Creating some balance

The past 6 months or so, I've been doing a lot of geocaching. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. So much so that it feels like other aspects of my life have gotten shortchanged, particularly hiking. I would go out to find some geocaches, but not get in a decent hike, even though the trails might be right there. That wasn't helping my psyche in the least, so today, I didn't go geocaching and just decided to hike the Claremont Wilderness Park loop trail.

Surprisingly, I feel pretty good afterwards although my left foot is a little sore. I made sure to take frequent water breaks and not try to overdo it by really crunching out the miles in record time. According to my Garmin inReach, I still averaged 2.4 miles per hour over the course of the 5+ mile loop that I took today, including the little side trip down a spur trail to check up on one of my geocaches. That's the little point you can see on the map at the top.

Unfortunately, it appears as if that one has gone missing, so I decided to archive it today. I'm not sure how that one could have just disappeared, but the log that it was hiding underneath wasn't there anymore, so perhaps some trail maintenance personnel found it and through it in the trash thinking it was garbage. Perhaps someone else will hike up there and place something, but in all likelihood, I'll probably take another hike up there in the near future and hide something new.

It felt really good to be back out on the trail and I just need to remind myself that I need more of that balance between different activities in my life. Now, I guess I need to find another trail to go hiking on sometime soon.