Yesterday, I went to a park called Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, or something like that, with a friend of mine. We ended up hiking for three hours (mostly uphill) in 90-degree heat without water, sunblock, snacks, maps, or proper footwear. In other words, we had no idea what the hell we were doing. It was an interesting experience; it was almost like we purposely made what would have been a purely enjoyable outing into a survival test. I mean, we still had fun - we saw some awesome hawks up close and finally did find find the old murcury mine, though we didn't go in. We stayed out not because of the "DANGER - KEEP OUT" sign posted - that would be pretty damn lame. It was just that when we had gone all of three steps into the mine, we were swarmed by about eight trillion mosquitoes, and promptly turned around.
After taking a little break and realizing that we still had to figure out how the hell to get back to the car, we walked/ran for another hour, getting so dehydrated that by the end of it, our hands and feet were all swollen, we could barely talk, and my head was swimming like Michael Phelps. Maybe not like Phelps, but fuck I was all dizzy from being so damn dehydrated. Anyway, if I had a point, which I don't think I did, it's that you really should drink enough water. Oh and hiking to the mine was fun regardless of our self-inflicted health hazards.
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