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Well, if you are going to close out the past year with a hike, then I guess you are required to start the new year with a hike. Am I right?
After finishing off my delicious bowl of steel cut oats this morning, I took the kids for a little hike up Wire.
The temperature was 16 degrees at the trailhead when we started off, and it was a balmy 12 at the summit with a nasty wind blowing.
I decided to take my kids with me just in case we had to break any trail to the top. I'd let them do most of the breaking for me.
I guess the 2022 Scatman is smarter than the 2021 Scatman. Watch out @Bob, you'll be backpacking with a more intelligent Scatman than you had to put up with last year.
We didn't stay too long up top because I was freezing, and I actually jogged down the first part of the mountain to get some body heat going. I hadn't run down a trail off a summit in years.
Trailhead sign
Break that trail kids! Actually most of the trail was in fine shape - nice and packed until just off the summit
The Living Room above
A lonely leaf
A lonely shadow.
Red Butte Canyon. I had to posthole over to get this shot
Might fine trail breakers!
Frosty mountain mahoganies
Starting to feel a little cold at this point
Looks cold
Snow covered scrub oak
A lone mountain mahogany on the slope just off the summit of Mount Wire
Kids approaching the summit
What do we have here?
A paraglider who took off from the summit
Paraglider above the lone mahogany
Paraglider above me
And off he goes towards the valley
The windswept summit of Mount Wire
A BCP greeting from the old air mail beacon to @Rockskipper. Did it pass muster this time? I want you to
know that I couldn't feel my fingers.
Squall moving in
Burr!
Frozen hair.
I will soon pass these two as I needed to warm up.
Katie, posing with Mount Wire on our way down
Spotted Towhee
Back on the shoreline trail.
The End
After finishing off my delicious bowl of steel cut oats this morning, I took the kids for a little hike up Wire.
The temperature was 16 degrees at the trailhead when we started off, and it was a balmy 12 at the summit with a nasty wind blowing.
I decided to take my kids with me just in case we had to break any trail to the top. I'd let them do most of the breaking for me.
I guess the 2022 Scatman is smarter than the 2021 Scatman. Watch out @Bob, you'll be backpacking with a more intelligent Scatman than you had to put up with last year. We didn't stay too long up top because I was freezing, and I actually jogged down the first part of the mountain to get some body heat going. I hadn't run down a trail off a summit in years.
Trailhead sign
Break that trail kids!
Actually most of the trail was in fine shape - nice and packed until just off the summitThe Living Room above
A lonely leaf
A lonely shadow.
Red Butte Canyon. I had to posthole over to get this shot
Might fine trail breakers!
Frosty mountain mahoganies
Starting to feel a little cold at this point
Looks cold
Snow covered scrub oak
A lone mountain mahogany on the slope just off the summit of Mount Wire
Kids approaching the summit
What do we have here?
A paraglider who took off from the summit
Paraglider above the lone mahogany
Paraglider above me
And off he goes towards the valley
The windswept summit of Mount Wire
A BCP greeting from the old air mail beacon to @Rockskipper. Did it pass muster this time? I want you to
know that I couldn't feel my fingers.
Squall moving in
Burr!
Frozen hair.
I will soon pass these two as I needed to warm up.
Katie, posing with Mount Wire on our way down
Spotted Towhee
Back on the shoreline trail.
The End
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