The last few months have been brutally lonely for me and its all been punctuated by a distinct lack of sexual gratification, even by my own hand. Continuing to acclimate to my new job, a still ridiculous travel schedule, and a new home-base has been a huge point of stress and the way I’ve been dealing is running.
To help keep my mind off frustrations, especially since masturbation has become more of a task and less and less enjoyable for some horrifying reason, I wear myself out with exercise. I run or ride in the morning before or to work, and to change up the scenery I take weekend trips to nearby state parks to trail run and hike. I’ve mostly just gone by myself (yes I know this is not ideal and hardly safe practice) but since things had become repetitive and I wanted to explore further inland and more challenging geography, I needed advice from locals on where to go. I called up my friend Josh.