it? At least fifty. Probably more than fifty, 'cause I can remember listening to podcasts, not just mine but other ones. I can remember talking on the phone when I had service.
I can remember taking pictures and sending them to people, and I can remember slowly discovering this area. So, there’s a family reason why this is important to me and then there’s a personal reason this is important to me. I think the personal reason is a opportunity for sharing, as you can still hear that…and this is a different kind of thicket-type plant. So, it has a different sound, and it’s closer to us. So, that’s very cool. So, the personal reason, right…like, when I get into the family reason, right, it’ll make more sense. I guess I would ask, if you're listening to this, please respect our privacy, or my daughter’s privacy, because…I mean, this isn't…this is the kind of stuff you'd share with anybody in your personal life even at the grocery store. But, I don't know, I’m always hesitant to share too much.
But also, these personal-essay episodes tend to impact people in a positive way. But I do ask that…we're private, real human beings, too, and my daughter is not a public part of the podcast. So, she might have no desire to discuss this or look at this or whatever. So, if you could think about respecting that, it’d be great. Or, I’m just making my boundaries clear about that, and her boundaries, depending on what I share. This isn't even…again, the privacy on a podcast versus your regular life, it’s just different. So…and it’s understandable. I guess I’m not trying to…I’m just trying to make my boundaries clear, right? I get it; even though I don’t talk about my daughter a lot on the show, people feel like they know her and that she’s a part of their life. But that still has a boundary, right?
Okay, let me switch hands again, 'cause it’s been a little while since I switched hands. I have a little cover here, tree cover. Okay, so, a personal reason…so, let’s go into the family reason first 'cause it gives context for the personal part. So, we all went through…and a lot of you may have been listening to the show when we went through the time when we were all at home, right? For kids, that was particularly something they didn’t choose and a formative time they didn’t choose. For my daughter, it was the time of middle school. So, when we came out of that, it was also…and we as a family decided to come out of it, it was approaching the time of high school. I don't know, I don't want to get too deep into it, but it was really not easy for kids, that time.
Then…and then the idea of like, that school was optional and in-person school was optional, I don't know if it’s something kids or anybody can quite comprehend, right? So, the idea that you would have to go back to in-person school or that it might be best for your development is…I don't know. It’s a challenge, right? The idea that you could just stay at home and go to school and that you were used to that, it was a attractive option, I think. But I was like, hey, what if we find a high school…? ‘Cause it was like, oh, yeah, this is my belief that this is…that high school is an important, formative thing, and it is important to experience it in person. As a parent, that’s what I think is best, and I didn’t just come up with the idea. I checked the idea with trusted adults in my life.
So, yeah, I think that’s gonna be best, and I realize a lot of kids were like, hey, that’s not what I want. So, it was like, for our process it was like, well, you're really interested in theatre and musical theatre. What if we find a school geared around that? So, we did find a school, and it was a charter school. They just…even though we didn’t live in the area the county was operated in, because of everything that happened, they were like, oh yeah, we still have openings in our…or space in our school. So, yeah, you could still get in and…or apply and get in and go to this school, because you do live in California even though you don’t live in this county. So, that’s what we did. But the school…I think as the crow flies, it’s probably only between nineteen and twenty-eight miles away.
But we live in a pretty dense area, and so, driving here takes at least forty-five minutes to school. So, it was an adjustment, but it was like, hey, this…let’s try this. Then, for the first three years, the days Sophia was with me…so, either two or three days depending on the schedule we had worked out, I would drive her to school and I would work from a co-working place. I worked in two different co-working places over those three years, 'cause I would drive her to school, go to the co-working place, work all day on non-recording podcast stuff, which I guess I never talked about this…that part before, or maybe I have. It was very challenging because…it was just really tough because the podcast kinda works best when you can kinda…the more and more relaxed and set the schedule is, the better.
