Grand Canyon

What am I thinking? At the beginning of next week, I am hiking into and out of the Grand Canyon. I have done it before, and it wasn’t exactly easy then. But now, I am grossly out of shape. Sure, I have done a cardio/weight training DVD on and off for the past few months, and I recently hauled myself around the 4.5-mile loop in our subdivision. But all of this is less-than-adequate preparation for my descent into and—even worse—ascent out of the Canyon. If you’ve made the trip, you know what I’m talking about. So I believe it will be sheer willpower that takes me on this journey because I certainly cannot rely on my physical state of being alone to propel me out of that magnificent hole in the ground.