Nap Time

There is something truly luxurious about nap time in the mountains. You've done your hike (or not, if it's a lay day!) and the sounds of nature slowly drift away as your eyes close...

Restful? Like nothing I've ever known. True, I'll take a nap when we're at home, but so often it seems as if it is a recovery technique. In the mountains, even after a long hike, it seems like luxury. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, no meetings to plan. Just taking the time to lie down and snooze.

Our new Neo-Air mattresses seems to help, but M often just uses her old Z-rest on the ground, and seems to get the same results. And my brother in the photo above seems perfectly happy with a tiny slice of thin foam...and a relatively flat rock.

My point exactly.