What a perfect morning for a hike...nothing like the cool, crisp, fresh air going into your lungs and invigorating your body! I LOVE IT. This was a great hike because it is close to home, 5 min. drive past Bear Mt. and the perfect trail to chit chat with your friends and catch up on life.
We were the only "cougars" on the trail! lol
Laura is waiting patiently while Alison packs her "necessary" supplies...thermus of hot tea, Almond clusters, chocolate, black licorice, and a First Aide kit of course. Apparently nobody told her it was only an hour hike!
At this point there are two options, the upper trail, Finlayson Arm, we walked for about 15mins. it's flat and I think it's just an emergency access road...lot of great Christmas type trees up there...just saying!
We headed down the lower trail that said " Ridge Top Trail"...note to self, follow the Orange marking tags along trail. It was an easy start with rolling hills but after about 40 mins. Laura started to think this area kinda looked familiar...
We continued on, caught up in conversation and then the hills began!
Then I noticed that ALL the trails started with a "Ridge Trail to" ????
So we actually didn't even know which trail we were on!
We just kept walking...Alison had her compass so we figured we were in good hands...although, the trail just kept going downwards???
I knew we weren't in Kansas anymore, because the trail markers were white...
Hmmm...this sign looks familiar???
Eventually, we realized that we did a big loop and thought it might be best to just head back from where we started...
The trail was beautiful. All the fall colors coming out. Here is a 3-D spiderweb. This was as close as I was going to get, but it was really cool.
We arrived back at the truck in one piece and ready for a coffee. Our total time was one hour and 20 mins. I would totally do that again...with a map and bring the kids along, enjoy!
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