Avocados & the Sun

This weekend was filled with endless walking. We hit the lake trail on friday and kept walking. It was so perfect that we didn't want to turn around, so we didn't. As we cruised the shore of lake Washington, in St. Edwards Park, every twist of the trail opened up to the most beautiful spot, unique and worth sitting with for a few minutes. Every new place seemed like an arrival to our final destination.

The moment pressed hard on our sunbaked bodies. And we continued through what felt like a magical garden, shady and fresh as cool oxygen can be. This is where we lost our course and ended up in somebody's back yard. After walking the streets of this neighborhood and searching for trails back to the Park, we hit couple dead ends and finally found our way to Jaunita Dr. and to safe ground.

Now we had a new mission. Avocados and some cool water would bring us back from our dehydrated three and a half hour tour. Our skin had been our great defense against the sun. We may have dried up, but our skin has a layer of fats cells in the derma, which is the second layer below the surface of the skin. The fat content in the avovados would rejuevenate our skin and then when we downed the fluids, all would be well.

The avocado was sliced and made its way to a pizza with jalepenos, garlic and pesto. The heat of the hot pepper needed to be balanced with the avocado, as this was the theme to the green fatty fruit. I didn't think about it before, but you could take the scrapings off of the avocado's skin and rub it on your own--smooth and creamy dream.