So, knowing…on a average week, what I’d try to do is record 2.5 episodes before this. Then it became not possible for those three years. It’s like, the reason that is a goal is 'cause some weeks you'll record three full episodes and some weeks you'll record one or two, or some weeks you'll record a bunch of intros, 'cause I record intros and episodes on different days, which I talk a lot about, but maybe this is your first time hearing it or maybe it’s just relaxing to listen to me talk about this stuff instead of the hike, which is always a part of this. It frees up a part of my mind. I have a lot of memories of listening to Len Testa and Jim Hill. Particularly, I would save that podcast for this…these runs, because there is the entire first half…the entire run is up a slow climb up to Lime Ridge, I guess, and then the second half is a slow decline.
So, we decided to go to the school. So…oh yeah, it just was tough. Then my daughter was able to drive her senior year and kinda end of her junior year, so I was kinda able to kinda get back into a more comfortable rhythm. ‘Cause when you only have three days to record, like weekdays, you still can't…it’s not conducive to good sleep podcasting. I guess most of you just have to trust me that recording the intro and the episode…the quality’s just gonna be less because it’s very tiring, and…recording the episodes. Or it’s very…it takes something out of you for me to be focused and in the moment and stuff like that and be present. So, the quality’s gonna be better when it’s split, so that that way the intro is its own show within a show and I’m fresh.
Then, wherever the intro goes…it’s like, the only word I can think of is less transactional, which is probably the wrong thing, 'cause it’s an internal transaction. But it’s like, at some point, if I tried to record…if I…well, yeah, if I had to record an intro and episode in the same day, I would just start to feel like…holy cow, and this is way too much, and I would get distracted. That’s the whole thing, is like, getting distracted by the outside world isn't good for the sleep podcast. So…but that time’s passed now. But the other thing I had to do was…or the other thing that’s important to me is activity, right? But I would also get…oh, so, I guess I finished that thought. So, then I ended up working on Saturdays and Sundays, which if anybody runs a small business knows that’s just the reality of it.
But that would mean I would have to record some weeks on…I would have to record on Saturday and Sunday, or I would have to record on one of those two days just to get two episodes done to stay on schedule. But it all seemed to work out, so…and I don't know how, just like I don't know how I was ever able to juggle a full-time job and then a more-than-full-time hobby. I did it, but it’s like, okay, I prefer working on the podcast. I still work on it most days, like seven days a week, but it’s like, not having…where it’s like…I think you know what I mean. So, another thing that was important to me that I struggle with…well, it comes back to this work stuff, is that…other things that I might want to do or other things involved in self-care.
So, trail running, hiking, getting out and adventuring-type, mini-adventures, that there’s always not…like, it’ll always be a better time for that one day, but today’s not that day. That’s just something I struggle with really, a lot, and it takes some tricky stuff and some planning to overcome it, right? So, I think it was…I can't exactly remember how it played out, but at some point I was like, you know what? I gotta…well, I guess it was like…I already had a running habit, right? Then it was like, man, I’m not getting my runs in because driving to and from school…and by the time we get home from school, it’s like, time to…I gotta make dinner and then we gotta wind down or get homework done and all that…clean the dishes and stuff. So, it’s like, man, I’m not getting my running in, and that’s important to me.
Okay, let’s find a place. Then it just happened. I mean, I don't know the details of it, but it was like, maybe I looked on a map? I don't know. It was like, oh, there’s all these trails right…a five-minute drive from school. So, why don’t you check these trails out? Then it’s like, yeah, why don’t you go run on these trails? Then I found…I started on a different trail, and there was…it was similar, though. It went up the same ridge but in a different spot, and it was also…you could make it into a loop, but it was a lot steeper. Not like movies steeper; just like, even jogging where…so, this…I don't know what year this was, but it was a fresh year for my daughter. I remember over the fall trying to build up my endurance so that I could actually jog the entire incline.
