I’ve been wanting to move my blog from Hexo to Astro for a long time. Hexo served me well, but the longer the site lived, the more I felt the friction: plugin glue, brittle templates, and a build process that was harder to reason about as the content library grew. Astro promised a cleaner mental model and a simpler future. I finally made the jump, and I did it with the help of Codex.

我一直想把博客从 Hexo 迁移到 Astro。Hexo 曾经很好用，但网站越久越让我感觉摩擦变多：插件粘合、模板脆弱、内容库变大后构建过程难以理解。Astro 承诺更清晰的心智模型和更简单的未来。我终于迈出这一步，而且是在 Codex 的帮助下完成的。

2025, my third zodiac cycle year, has been a tough one. Even though New Year’s Day is behind, the Year of the Snake hasn’t ended yet on the Chinese calendar. I have to keep going.

圣诞节前回到杭州，专程挤入了个跑山(trail running)活动，打卡久闻大名的西湖跑山线路——标毅线。因为近两年开始跑山，偶然间惊喜的发现原来家乡杭州还有这样的线路，甚至吸引外地朋友专程前来打卡。虽然从小在杭州长大，这条线上好多地方却还从未听说，总觉愧疚。于是做了些功课，这条线全长大概24公里，累计爬升1500米，网上有各种完线、破五、破四、甚至破三的帖子晒出来。我回去翻了翻最近几次西雅图本地的西虎三(West Tiger)数据：12.7迈，4600ft爬升，三小时内搞定。我拍拍自己的腿：破四有戏。

第一次踏上香港，却也浮光掠影。当天匆匆而来，次日匆匆而去。随手翻过的一日游攻略，皆是大同小异，索性不再细看。借口未来还有机会，这次不妨走马观花，权当是假期最后一天画上的句点，逛吃逛吃为搬砖重新做好心理建设。

Day 2: The Confluence Out And Back

Our second day began early. Though not quite an alpine start. The sun had already risen when we departed. We left most of our gear behind at the campsite and lightened our load for this 16-mile round trip to the Confluence, where Havasu Creek meets the Colorado River. With some online pictures spoiling ahead, I was expecting to see the green belt merging into the muddy yellow Colorado River.