Putting on the pounds.

Not permanently. Today I traveled home to visit my family. I wore my Vibrams, since they're my footwear of choice at the moment. I'm not really brave enough to walk through the streets barefoot; I leave that for inside my house. Although my legs and feet have felt good for a while, putting on a backpack of unknown weight changed things slightly. It wasn't a particularly heavy bag. Contents included my laptop, a few items of clothing, and an extra pair of shoes. It was enough extra weight on my shoulders, however, for my calves to wonder what the heck I was doing. I found it interesting that although my calves are completely used to my weight walking near-barefoot, adding a few extra pounds made the experience completely different. Otherwise, everything in the foot experiment is still going according to plan.