The plan yesterday was that Jan (aka Granny) would hang out with the kids while Derek and I hiked to J’s Landing. However, principally because the weather was so wet we wound up hiking on nearby Taylor Mountain – a first for both of us.
Taylor is the first mountain east of Tiger Mountain, accessed via Highway 18. The route we took was not particularly steep (but far from flat) but we did get in a nice hike through the woods, roughly 5 miles. Much of it was on a very nice trail, as shown above.
We also ran into a very cute caterpillar:
We didn’t see any other hikers on the way but we did encounter one person on a bike and two people on horses. For sure, this is a popular area for horses as the evidence of their presence was plentiful.
First hike in several weeks, as Jan and I spent two weeks out of the country. We flew into London on 8/27, spent a week there, and then flew to Shannon, Ireland, took a bus to Ennis, and there began a Rick Steves ‘Heart of Ireland’ tour.
But now it is back to normal. Schedule to hike tomorrow with Ken and Mike to Diablo Lake – should be great.