We squeezed in a hike before Christmas. It did not go quite as planned......
We chose the wrong direction to begin. Instead of chasing the path to the left, which would have taken us into the valley on a nice switchback trail, we went to the right and went straight down on crumbly rocks. It was a little harrowing and some people were very unhappy about it. But we persevered and overcame!
The trail got better after that and we had a marvelous time exploring the area. We knew we did not want to go back up the way we came down and had an idea of how to get back a different way. But the trails did not do quite what we expected.
But we had a good time, and hiked a pretty good distance and found some golf balls by the golf course. I was certain that we would encounter a path that would take us near our backyard, but that did not happen. We did eventually link up to a trail we had previously hiked, and we were able to get back to where we wanted to be and we took the switchback up the hill and it was delightful But it was a lot longer and more exertion than planned!
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