Too little sleep

Today the weather was supposed to be awful in Seattle: 30-40 mph winds, maybe faster, and lots of rain. Didn't happen. But instead of being threatened by falling limbs, I was handicapped by too little sleep. Didn't get my nap yesterday before heading off to my dance class at 6:30, and then stayed up until 2 a.m. after getting home, watching videos on the computer, because I thought the day would be a bust.  It wasn't. There was overcast broken by clear sky at Tiger Mountain. There was heavy rain, but that presented no problem. The problem was I was sluggish and without energy. At the one-mile mark I decided that death was nature's way of telling me it's time to slow down and I resolved to go home and catch up on my rest.

Consolation prize: This was a good shakedown for my four-day vacation at Ocean Shores, and I realized I needed to get my backpack that has a rain flap.

After turning back I turned on Map My Hike to get a sense of the elevation gained. Here is the map from that point to my car:

North faces left on this map. The elevation gained was at least 500 feet.

Statistics for the day:
Distance: 2 miles
Elevation Gain: 500 feet
Weight carried: 14 pounds
Distance year to date: 47.7 miles
Elevation gain year to date: 12,665 feet.

Today I identified another landmark: The hitchhiking log:

Look closely at the far end and you'll see it has its thumb out.