This is what the crack of dawn looks like at the summit of Mont Ventoux (Provence, France). We hiked through the night and felt the air lift and shift from sticky and hot to crisp, windy and cold. Absolutely reFRESHing in every sense of the word, as well as renewing and enthralling ..for lack of any words in the English language (perhaps any language) that can truly capture the feeling of balancing at the edge of a cliff, cloud high, with the wind strongly pushing at all sides of your body, and the blazing sun transforming the skyscape from one second to the next. One of those highs in life that I would have no problem reliving many times over.
Other notable highs that come to mind are from #24 of my version of the viral facebook note, "25 things" that I wrote a year or so ago:
24. Some of the best feelings I have ever felt include: floating in a canoe after a hardcore rowing sesh, a good run, that life-sized hamster wheel thing at Sidrabene before I almost died, flying as a top in cheerleading, skiing powdery mountains out west, beginner "surfing" a wave, yoga, cuddling, snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, doing that tarzan swing thing in Costa, and simply sitting and watching the sun set or rise.
*still concur with above list! and can definitely add a couple new ones, which include driving in lands unknown to the sound of some sweet beats and keeping my face turned to the warm sunshine. :)
cheers!
