Friday, Jan 14
took a short morning constitutional up a steep use trail in a narrow river canyon.  The rainforest was cool and moist but most importantly free of those nasty little black flies. Coral moss hung from the branches of beech trees like thickly layered tinsel on a christmas tree. The sound of a waterfall crashes below us. The trail was narrow and had one deadly steep drop off that got really spooky when I looked down.  I had been fully enjoying my walk until I looked down on my right side and felt a flush of fear course through my body.  For a moment I froze then got my wits about me
and walked steadily forward until the path widened.  Just like in life, if you can put one foot in front of the other during hard or scary times, you get back on solid ground pretty quickly.