Then at some point I discovered this trail, which has a little bit more tree cover, a little bit…it’s just a little bit nicer to look at. It’s a little bit more meandering. It’s a little bit longer 'cause it has…less steep, but it goes through some woods. That’s kinda where we're in now. It has personality depending on the time of year. Like, right now we're getting close to its summer personality, and that’s different than its winter personality. So, yeah. Then I just fell in love with this trail. To be honest, I don't know the name of the trails. So…oh, wow, there’s a Steller’s jay, one of the few birds I can identify. So, yeah, it was like, hey, let’s get out.
Then you could go for a run and then pick your daughter up from school or when the after-school stuff’s done. It really worked out. But it was the kind of thing…and the only reason I share it, I guess, is because it was one of those little moments, much like starting the podcast, that ended up being important that I said yes, but I also…it was a small ‘yes’ that I said yes to, and it made a big difference. But it was something I easily could have said ‘no’ to. No, let’s just work right up until school ends or drive to school and then work in the parking lot for the last twenty minutes, because, again, traffic. I’m just really grateful I did.
So, I guess that’s why I’m sharing, is all those little things you could do to be in the world…instead of looking at it like I tend to a lot of times, of like…with a frowny face or a wagging my finger at myself or ‘I wish I was the kind of person that didn’t keep putting this off’, it’s more like, huh, what little things can I say yes to, and then seeing them work out? It doesn't necessarily always carry forward. Oh boy, so, now we're deep in some sage. Oof, and really strong smells of sage. So, really, really cool. Yeah, so, I gotta pause here. Alright, I was just doing a little time check, hand switching…oh, we got a moth or a butterfly. Will we make this full loop, is the question, 'cause we're on the…what I think is the last third, but then I never know. I can remember running it being like, oh wait, there’s still two more loops.
This would happen when I would pick up my daughter. Depending on what time I got here, I would be like, okay, does it take twice as long to go up as down? No, it doesn't, because here, because these trails are steeper, you gotta go…slow down. I mean, you could go a little faster, but not super fast. So, yeah, it’s just something I’m glad I did. Now we're in a real nice…you could hear all the birds, 'cause this is a little bit wooded, wetter area, and really shady. A lot of trees. A lot of birds. Hey, Sleep With Me listeners, glad you're sleeping. That’s great. Yippee-yay. I don't know if the birds are saying that exactly, but it certainly sounds that way, doesn't it? Cool. So, that’s my point. Okay, so, we're climbing up, and the whole time you're climbing on this trail…I’ll talk about poles, too.
But the whole time you're climbing on this trail, you don’t have a view until pretty soon, which…there may be too much wind, too, once we have a view. I didn’t think about that ‘til just now. But you get a view of the Carquinez Strait, Mount Diablo, the whole Far East Bay. Oh, and you have this intense sage smell, maybe 'cause it’s flowering. So, yeah. Actually, yeah, I’m not looking at the view just because I don't want to…my back is to the wind. It usually blocks the wind. You could hear the birds down below us saying, hey, everybody. You know what song…? I don't know if anybody watched Lost, but this is…even for Lost, this is a deep cut, but not a super-deep cut…the TV show Lost. But so, Charlie, the musician in Lost, which…oh man, Motor Mouth? I can't remember the band’s name. Maybe that’ll come to me, too.
But so, one of the hits they had that he sang a capella when he was trying to describe things to everybody was You All Everybody, I think. That song just stuck in my head. I associate it with this dog that I dog-sit, Gordy. So, I just dog-sat him last week. So, I’d constantly sing it to him. But it’s…anytime I say…well, he just has that attitude. Not like Charlie, but that he’s like…he’s so happy to see everybody that I feel like he’s embodying the You All…but it’s like, you, all, everybody. That’s not a very good version of it, but I am walking uphill and I’m not a singer. Y’all, everybody. I think that’s it; y’all…you, all, everybody. I feel like the dog…that’s a ethos, I guess. That’s the word I was looking for. The dog embodies the ethos. So, yeah, that’s something to talk about. Okay, so, how did we get there? I don't know.
