<p>Mason County is gorgeous.</p>

<p> From my journal:</p> 

<blockquote>My body feels sore but not unbearably or unexpectedly so.</blockquote>


<blockquote>
	Towards the end of the day, my legs were suffering, so I pulled over and flopped down on some
	grass. I lay there for a while, trying to rest, but couldn't shake the uncomfortable sensation
	of phantom bugs crawling on my skin. I got up and noticed a long-dead and decaying bird
	exactly where my shoulder had been. It was crawling with the ugliest ants and spiders I've
	ever seen.
</blockquote>