It's almost the end of Monday, and typically I try to get all my writing done in the mornings. Once it gets to be afternoon, I find it hard to write. (The challenge here is that I find the same to be true for running: so I try to front-load my days as much as possible so I can just collapse with a book after midday. Let's call it "research.")

We hiked up Kerby Peak today — almost 8 miles, with some 2700 feet of elevation gain. I'm not hurting too badly — a double cheeseburger and an hour-and-a-half long nap helped — but Kin and Poppy are a little beat-up.

So it's just a quick week-in-review — a bulleted list of things without the energy to add the little bullets. I can't even upload photos as there's no WiFi in this campground. Pathetic.

Anyway, I'm saving the photos for my "What's Good" newsletter on Friday. Second Breakfast officially launches on Sunday, and as I haven't looked at the news at all this week, what with being on the road, subscribers'll have to make due with photos of the flowers I saw today and reviews of the breakfast items I've eaten on the road. Today was a breakfast burrito — a bit heavy in the belly for the climb in the heat.

I announced Second Breakfast to HEWN this week, and I've been overwhelmed with the response. That's nice. I feel like maybe I am a writer again.

On our way out of town, we ate at Bud's Giant Burgers in Vallejo — perhaps the best burger I've ever had in my life. (Ate a double cheeseburger then too.)

We're headed to Bolan Lake tomorrow — a hike we weren't able to do last summer because of forest fire. Not sure what our legs will be able to handle; not sure what state the area will be in.