Solo Hike

On the second day of our outing everybody was hung over from too much vodka. They were all completely unmotivated and lame. I tried to round up some folk to go hiking with me but ended up going alone. Perhaps its for the best. Nobody can hold me back when I'm alone. God that sounds anti-social. I wanted to socialize with people but nobody wanted to do the things that I'm interested in. Lame.

The hike was short but oh so sweet. Of the the two promising mountains I chose the one with the more varied terrain. I had to traverse a marshy area that was rife with spiders. I don't know much about spiders but somehow their markings looked particularly menacing. I think spiders are beautiful creatures but damn do they give me the creeps. Got some good pix of them though, some of my best I believe.

After the marsh the land began to rise and I entered a coniferous forest. There was ample canopy which dominated the available light resources making for a sparsely populated undergrowth. Ideal conditions for hiking. By and by the land became very steep and suddenly I was confronted with a wall of rock. I easily could've gone around but I needed some adventure. I climbed hand over foot and no sweat I was over the top. Onward, upward, through a meadow and then more woods. After about an hours climb I crested the ridge. I wanted to continue along the ridge to higher ground but I had to turn back. People would worry if I was gone too long.

On the way down I found some more rabbits cabbage. I think we were in more fertile ground because the varieties here were plumper and juicier. I also found more "indian" strawberries which were plumper/tastier as well. Stokin'! All in all a short but sweet hike, albeit alone.

Back at camp we didn't tarry much longer. An hour of bumpy riding and I was back home. Exhausted, I passed out for three hours and poof! There goes my weekend.