Hikes

[degringolade]

Symbolism / Arnold Böcklin/ Pan whistling at a blackbird

I know that I live in Oregon and part of that is learning to deal with grey skies, but right now I am just kind of tired of that.  

Not really depressed right now but I am kinda tired of keeping up the stoic thing. I am winding down to retirement and truthfully could use a time machine to vault me forward, but there is a low five figure number on a spreadsheet that keeps informing me that there is a way to go yet.

Best I can figure, I could bail at the end of this year, but things would be tighter than I prefer (and remember that my standard of living isn’t that high).  But it could be done.  I think that it would be best that I wait until the planning date of October 1, 2022 to go.  But the grade of the hill sure seems to be getting steeper as time goes by.

The hardest part of any hike I have ever taken was the last bit going to the car.  Even if it is downhill it takes it out of you.