AUGUST 20 - WEDNESDAY -DAY 36

THE RIVER TRANSITIONS NOW FROM HIGH DESERT TERRAIN DOWN INTO THE UPPER EDGES OF AN EXTENSIVE BOWL. BELOW ME ARE ROLLING HILLS AND LOWLAND. THERE ARE MANY FARMS BUT MUCH OF IT IS FOREST . SHORTLY BEFORE THIS DESCENT BEGINS THE DISTANT HAZE CLEARS SLIGHTLY AND I SEE WITH SOME DELIGHT AND SURPRISE , ONLY BLUE EXPANSE , WHICH CAN BE JUST ONE THING . THE OCEAN.

I ROW WITH RENEWED RESOLVE . AS MUCH AS I FIND THIS RIVER INTRIGUING , THE DEEP BLUE IS THE TRUMP CARD AND THE PROSPECT OF AN OCEAN UP AHEAD HAS ME FEELING LIKE I HAVE SOMEWHERE I WANT MOVE ON TO NOW .

MY BLOOD COUNTS CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW RANGES OF NORMAL . I GENERALLY FEEL QUITE GOOD BUT I AM PRONE FROM TIME TO TIME TO BONKING, I THINK MY LOW RED CELL COUNTS JUST GO AVALANCHE ON ME AND I AM GOING NOWHERE BUT HORIZONTAL - FAST . BUT WITH A GOOD REST AND SOME FOOD I SEEM TO SURFACE AGAIN WITH ENOUGH PEPPER FOR MY NEXT WALK .

AND WHAT'S UP WITH THE BLUSTERY RAIN ON AUGUST 20 ? I WALKED THIS EVENING ON PHINNEY RIDGE AND I WAS IN THE HEART OF OCTOBER . SEEMS A PRETTY HARSH TURNAROUND FROM LAST WEEK DON'T YOU THINK ?

WELL, THINGS SEEM GREENER ALL THE TIME , I'M FOLLOWING THE RIVER , KHUN CHUCK