Slide Mountain

Elevation: 4,180 ft

Yesterday J & I knocked out another hike from our book. Mt. Slide is the highest peak in the Catskills, and home to Rip Van Winkle, whose story I only vaguely remember. The Catskills is fast becoming my favorite park around here. We tried to get some friends to go with us but everyone seems to be out of town lately. It was one of the more humid afternoons we've had so far but a pretty mild hike up to the top. I'm excited that we have spent more time this summer getting outside doing stuff like this. I was worried because Jason has committed to flying almost every weekend that I would be on my own all summer but so far it hasn't been much of an issue. It also helps to put a timeline on things. Knowing we are leaving in November makes me much more aware of how I am spending my time. I have a wishlist of things I would like to do before I leave and a countdown of five more months to do them.

Running seems to have taken a backseat ever since the challenge, but we have been hiking and still playing soccer, which makes me feel like I haven't slipped too far back. Anyway these days I doubt it would be possible to run unless we went before 8am. The summer humidity is here in full force ...