Well, we stuck to the mountains today and did a 4.5 mile hike. Weather was nice, fairly cool and the hike was mostly shady. It was 2.6 miles to the highest point -- an elevation gain of about 1200 feet from 7500 to 8700. Okay, that was harder than the Bellhaven hills and now I don't know which is worse, heat or altitude. I did huff and puff on the way up and felt terribly out of shape -- which I know I'm not, but it sure felt like it, and was sort of depressing.
The first shot below was taken about .6 mile from the highest point at an elevation of 8200 feet. We started out on the road below. After the hike on our way home we took a little detour to scope out a possible route for my LSD. We went down this wonderful country road that followed a stream with small waterfalls. The road was in the bottom of a canyon (second shot below) and was mostly downhill. I thought, "I could walk this," until we checked the odometer and the route was only 8 miles -- gosh it sure seemed like longer than that. It was uphill after that, climbing out of the canyon, so we'll have to find something else.
Denver set a record high today -- what's up with that? When I was in New York a few weeks ago, they had a heat wave. It was hot when I was in Michigan, too. Someone's out to get me.
3 comments:
New places still make for a good run!! I have faith you can do it!!
See ya in September.
WOW!
That just about says it all!
Gosh! That sure beats the scenery here! AWESOME pics. I think an 8 mile uphill hike should be equivalent to twice that! Continue having fun!!!
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