Barefoot Jaunt on a Sunday Morn

GREAT WEATHER FOR BEING (BAREFOOT) OUTDOORS! Moderately warm, low humidity!
Tough, calloused soles for daunting broken pavements and acorns? Check!
Bottle of cold water? Check!
Lightweight, light-colored clothing? Check!
Will, desire, engagement in a 90-minute trek? Check!
Truth AND Beauty? Got'cha covered!
Youth? DAMN! What happened to THAT???

 

How about an afternoon shower walk?? We got the remnants of TS Lee here today, rained from about 11 am to almost 11 pm, mostly just light showers. I was at my office and walked a block down to the county courthouse for a local event. I carried an umbrella because I didn't want my shirt to be soaked, but it felt sooo nice walking on the wet surfaces, especially the courthouse lawn.

 

Barefoot after rain is SPECTACULAR!

 

bare feet and umbrellas together amuse people a lot ! im still waiting for a chance to hike around during a good summer rain shower... no coats or umbrellas of course. rain feel soo wonderful on skin . you hardly get any round here, though

 

Yeah but this was barefoot DURING rain! :2thumbsup:

 

Since the Saturday was already full of barefoot errands, I planned to take my barefoot walk in the park even though the weather was forecast to be less sunny. Actually, the rain showers coming down on that day were brought from the former hurricane Irene, which had become a regular cyclone, moving via the northern Atlantic route from the US east coast to Europe.

While the morning started hazy, the sky became dark grey just before noon, and the first shower began, with occasional thunder to be heard. After about fifteen minutes, the shower was over, the sun came out shining brightly, while thunder could be heard from the east, where the shower was exiting the stage.

During that sunny break, I decided that this would be the right moment to get out and into the park. I put on the same outfit I had worn on Saturday - my red sarong and a black T-shirt with my namesake Ganesha printed on it, and went down. Just as I stepped out of the door, the sun had vanished again, and light rain had begun. I thought that this would be only a short and weak drizzle, and got on my way. About halfway to the park, the rain suddenly became stronger, turning into a real downpour. I decided not to let the rain drench my t-shirt, quickly took it off and stuffed it into my shoulder bag, continuing my walk barefoot and shirtless, enjoying the feeling of the raindrops on my bare chest and belly. Since I still was walking next to a road and by houses, taking off my sarong, too, was unfortunately out of the question. It would have been a perfect skyclad rain bath, otherwise.

On arriving near the park entrance, I turned towards the main entrance of the adjacent theater building, waiting under the roof at the door for the shower to stop. After a few minutes, it was over, and the sun came out again, immediately warming up the air and the quite large puddles created by that shower. I went on my way into the park, still bare-bellied, splashing my bare feet in the puddles, and enjoying the feeling of the different wet surfaces and textures underfoot...

I spent more than two-and-a-half hours in the park, staying shirtless, taking rests on different benches, spreading out my shirt to dry. Since the park was almost deserted, I had the opportunity to get fully naked at times, enjoying the ultimate barefoot freedom.

After returning home, I saw on the news, that right after noon two people were injured by a stroke of lightning, only about three kilometers from my place. That was during the first shower mentioned initially, when only occasional thunder was heard outside my apartment. Of the two injured, one's condition is critical. That incident curbed my enthusiasm about a very energizing barefoot afternoon, for sure. And today I heard, that one of the two injured, a woman about my age, died from her severe injuries this morning... so while barefooting in the rain is something special, for sure, it also poses dangers.

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

in, during, after...WET is WILD!

 

Pouring all day today and expected to do so through Friday. Great deep puddles and mini streams running down the streets! Only drawback is that it was only 62 degrees.