We're still working our way uphill. Oh, we got some purple flowers. You know, some of these walking, hike-with-me episodes I do more observations and…but this one I’m just more chat, chat, chattering. But that’s what I like about these Walk With Me episodes. It’s like we're out taking a walk together, and there’s something nice about that, at least in my opinion, you know? So…and now I have my first view, and we're shaded from the wind. Wow, I could see…yeah, I could see one of the other high schools, I can see Antioch, maybe? Carquinez? I can't quite see the bridges, but…'cause they're around the bend. Maybe over here I can. Mount Diablo is still behind whatever peak this is over here, but…oh, poles; I was gonna talk about poles. I’ve probably talked about them before.
So, I started trail-running at some point, and I found that…well, two things I discovered. One, I do listen to podcasts, and I realize for some people running is meditative. But for me, running is a bit like trying to fall asleep. I’ve talked about this, and in a sense it is inspiration for the podcast, is…you know what’s funny? To talk about Lost and Scriptnotes and Len Testa and Jim Hill is I need a…if I only have the run in my head, I don't…I can't run. I mean, I can and I have, but I won't consistently do it because then I have my brain running, which is not easy to deal with always. I mean, sometimes it’s running…rarely is it running in my benefit. But even if it is, it’s not usually productive. Then I have my thoughts about running, which makes me want to reread Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
But so, then my thoughts about running in my head…and none of those are positive. Or…yeah, or they're thinking about running, which is like thinking about falling asleep for me. It may not be that way for everybody, but it’s like, the more I think about running, the more I have strong feelings about it. So, having a podcast at least distracts me from my thoughts about running. My brain still runs, but then I say, oh, I’m not listening. That was my formative relationships with podcasts. In all of the great irony was the Lost Podcast with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Then Scriptnotes with John and Craig that I talk about a lot, and then eventually I get into Len Testa’s first podcast, WDW Today, and there’s something about the fandom of that. This was before I made the podcast, before I made Sleep With Me.
There was something about, I don't know, listening to Damon and Carlton talk about the show and the episodes and the creation of them, listening to John and Craig talk about screenwriting and things interesting to screenwriters. That was interesting and instructive to me. Then listening to people that loved theme parks, like geek out about theme parks…I don't know, I find those things very…they draw in my attention. Then I can refocus my attention and be like, wait, what are they talking about? I was just over on another…I was just worrying about this, this, or this. So, it kinda taught me one of the things that’s important about Sleep With Me, or one of the thing’s Sleep With Me’s here to do. So, we are gonna make this full loop. I will take a break at the top to do a time check. At some point I’ll record the intro. But yeah, it’s cool.
I just hope I left…leave myself enough time. I gotta grab my D-I-N-N-E-R hopefully before the show, but I guess I could do it after the show. So, yeah, we’ve already gone pretty far afield, y’all, everybody. Yeah, it’s like…I’m at a loss for words. That’s pretty funny. But I do think…and if you are watching the video version of this or even if you want to check it out, I guess the main place…video of anything would be…currently when I’m recording this, it’s on YouTube. But I think I’m walking…we're at the point of the ridge made of lime, because there is rock under me and it is…well, I don't know if it’s lime. We also have a good view of Mount Diablo now. I really did…I do treasure all the runs, 'cause on the days my daughter was out here for three days, I would try to do three different runs.
I particularly then had three different types of runs, which was a longer, slower paced run, then these more hill-based runs or hill-based, kinda changing-your-pace runs, and then…yeah, I guess those are the only two. I don't have three…oh no, I did try one other one, but it was also a changing-your-pace type run. Then once my body — regularly doing it — was adjusted to it, then I could kind of explore more. But I always came back to this trail that we're on, and I’m really happy that it seems like we're gonna get the full thing. So, I’m at the summit now, and I’m gonna pause just to check all of our equipment before we start our descent. Alright, so, we're starting down now, and now we have a view of the other side. There’s even a quarry or some sort of operation there.
