I miss the SNOW!!!!
June 13 2021.
And I thought it was HOT yesterday, that was nothing. This morning, around 8:30, trying to beat the 93 degrees heat expected this afternoon, we started the first planned hike that was billed as a loop trail at a little over 3 miles with an elevation gain of 750 ft. With 3 bottles of water and some snacks we took off, man, that was one tough hike. The heat and bright sunshine just zapped our strength. Resting at every little sliver of shade we finally made it to the top. The views were great but still, it was way toooooo hot for me. The downward part of the trail, while much easier to walk, had less shade and the trail was steeper with some sandy slopes that you had to be sure of you’re footing. At the overlook we did find a small snake, he was coiled when I spotted him, I’m not sure what kind of snake it was but we are in rattlesnake country, but we couldn’t see or hear any rattlers though earlier Mary said she heard something just wasn’t sure if it was rattler or cicada.
Once we were about 1/4 mile from the jeep, there was a somewhat shaded bench, as we were resting and getting our courage to head towards the jeep along comes this guy behind us just jogging away, he then turned up a 1/2 mile in and out trail, then as we were setting in the jeep he jogs out and gets in his car, no more tired than if he was leaving a desk job at work.
We only managed that hike today, once we FINALLY reached the jeep (11:30) we headed for home.
Give me a nice hike in the mountains and snow any day of the week!!!!!!
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