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| Hiking | 7.78 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.78 Miles | 3 Hrs 8 Mns | | 2.52 mph |
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| no partners | | I woke up to a tremendous 4am thunderstorm in the valley, and a neighbor's tree was down in the street. Hoping this was not a harbinger of things to come, we headed north to the cooler countryside. We took the west route off 180, as Schmoogle indicated it was 1 mile closer than the east route. I thought I had remembered reading that it was also a smoother drive, but that wasn't the case. Currently, the east route is the recommended path.
There were 2 other cars in the parking lot to start with. As is typical of "The Peaks," they were generating their own weather, and the mountain tops were covered in clouds all day.
Starting in the 60's, we ascended Abineau Trail to the Waterline Road. The trail was steep and rocky in some spots, but the views opened up as we climbed. On the Waterline Road, we experienced gusts that reached close to 50mph. I actually felt cold for a while (which wasn't a bad thing given the August heat wave). We encountered a woman from the valley who had camped overnight with her 3 dogs. She mentioned that the wind had blown hard all night, making it difficult to sleep in her tent.
The descent on Bear Jaw Trail was uneventful. I then demonstrated to Linda the proper technique for extinguishing flames if caught in a fire: the classic stop, drop, and roll. There were about half a dozen cars in the parking lot when we left. |
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