There was one time I got to…me and my daughter and I…I think…I’m pretty sure it was over here, yeah. We were driving to Southern California one time, the two of us, with Ray, of course, to do…I think it was our second trip? I don't know what trip it was. I think it was that trip. I picked her up from school — and this is a notoriously trafficky area — to go out to the ex-burbs. So, we took the back roads out here to get to 5 and 205, and it was wild. It was nice that the directions worked out that way. I think I had a choice, but I was like, wow, if we could take these back roads, at least we’ll be moving, even though we might not necessarily be saving time. So, yeah. So, yeah, I’m also going a slow, cautious descent.
Oh, I was gonna talk about poles, hiking poles or trail-running poles, which…so, yeah, that’s what I was talking about before y’all everybody. Is that when I went off topic? So, at some point I discovered doing…mostly on trail-running, but occasionally…I’m gonna try to keep this sleepy, but luckily it always stayed sleepy…was that…so, if you were listening to podcasts a lot and you don’t have a playlist and…yeah, I think that was the main issue, was that you were gonna have to take out your phone…or you may get a text or whatever, and you gotta take out your phone. Then what I discovered even on flat land was that’s not a good idea to make a playlist that plays the entire run, but also that I tend to be a bit of a clutz or clumsy or whatever, and there would…sometimes I would take a spilly-spill.
I was like, huh, I’m not exactly a spring chicken and I am clumsy, and the more I do this trail-running, the more I like it, particularly here. This can be very different. Like, right now it’s very sandy, so it’s slippery in that way, and then in the rainy season it’s very muddy and slippery. So, I was like, huh…you rarely see people trail-running with poles, but occasionally maybe once or twice I did. So, I researched it and I was like, huh, it seems like…less popular here in the US, but similar to hiking poles; pretty much the same thing. There’s just a couple small differences, I think. Or, I don't have…and the great thing about the internet is that I was able to get…whatever. It was like skis, like last year’s…two years ago’s models. It really created…I really love it. Now I’m trying to figure out this Walk With Me version where we record stuff.
I may try to strap a camera on to the poles, but I think the up-and-down movement would make that a non-starter, and probably having the two different weights…but having one pole when I’m walking gives me pretty good stability. I don't know if it adds any ASMR or relaxation. But this is a pretty quiet trail, anyway. So yeah, we get this serious wind down, and this wind-down part is a little bit more woodsy for most of it, and then it kinda opens up back where it opened up before. The only other thing about the poles is like…I’m rarely a kind of dad…I try to keep a low profile with my daughter and not embarrass her, and she’s not super embarrassed by me. But so, maybe that’s a generational thing where it’s like…I can remember my generation being like, do not embarrass me, that being in movies and real life.
I did have a parent who really enjoyed doing his material on my friends. It actually didn’t usually bother me that much. I mean, sometimes it would because his material was so out there that my friends…it would be kinda fun watching my friends hear an adult hamming it up for them. So…but the only thing I would constantly…because I was doing this before I picked my daughter up from high school, it was…be like, is it cool if I show up with my poles? You want to go for a hike? I’ll bring my poles. I find it funny. My daughter doesn't even find it funny 'cause it’s just…it’s such a conceptual thing. She’s like, dad…she just looks at me. ‘Cause it’s even lame for embarrassing your child, 'cause it’s like, well, one, I don't really want to go hiking with you.
Two, if we go hiking, probably nobody’s gonna see us, and so…three, even if you showed up at my high school with poles, I don't think people would understand that it was just a goof on me. So, anyway, that was…it’s just, I constantly get a kick out of…even now when I looked at my poles in my trunk, I’m like, ha, ha, time to goof on my kid and show up at her play with my poles. Be like, sorry, I just got done with my run. I run with poles. Yeah, no, no, hi, everybody. I run with poles. Yeah, no, I’m a pole-runner. I mean, I don't…technically I’m not running, either. I’m kind of going faster than walking. Another little behind-the-scenes thing just to make people laugh at what we're doing is my pants…I have shorts on. I did not have time to get a belt because I mismanaged my time.
