Beyond Selidor

I enjoy taking myself for walks -- fortunately the weather in Virginia has generally been excellent throughout the too-many-months of social distancing so I am familiarizing myself with local parks as well as just the circuit around my neighborhood. Walking by myself with headphones on to listen to music or a book or a podcast is very relaxing while still active and I've indulged in it this week in particular. On Wednesday, I went with my Mom up to Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains (which I've been jonesing to visit since reading the Raven Cycle books this summer and finally got a chance to do), yesterday I drove a ways out of town to walk around a nature preserve, and today I just did several circuits around the park nearby where I saw a lot of birds (ironically many more than in the nature preserve!)