View from top of Mount Walker |
But first I had to put oil in my car; the dip stick said it was completely empty! We hit the trail sometime after ten and found 5 other cars at the trail head.
trail head, gate was closed so we walke to trail head |
I was not hiking well at all at the start. I just am not a morning person. It always takes me about a mile before I can
actually keep up with whoever I happen to be hiking with, that is when I can
catch up at all. We summited and had hot
chocolate then we walked over to the other summit and saw six bald eagles all
at once! When we first summited I was so
glad to take my pack off, I really was not hiking well today. I’m anemic and need to bring up my iron
levels.
We headed back down at some point in time and then I was the
fast hiker with my hiking partner lagging behind and me and I stopped to let
them catch up. It usually seems to work
that way on the rare occasions that I hike with someone else. I lag behind and cannot keep up at the start
and am full of energy and having to wait for my partner at the end. I’ve got plenty of endurance, I just can’t up
hill fast without getting out of breath and lagging behind.
On the way down we could hear the bald eagles chirping at each other. I never knew that bald eagles chirped, but they do.
On the way down we could hear the bald eagles chirping at each other. I never knew that bald eagles chirped, but they do.
We finished at about 4pm and the sun set at 4:20.. wow the
days are getting short. There was not a
drop of rain on the hike and it was cold and dry on the summit. As soon as we entered Shelton on the drive
home the rain started up again.
My one cup cook system was a failure with two people to make hot chocolate for. I'll have to bring my cook pot when I'm not solo. We checked for free beer at Triton cove but there was none to be found.
2 comments:
nice photos as usual.
Thanks!
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