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:
On the way back I stood at the top of Heart Attack Hill and looked down and out:
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.
Both Jaclyn and the dog are hikers….