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May 5, 2008
Nature for What Ails Ya
So over the weekend we headed out with some pals in search of Nature and ended up a few hours later in a rented raft floating down the American River. In this way, California beats New York. During one particularly sad and bizarre stretch in my life, I literally did not leave the island of Manhattan for 8 months. New York has this way of just sucking you in and convincing you that you don't ever really need to leave. But here I've found that people appreciate being outdoors more, and it's just plain easier to do so. You can jet out of town with no set plan and be immersed in real live Nature shortly thereafter. I really have come to appreciate this. We warmed ourselves in the hot sun, we swam in the frigid water, we dived off a bridge, we rowed our raft, we ate deli sandwiches, and we witnessed Nature's bountiful cuteness in the form of a mother duck and her ducklings. It was kind of a perfect day, topped off with melted Nutella-covered brownies at the end. And lots of Tecate in between.
