Finishing the close out wasn't too bad and it didn't take me as long as I thought. But I stayed at the restaurant until 9.30am to wait out the traffic then headed down to Sandy Hook to do some hiking. I tried breaking my feet in, in preparation for this August. I walked over 2 hours through the sandy out-of-the-way roads in these
Despite claiming to have massage-knob footbeds if you don't wear socks with these things they will give you callouses quick-fast. Actually, I haven't tried wearing these things with socks yet so right now I am calling them bleeders because after my little hike I felt like my feet were bleeding from several small openings.
After my hike I sorely needed a dip in the ocean. It's been a few years since I've been to Sandy Hook so I forgot all of its quirks. Quirks such as the pebbles that line the coastline that dig into your feet (in my case feeling-like-their-bleeding feet). Once you make it through those there is the weird drop off that your not prepared for because you're just rushing to get away from the evil pebbles. And then there are the jellyfish. Ahhhh the jellyfish, those lovely gelatinous creatures that you're sure are sitting on your head or climbing in your ears that cause you to freak out in spasms danced to the rhythm of your own muffled shrieks every time your fingers or legs brush up against them. They are enough to drive you out of the water despite the prospect of revisiting those wicked pebbles. So it's off to the beach blanket where I prepared to sleep after 30 hours awake. Sleep was quick to come but not long enjoyed as I woke up in the middle of being devoured by what I now know to be greenheads.
I was wondering why I was continually yelping as these little bitches (only females bite (ain't it the truth)) gouged my flesh out and lapped up the blood while my neighbors would only periodically swat them away. As it turns out they seek out darker objects and can often miss lighter or white colored victims. So, I only got to really nap straight for an hour other than that it was these terrified bouts of being unconscious but still somehow being aware that the biters were out there.
I think it's safe to say that this experience precludes any future visits to Sandy Hook.
Despite claiming to have massage-knob footbeds if you don't wear socks with these things they will give you callouses quick-fast. Actually, I haven't tried wearing these things with socks yet so right now I am calling them bleeders because after my little hike I felt like my feet were bleeding from several small openings.
After my hike I sorely needed a dip in the ocean. It's been a few years since I've been to Sandy Hook so I forgot all of its quirks. Quirks such as the pebbles that line the coastline that dig into your feet (in my case feeling-like-their-bleeding feet). Once you make it through those there is the weird drop off that your not prepared for because you're just rushing to get away from the evil pebbles. And then there are the jellyfish. Ahhhh the jellyfish, those lovely gelatinous creatures that you're sure are sitting on your head or climbing in your ears that cause you to freak out in spasms danced to the rhythm of your own muffled shrieks every time your fingers or legs brush up against them. They are enough to drive you out of the water despite the prospect of revisiting those wicked pebbles. So it's off to the beach blanket where I prepared to sleep after 30 hours awake. Sleep was quick to come but not long enjoyed as I woke up in the middle of being devoured by what I now know to be greenheads.
I was wondering why I was continually yelping as these little bitches (only females bite (ain't it the truth)) gouged my flesh out and lapped up the blood while my neighbors would only periodically swat them away. As it turns out they seek out darker objects and can often miss lighter or white colored victims. So, I only got to really nap straight for an hour other than that it was these terrified bouts of being unconscious but still somehow being aware that the biters were out there.
I think it's safe to say that this experience precludes any future visits to Sandy Hook.
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