(grin…that’s just my way of saying “I never got around to blogging last week’s hike!)

Last Saturday:

Allison and Maya strike a pose
with Pikes Peak in the background.

Joy and I gained a new hiking partner, Fred — he’s relatively new to the area and needs to be let out of his cage from time to time. Hiking provides a good, safe way for him to commune with other human beings, as scientists sometimes forget to do that.

Maya, Allison, Fred, Joy, and Dominic near the
high point of the Waldo Canyon trail.

This weekend:

This weekend was a repeat of one of my favorite local trails, Section 16 / Palmer-Redrock Loop. I’ve always wondered how long the trail is in reality after accounting for the time on High Drive and Gold Camp Road. According to localhikes.com, it’s six miles, total. I think we did nice work on it, all things considered, then — we completed the circuit within three hours. In the rain.

Oh, guess I didn’t mention that — while the hike started out cloudy, it ended with a progressively heavier spitting from on high. Fortunately for us, the rain never got hard enough to annoy the kidlets, just to dampen the adults!