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| | Hiking | 3.70 Miles | 2 Hrs 40 Mns | | 1.39 mph |
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| no partners | | I wanted Jessica to check this out as I think it's a cool area. Plans for last week fell through but lined up good this week. We set out at 4:45pm. While it was much cooler than my noon start a few weeks ago it was really still too hot for her. Luckily there was a decent amount of shade heading down as we took a ravine instead of the road. This proved a better route anyhow, much more scenic than the jeep road.
A few mean people I hike with say I scream like a little girl around spiders. It will probably be impossible for them to imagine but Jessica likes 'em about ten times less. So yours truly had to pretend like breaking through web after web is no biggie. The high point was when she demanded I take my pack off without looking. In some unknown calm manner I eased the pack off. Saw the worlds largest albino praying mantis (Ultra man would looked like a pipsqueak next to this monster) and brushed it aside like it was no big deal. I could have cracked a Louisville Slugger over it's back, we're talking almost three inches of iggy creature crawling on my pack.
After really no route finding "troubles" on my last outing I managed to lead us into a slightly creepy mess... I'm such a pro. She wanted to turn around. I didn't blame her either. We started back. As soon as we were out of the spider web hall of fame she wanted to continue on... sweet! Things eased up soon and we finally made it to the main route.
Albeit out of the sun the humidity down creek-side would put Galveston to shame. While she hates spiders and the humidity was taking it's toll she enjoyed the hike overall. Late Oct or Mar should be prime. |
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