I hiked Squak Mountain today, solo, got onto the trail about 7:45. Five cars in the lot at that time but when I got back the lot was jammed out to the street. The three trailheads I passed on the way to the freeway were all in the same shape.
It seems that the great outdoors is very attractive on a beautiful spring day – Love in the Time of Cholera, so to speak.
No huge deal but a nice hike. I did Tolt Pipeline last Sunday and Monday but didn’t blog it. Not big enough to blog every time.
I hiked the Tolt Pipeline Trail today. The out-and-back route I take is about 7 miles. There is a sharp hill less than a mile from the parking lot known locally as Heart Attack Hill.
Well, my cheap camera and poor camera skills make this long and very steep hill look almost flat. Go figure. But if you imagine the photo above as being almost straight up, well that is how it looks in the flesh so to speak.
The trail itself is actually a road (although only official vehicles are allowed access) and the road runs through a fairly ritzy rural neighborhood. The houses are nice and quite a few have horses. Here is a typical scene:
Rural Living
On the way back I stood at the top of Heart Attack Hill and looked down and out:
Looking Down
Days are getting longer and the hiking season is starting to ramp up.
I look forward to welcoming our niece Jaclyn and her dog (a Labradoodle) in June. Her husband is in the military and he is being sent to an overseas location where family is not allowed to come along. Kind of nasty for the service members and their families but we will have a great addition to our household for the summer.
