Today was a good day, in part because I had two breakfasts. How very hobbit-like of me. When I got up at 6:30, I had the last slice of the chocolate/chocolate chip banana bread. As we got ready to go for a hike at 10:30, I realized I was hungry again and I had a bowl of cereal. Second breakfasts are fabulous! In this case, first breakfast was pretty darned tasty as well.
Our hike was back out at Forest Park. When we left, it was 53 degrees and overcast... perfect hiking weather, if you ask me. We did a little over three miles of beautiful woodland trails. The terrain is pretty steep, but the Wildwood trail cuts across the sides of very steep ravines, so the scenery is always spectacular while the trail stays pretty easy. We ended today's hike with 1/4 mile straight uphill on the Trillium trail. I was sweating up a storm once we reached the top, but otherwise, all was fine. The sun came up as we were hiking the steepest part, and the day went from beautiful to spectacular. Have I mentioned lately how much I love living in Portland? It is kind of like paradise to me.
For our post-hike lunch, we decided to go to Swagath Indian Restaurant for a feast. Yum! The pakora was on the cold side, but everything else was terrific. I had some saag (spinach), some beautifully spiced Aloo Gobi (cauliflower and potato), daal (lentils), and a couple of curry dishes. I think my favorite was diced carrots with yellow lentils and cardamom. It was a touch sweet from the carrots, and very nicely spiced. I had a little dessert: a combination of mango and rice puddings. The mango was delicious. I know I had a little dairy and a little meat in today's lunch, but I worked hard to keep those at a minimum. The goat curry, for example, was amazing but I tried to eat just the curry and skip the goat. Of course, that really isn't much of a hardship on my part. I tend to find goat to be tough and stringy, even when cooked well.
I'm not sure we'll be eating dinner tonight. Lunch was late and I'm not hungry now. If I do eat, it may be an apple with peanut butter. I've been thinking about that for awhile.
It is already dark and the time change hasn't even happened yet. Ugh, I can only imagine how dark it will be Sunday afternoon at 5. At least we'll have a little earlier light in the morning, but that will go fast until the solstice. We're entering into the dark months. Prepare! Prepare! Oh... Sorry! I got a little melodramatic there. Please forgive me.
I think that is it for today. We're about to pop Bernie (the excellent and funny movie with Jack Black and Shirley McClaine, not some poor fellow named Bernie) into the DVD player and laugh a whole bunch. Tomorrow, we're off to Seattle to celebrate our fabulous friend Kate's birthday. With luck, we'll see the gorgeous Toby while we're there. Hooray!
Be happy and healthy!
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