So, my shorts are literally about to fall off, 'cause I have…my pockets are full of the thing I’m…phone I’m recording into and keys and all that stuff. But so, note to self; wear a belt, man. Come on. Alright, so, let’s give you a little…I think that’s it. I’m glad I got to take everybody on this. I do plan on getting the whole thing on video. So, I don't know how we’ll work that, if…I guess if we slowed down the video, it would be longer. So, yeah, what we’ll do is I’ll just do the intro. It’ll be out of order, but I didn’t really point out too many things, so we could always line the video up if we need it. But yeah, I’m gonna do the intro now. So, I’m just gonna take a couple more turn…did you hear that turn?
But thanks for joining me on another walk. I really appreciate it. There may or may not be an extended version on Sleep With Me+ in the bonus feed with just me hiking quietly. If we have time to do that, there will be. But yeah, thanks for coming by. I really appreciate it. Goodnight, everybody. Let’s do a short fade-out, too, for everybody with the birds here.
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On Location / Walk With Me / Personal Essay
Public Park Design
https://www.centralparknyc.org/articles/peoples-park-design
https://www.agi-architects.com/blog/en/origen-parque-urbano/
https://daily.jstor.org/uplifting-the-masses-with-public-parks/
Lime Ridge
https://www.mdia.org/history-of-mount-diablo
https://www.kqed.org/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls
https://growlimeridge.org/lime-ridge-history.html
Theatre Talkbacks
https://dctheatrescene.com/2017/09/07/considering-talkbacks-art-show-discussions-takeaways/
https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/12/13/everything-in-moderation-rethinking-the-talkback/
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/09/25/talkback-backtalk/
Hiking Poles
https://www.cleverhiker.com/hiking/pros-and-cons-of-hiking-with-trekking-poles/
https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/trekking-poles-research/
https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/trekking-poles-research/
DOWN TO BUSINESS
I’m here to take you on a walk
I’m just finishing it up
This’ll be an ambient episode
Hopefully we hit our goals but either way I’ll keep plugging along
PLUGS
Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline; Referral Program
SPONSORS
Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Everyday Dose
INTRO
Thoughts on your mind
Thoughts that are thinking you
Anticipating something…oh boy, do I relate
A lot of times, it’s just mysterious
I can relate to all that stuff
Someone out there is more familiar with how you feel than I am
And they’re here welcoming you in and cheering you on
You deserve to get the rest you need
Now I’m walking in a brief tunnel
I know going on a hike might not be soothing for all listeners
I’m just opening a gate here
Oh I get it, he’s just talking about nothing!
sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
You can listen to me, but you don’t need to listen to me
No pressure to fall asleep
I’m here to be your bore friend
A very deliberate structure
The Main Hangtime of the Podcast
There’s also a Story Only version
The Wind Down
Most of the hike is not as windy as the intro is
I think the hike is about a mile and a half
STORY
This is an episode of Walk With Me, and I’m walkin’
I’m on a trail, walking
This trail was a big part of my life for two or three years
The three years I drove my daughter to high school
A combination of background noises
- Wind
- Wind going through dry grass
- The hub of a main road
This area is adjacent to Mount Diablo
Kind of near Walnut Creek
The Far East Bay
It’s June, so the grass is already dry
There’s 2 companion pieces
- The Love of Hills
And maybe there’s one more
These grassy hills look like hills of sand
I’m in between 2 performances at my daughter’s high school
I’m also trying to get video, so we’ll see how this goes
Let’s answer the 5 W’s
Always Be Recording
The current plan is for me to move away from the bay
Somewhat of a swan song
I’ll take you more in-depth since I won’t be here anymore
Coming up on another incline
I get less out of breath when I just ramble
Some nice bush coverage on the roadside
I think this road connects Walnut Creek and Concord
Live sounds of gate opening
I hear an echo, and my daughter is playing a character named Echo!
