Fatigue...
I think my body and mind have had enough of my travelling shenanigans...apparently a lack of sleep and eating shitty food are not a good combination and eventually catch up to you, surprise, surprise!
Out in Vernon I tented and for whatever reason kept on waking up at 6 in the morning every day. There was a demented rooster partially to blame, as it did its thing at sunrise but also liked to run round the campgound, brushing its wings against my tent - try sleeping through that!
Anyway, that combined with maybe too much sun and eating irregularly and not the greatest of food, caught up with me in Golden. I drove out there a couple days ago and that night slept like a log...the next day (yesterday) was sort of marginal in terms of getting any decent flying in, and after spending some time sitting in a vehicle in pouring rain on the top of Mt.Seven, I did a sleddie to the LZ once things cleared up, temporarily that is, as more dark clouds were approaching.
Last night, I felt progressively more tired and decided to take a "power nap". Hah! Almost 3 hours later, I woke up, still tired, and realized how exhausted I really was. A thunderstorm was approaching and the forecast for today was t-storms as well, so I made an impulsive decision, packed up my gear, and drove home late.
So, I guess you can only abuse your body for so long...sleep deprivation is something that catches up to me quickly and travelling so much kind of gets to you after a while. There really is nothing like a good deep sleep in your own bed - aaaahhhhhh - so driving home was so totally worth it.
I'll head back to Golden tomorrow morning, even though the forecast is kind of dodgy for the next few days. I'm not sure about doing any big xc tomorrow or the day after, but hey, if you're not out there, it definitely won't happen.
Out in Vernon I tented and for whatever reason kept on waking up at 6 in the morning every day. There was a demented rooster partially to blame, as it did its thing at sunrise but also liked to run round the campgound, brushing its wings against my tent - try sleeping through that!
Anyway, that combined with maybe too much sun and eating irregularly and not the greatest of food, caught up with me in Golden. I drove out there a couple days ago and that night slept like a log...the next day (yesterday) was sort of marginal in terms of getting any decent flying in, and after spending some time sitting in a vehicle in pouring rain on the top of Mt.Seven, I did a sleddie to the LZ once things cleared up, temporarily that is, as more dark clouds were approaching.
Last night, I felt progressively more tired and decided to take a "power nap". Hah! Almost 3 hours later, I woke up, still tired, and realized how exhausted I really was. A thunderstorm was approaching and the forecast for today was t-storms as well, so I made an impulsive decision, packed up my gear, and drove home late.
So, I guess you can only abuse your body for so long...sleep deprivation is something that catches up to me quickly and travelling so much kind of gets to you after a while. There really is nothing like a good deep sleep in your own bed - aaaahhhhhh - so driving home was so totally worth it.
I'll head back to Golden tomorrow morning, even though the forecast is kind of dodgy for the next few days. I'm not sure about doing any big xc tomorrow or the day after, but hey, if you're not out there, it definitely won't happen.
posted by Veronica at 6:46 PM
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