Last week I placed a geocache on the Upper Big Creek trail and got to use my snowshoes some. I headed up the Ellinor Connector trail until I was sinking to my knees in the snow even with snow shoes on. Since then I've ordered 8 inch flotation tails for my shoes and am looking forward to testing them out.
This week I hiked up the Mount Walker trail and then back down the road. I found the three geocaches up there as part of my hike.
There is supposed to be a great view from the top of Mount Walker but not when I was up there last week!
The wind was really blowing and the rain was pelting my face. My newest Gortex Hiking boots are leaking again so I exchanged them again. Maybe it was the salt water that did them in. I went clam digging in them and the next time I wore them hiking they were leaking. I'll keep my new gortex shoes out of the salt water. Maybe gortex shoes are just a rip off but REI does have a good return policy so I guess I'll just keep taking them back if they keep leaking. I also got snow baskets for my trekking poles while I was at REI.
I feel lucky to have so much nice hiking gear. My ex boyfriend bought me some nice stuff and I have been adding to it. I don't want to contribute too much to consumerism but I sure like this nice new gear. REI tried to sell me some waterproofing for the outside of my waterproof shoes, it cost $7.50 for a tiny little bottle. I passed on that.
Next week I might go up the Ellinor trail from Big Creek again. I really want to do the glissade down Ellinor and am going to keep tabs on the snow conditions up there.
To the right is my GPS tracklog for my hike up the Mount Walker trail. I'm having a lot of fun with my GPS but I do worry that it might be detracting from my nature experience.
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