The playwright did a talkback today
I wonder what post-Earthly fiction inspires her
A second type of dried-out plant has emerged
Some evidence of drainage
I’ve probably run this trail like 50 times
A personal reason I like this is that it’s an opportunity for sharing
If you’re listening, please respect my privacy and my daughter’s privacy
I’m always hesitant to share too much
We’re private, too, and my daughter is definitely not asking for any of this
Privacy on a podcast is just different
Let’s give some family context first
We all went through the time when we were all at home
My daughter was in middle school at the time
We got out of our houses around high school
And this time was generally not easy for kids
And returning to school was tricky
I do believe that high school is a formative thing
Finding a school geared towards theatre
We could get in, even though we didn’t live in the same county
But driving to school took at least 45 minutes
So on the days I drove her, I worked from a coworking space nearby
It was a challenging time
Changing the schedule constantly was tough
I listened to a lot of Len Testa on my walks here
And then my daughter was able to drive, which made my schedule easier
A more comfortable rhythm
Getting distracted by the outside world is not great for the sleep podcast
And I just had to record way more on the weekends
I don’t know how I ever juggled a full time job and a full time hobby
Other things involved in self care were harder to schedule time for
It was tough to not get my running in
But then I found these trails!
I built up my endurance so I could eventually jog this long incline
We’re kind of in some woods now
Closer to its summer personality
Oh, that’s a stellar jay!
But it all worked out
I’m just really grateful I said yes and that I did it
The birds are glad you’re sleeping
There’s a beautifully intense sage smell
I’m keeping my back to the wind so I can’t really see the view
Did anyone see Lost?
Man, what was the name of Charlie’s band? Motormouth
The song “You All Everybody”
I associate that song with this dog I dogsit, Gordy
I sing it to him constantly
Gordy embodies the “You All Everybody” ethos
I can see a couple high schools from this view
I need to listen to something while I’m running
Rarely is my brain running to my benefit
Thoughts about running
Distracting me from my thoughts about running
I gotta grab some D-I-N-N-E-R
We’ve gone pretty far afield, y’all everybody
We’re at the ridge made of lime
I’m gonna pause at the summit before we descend
One time, me, my daughter, and Ray drove through these hills to get to the 5 to get to Southern California
Oh yeah, I wanted to talk about hiking poles
I don’t think if strapping the camera to the walking poles would be stable enough
A serious wind down part in a woodsy area
I really try not to embarrass my daughter
My daughter really doesn’t want anyone to see me with my poles
Time to goof on my kid at her play with my poles
Hi everyone, it’s me, the pole runner
I don’t have a belt, and my pants are dangerously close to falling off
Hopefully I get a video of all this
Maybe there will be a little ambient ending, we’ll see
SUMMARY:
Episode: 1406
Title: Hiking Lime Ridge | Walk With Me
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Story Only Feed; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Crisis Textline; Referral Program
Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Everyday Dose
Notable Language:
- Thoughts that are thinking you
- Main Hangtime
- Wind Down
- Dry, Grassy Hills
- Always Be Recording
- Somewhat of a swan song
- A more comfortable rhythm
- Stellar Jay
- You All Everybody Ethos
- D-I-N-N-E-R
- Pole Runner
Notable Culture:
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- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- Mount Diablo
- Walnut Creek
- After the In-Between
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- Echo and Narcissus
- Len Testa & Jim Hill
- Lost
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- “You All Everybody” song – Drive Shaft
- Scriptnotes
- Haruki Murakami – What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Notable Talking Points:
- Thoughts on your mind
- Thoughts that are thinking you
- Anticipating something…oh boy, do I relate
- A lot of times, it’s just mysterious
- I can relate to all that stuff
- Someone out there is more familiar with how you feel than I am
- And they’re here welcoming you in and cheering you on
- You deserve to get the rest you need
- Now I’m walking in a brief tunnel
- I know going on a hike might not be soothing for all listeners
- I’m just opening a gate here
- Oh I get it, he’s just talking about nothing!
- sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou
- You can listen to me, but you don’t need to listen to me
- No pressure to fall asleep
- I’m here to be your bore friend
- A very deliberate structure
- The Main Hangtime of the Podcast
- There’s also a Story Only version
- The Wind Down
- Most of the hike is not as windy as the intro is
- I think the hike is about a mile and a half
This is an episode of Walk With Me, and I’m walkin’
I’m on a trail, walking
This trail was a big part of my life for two or three years
The three years I drove my daughter to high school
A combination of background noises
- Wind
- Wind going through dry grass
- The hub of a main road
This area is adjacent to Mount Diablo
Kind of near Walnut Creek
The Far East Bay
It’s June, so the grass is already dry
There’s 2 companion pieces
- The Love of Hills
And maybe there’s one more
These grassy hills look like hills of sand
I’m in between 2 performances at my daughter’s high school
I’m also trying to get video, so we’ll see how this goes
Let’s answer the 5 W’s
Always Be Recording
The current plan is for me to move away from the bay
Somewhat of a swan song
I’ll take you more in-depth since I won’t be here anymore
Coming up on another incline
I get less out of breath when I just ramble
Some nice bush coverage on the roadside
I think this road connects Walnut Creek and Concord
Live sounds of gate opening
I hear an echo, and my daughter is playing a character named Echo!
The playwright did a talkback today
I wonder what post-Earthly fiction inspires her
A second type of dried-out plant has emerged
Some evidence of drainage
I’ve probably run this trail like 50 times
A personal reason I like this is that it’s an opportunity for sharing
If you’re listening, please respect my privacy and my daughter’s privacy
I’m always hesitant to share too much
We’re private, too, and my daughter is definitely not asking for any of this
Privacy on a podcast is just different
Let’s give some family context first
We all went through the time when we were all at home
My daughter was in middle school at the time
We got out of our houses around high school
And this time was generally not easy for kids
And returning to school was tricky
I do believe that high school is a formative thing
Finding a school geared towards theatre
We could get in, even though we didn’t live in the same county
But driving to school took at least 45 minutes
So on the days I drove her, I worked from a coworking space nearby
It was a challenging time
Changing the schedule constantly was tough
I listened to a lot of Len Testa on my walks here
And then my daughter was able to drive, which made my schedule easier
A more comfortable rhythm
Getting distracted by the outside world is not great for the sleep podcast
And I just had to record way more on the weekends
I don’t know how I ever juggled a full time job and a full time hobby
Other things involved in self care were harder to schedule time for
It was tough to not get my running in
But then I found these trails!
I built up my endurance so I could eventually jog this long incline
We’re kind of in some woods now
Closer to its summer personality
Oh, that’s a stellar jay!
But it all worked out
I’m just really grateful I said yes and that I did it
The birds are glad you’re sleeping
There’s a beautifully intense sage smell
I’m keeping my back to the wind so I can’t really see the view
Did anyone see Lost?
Man, what was the name of Charlie’s band? Motormouth
The song “You All Everybody”
I associate that song with this dog I dogsit, Gordy
I sing it to him constantly
Gordy embodies the “You All Everybody” ethos
I can see a couple high schools from this view
I need to listen to something while I’m running
Rarely is my brain running to my benefit
Thoughts about running
Distracting me from my thoughts about running
I gotta grab some D-I-N-N-E-R
We’ve gone pretty far afield, y’all everybody
We’re at the ridge made of lime
I’m gonna pause at the summit before we descend
One time, me, my daughter, and Ray drove through these hills to get to the 5 to get to Southern California
Oh yeah, I wanted to talk about hiking poles
I don’t think if strapping the camera to the walking poles would be stable enough
A serious wind down part in a woodsy area
I really try not to embarrass my daughter
My daughter really doesn’t want anyone to see me with my poles
Time to goof on my kid at her play with my poles
Hi everyone, it’s me, the pole runner
I don’t have a belt, and my pants are dangerously close to falling off
Hopefully I get a video of all this
Maybe there will be a little ambient ending, we’ll see
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